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Hall Of Fame Class Of 2021 announced tomorrow. So does Zach Thomas make it in?

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He was one of my all time favourite players I've had the pleasure to watch wearing our teams uniform. I think we can name the players that are a shoe in for getting into Canton but is Zach up there? He's AT LEAST as good as the likes of Urlacher in my opinion. Is the no Superbowl going to hurt his chances? I know his week to week Defensive plays and multi Pro Bowl appearances and the plaudits he's gets from fellow players and opposition players won't hurt his chances. Thoughts?
 
He was selected to seven Pro Bowls and was a five-time First-Team All-Pro and two-time Second-Team All-Pro selection. He finished his career with 17,27 tackles, 20.5 sacks, 16 forced fumbles, eight fumble recoveries, and 17 interceptions with four touchdowns in 184 games.

In comparison Brian Urlached who was selected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, recorded 1,354 tackles, 41.5 sacks, 11 forced fumbles, 15 fumble recoveries with two touchdowns, and 22 interceptions with two touchdowns in 182 career games.

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juniorseau55 said:
In comparison, Urlacher, who was selected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, recorded 1,354 tackles, 41.5 sacks, 11 forced fumbles, 15 fumble recoveries with two touchdowns, and 22 interceptions with two touchdowns in 182 career games.

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Urlacher had more sacks, that's about it but Zach was 5ft 11 and was never a pass rushing LB.
 
I have faith he'll get in at worst he's the 3rd best MLB of his generation. I think the lack of a great playoff defense hurts more than the lack of a SB. Urlacher didn't win a SB but he lead a a defense that carried the team to a SB appearance with Rex Grossman as his QB. Unfortunately Zach lead a defense that came up short.
 
superphin said:
I have faith he'll get in at worst he's the 3rd best MLB of his generation. I think the lack of a great playoff defense hurts more than the lack of a SB. Urlacher didn't win a SB but he lead a a defense that carried the team to a SB appearance with Rex Grossman as his QB. Unfortunately Zach lead a defense that came up short.
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Damn shame because the Phins had decent Defenses in the Zach Thomas era with the likes of Thomas, Taylor, Madison, Surtain, Seau, Marion, Bowens, Armstrong etc. All very good players and Zach Thomas was the leader throughout that era. He was the Marino of those Defenses.
 
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superphin said:
I have faith he'll get in at worst he's the 3rd best MLB of his generation. I think the lack of a great playoff defense hurts more than the lack of a SB. Urlacher didn't win a SB but he lead a a defense that carried the team to a SB appearance with Rex Grossman as his QB. Unfortunately Zach lead a defense that came up short.
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Both of them deserve to be there. Urlacher is easy to point out because from an individual standpoint both accomplished almost the same. The Bears happen to be recovering from Wanny's tenure of destroying the team with crappy draft picks, and player management in the mid 90's. He did the same with us as well years later in spite of having a decent record.
 
FanMarino said:
Damn shame because the Phins had decent Defenses in the Zach Thomas era with the likes of Thomas, Taylor, Madison, Surtain, Seau, Marion, Bowens, Armstrong etc. All very good players and Zach Thomas was the leader throughout that era. He was the Marino of those Defenses.
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overrated down the stretch defenses if you asked me. Always seemed to implode late

read too many of their press clippings
 
hoops said:
overrated down the stretch defenses if you asked me. Always seemed to implode late

read too many of their press clippings
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...outside of Saban for 1 year we sure didn't see a lot of innovative scheming or utilization of talent.

played the simpleton D for the most part --- way too easy to solve / exploit.

Just ask Denver and Jax.
 
hoops said:
overrated down the stretch defenses if you asked me. Always seemed to implode late

read too many of their press clippings
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When it came time to face a team like the rams aka the greatest show on turf we weren't as good. In the 2001 season they ended up putting 42 points on us easily, and that was week 3. We gave up like over 200 yards in the playoffs. Terry Allen was like 900 years old, and look like Earl Campbell running over us.
 
I hope so, but I wont be surprised if some other names get it first
 
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