****The Official 2009 HOF Induction Announcements*** Thread Will DT FINALLY Get In?

[AJKCFAN]

Bruce Smith and Rod Woodson are the only locks to make it, IMHO.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by AJKCFAN

Bruce Smith and Rod Woodson are the only locks to make it, IMHO.

Loved Rod Woodson as a player....but now on to Smith...which gets me fired up every year about this time...

Smith was a very good player (maybe great?)...but his per game numbers are lower than DT's in most categories:

Sacks per game:
Smith: .72
Thomas: .75

Forced fumbles:
Smith: .15
Thomas: .24

Tackles:
Smith: 3.86
Thomas:3.56

Thomas had 19 Fumble recoveries...Smith 15

Super Bowls:
Smith: 0-4
Thomas: 0-0

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by DJJasonp

Loved Rod Woodson as a player....but now on to Smith...which gets me fired up every year about this time...

Smith was a very good player (maybe great?)...but his per game numbers are lower than DT's in most categories:

Sacks per game:
Smith: .72
Thomas: .75

Forced fumbles:
Smith: .15
Thomas: .24

Tackles:
Smith: 3.86
Thomas:3.56

Thomas had 19 Fumble recoveries...Smith 15

Super Bowls:
Smith: 0-4
Thomas: 0-0

Ok, so Smith played too long. If you take his time just with Buffalo his sacks per game number jumps to 0.78.

[DJJasonp]

Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP

Ok, so Smith played too long. If you take his time just with Buffalo his sacks per game number jumps to 0.78.

The point I was making is that DT gets screwed because he lost 4-5 more years of stats because of his untimely death.

To effectively evaluate his career, you really need to put the per game stats into the equation to see how much of a force he was.