Asante Samuel says Darrell Green wasn't a Great cornerback

[horizon]

Did he respond to Dungy?

 

[Trav]

Until he respond to Dungy, Ion wanna hear nothing else he got to say.

 

[Rekkapryde]

We had this talk before. I saw Darrel green get beat so many times in the 80s and 90s that I think his sprint speed s more renowned than his cover skills. Still a great corner, but he wasnt shut down

Washington fans about to neg train u...

 

[BlackAchilles]

I dont know what they said about Aneas or Eric. Michael Irving called Aneas his toughest corner.

plus...Im the oldest head in here. Darrel got beat a LOT

Are u dressed like this rn

 

[murksiderock]

So he made the 90s All-Decade Team with Prime, Rod, and Aeneas (cats in here always forget about Rod)...

I didn't see any of these guys in real time so all I have to go on is legend and stats. Green's Per 16 in the 90s was 3 picks/42 yards/TD, two PDs and 62 tackles. He only made two All-Pros in the 90s (both 1st Team) and four Pro Bowls, he does have 4 picks in 7 90s playoff games but just 5 tackles in those games. By comparison:

Aeneas
5-61-1, 1 PD, 1 FR, 50 tackles
*only played in two playoff games in the 90s but had 3 picks and 4 tackles
Prime
5-127-1, 1 PD, 1 FF, 2 FR, 46 tackles, 5 picks in 12 playoff games
Rod
5-111-1, 2 PDs, 1 FF, 2 FR, 71 tackles, 1 sack
1 pick, 24 tackles in 9 playoff games

I fail to see how the numbers validate him as on these guys' level. Outside if the numbers, I grew up a Redskins fan so I knew about his legend, but I came up in the Champ years, what exactly did Green do better than Champ besides flat speed? Because Champ is definitely a Top 5 corner of the last 30 years and you could probably argue him as Top 5 All-Time, he's the best cornerback I've ever seen...

Green better than Asante though, who was nothing more than a ballhawk, that's how he got all the picks. Nose for the ball and nothing else...

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Green better than Asante though, who was nothing more than a ballhawk, that's how he got all the picks. Nose for the ball and nothing else...

I mean That’s kinda what you want your CB to be

 

[Hov]

So he made the 90s All-Decade Team with Prime, Rod, and Aeneas (cats in here always forget about Rod)...

I didn't see any of these guys in real time so all I have to go on is legend and stats. Green's Per 16 in the 90s was 3 picks/42 yards/TD, two PDs and 62 tackles. He only made two All-Pros in the 90s (both 1st Team) and four Pro Bowls, he does have 4 picks in 7 90s playoff games but just 5 tackles in those games. By comparison:

Aeneas
5-61-1, 1 PD, 1 FR, 50 tackles
*only played in two playoff games in the 90s but had 3 picks and 4 tackles
Prime
5-127-1, 1 PD, 1 FF, 2 FR, 46 tackles, 5 picks in 12 playoff games
Rod
5-111-1, 2 PDs, 1 FF, 2 FR, 71 tackles, 1 sack
1 pick, 24 tackles in 9 playoff games

I fail to see how the numbers validate him as on these guys' level. Outside if the numbers, I grew up a Redskins fan so I knew about his legend, but I came up in the Champ years, what exactly did Green do better than Champ besides flat speed? Because Champ is definitely a Top 5 corner of the last 30 years and you could probably argue him as Top 5 All-Time, he's the best cornerback I've ever seen...

Green better than Asante though, who was nothing more than a ballhawk, that's how he got all the picks. Nose for the ball and nothing else...

My question to you in rebuttal is, what answer are you looking for?

If you have not seen the player play, then you really don’t know - thus you have to go by what those who played and watched and coach said.

Coaches are not even entertaining the discussion.

The best wideouts to ever play in football, when asked who was best they played against, always say him and Deion.

The NFL is not a nonprofit and does not do favors. He earned 17 years, with 15 starting. At cornerback. The second toughest position in football lol.

He was 1st ballot HOF. All everything, and NFL Top 100, over almost every corner in the history of the game.

What on earth makes you think these people are even slightly wrong? You can’t just pull out stats and assumptions and form a sports opinion man...

NFL All-Time Team: Darrell Green

 

[mastermind]

I didn't see any of these guys in real time

Nothing you said after this matters.

 

[J Money]

Some of yall in here are tripping about Asante Samuel's career and ability tho. He should arguably be in the HOF

 

[calh45]

I mean That’s kinda what you want your CB to be

Not at the expense of the defense's integrity which is what Asante did. Sherm is the best version of Asante. He was a zone ball hawking corner, but never got roasted on the same level as Asante in their primes.

 

[sicksoulja]

Some of yall in here are tripping about Asante Samuel's career and ability tho. He should arguably be in the HOF

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No the hell he don’t arguably in any hall of fame discussion but yours. He was a good player yes never elite at any point.

D Green was elite for majority of his career, dude earned his gold jacket first ballot straight baller.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

Wasn't Darrel like 5'8 or something? I'm older like yourself and I remember most those DB's back then were nowhere near 6 feet tall. I remember a breh in SF that got drafted early 2000's and he was considered a giant at 6'1. He was a cornerback.

I'm a big Redskins fan so I'm a bit biased but Darrell for his size was a pretty complete corner, good tackler, and decent cover, he did get burned quite a bit during the later ends of his career. He was extremely physical though. I do think Arenas was better in coverage though but he played for the Cardinals which no one cared about back then.

I think any bigger cornerback then was praised just based off the fact they were bigger than 5'8-9.

You're thinking of Mike Rumph.

6'2 205 is way above average for a CB.

You have a few outliers ( Patrick Peterson,Sherman, Sean Smith) but the majority are under 6'.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Not at the expense of the defense's integrity which is what Asante did. Sherm is the best version of Asante. He was a zone ball hawking corner, but never got roasted on the same level as Asante in their primes.

Must be hereditary cuz his son is trash as a DB too

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

You're thinking of Mike Rumph.

6'2 205 is way above average for a CB.

You have a few outliers ( Patrick Peterson,Sherman, Sean Smith) but the majority are under 6'.

Bobby Taylor was like 6’3 or so I believe

 

[South Paw]

I mean That’s kinda what you want your CB to be

Nah