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

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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.