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It's going to be tough for DT to get in. He has 6 big strikes against him:
1. He played defense. If you are a defensive player or OL you are walking into the voting with one strike against you. Voters love QB's and WR's.
2. He died before he could pad his stats. People looks at overall numbers. Thomas missed out on being able to pad his stats like Bruce Smith did. Strike 2.
3. He isn't around to hob-nob. Irvin is on television. He sees and meets the national writers that will vote for him. He's a person as opposed to a stat sheet. Does anyone think 70% of those writers ever met DT and got to know him? Strike 3.
4. No Super Bowl appearance. Strike 4.
5. Not a large amount of postseason success. Strike 5.
6. Small market. Strike 6.
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"I always tell (the assistant coaches), 'Make it simple, 'cause I'm stupid,'" Edwards said. "This ain't computer football." Herm Edwards, 3-20-07
Q: Herm, back on December 25th you were asked if Trent Green was your starter going into next season and you said, ‘yeah, why wouldn’t he be?’ Have you changed your mind on that?
EDWARDS: No, I have not.”
(1-11-07)
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