Sean Taylor is good enough for Pete Prisco

by Skin Patrol on Jun 15, 2007 12:06 PM EDT in Analysis

Even if none of the other Redskins were. First, hat tip Extreme Skins for tracking down Pete Prisco's Top 50 Players list (because everyone loves a list!).

38. Sean Taylor, S, Washington Redskins: This big-hitting safety has the range you like to play the pass. He plays with an attitude.

In a perfectly ordered world, there are 704 starters in the NFL (11x2 starting positions on offense and defense, x 32 NFL teams). If they were ranked conveniently with equal representation per NFL franchise, you would have a guy listed once every 22 players, meaning teams should have 2.27272727... guys on this list. We have one. Actually it's worse, since we didn't even make the barely mentioned which included another 17 someodd players. You win 5 games, this kind of thing happens.

You know what's awesome, though? Roy Williams is nowhere to be found. Sean Taylor ranks 3rd among Safeties and reigns supreme in the NFC East, if Pete Prisco is to be trusted. I might consider Santana Moss and Clinton Portis for this list, though he makes it clear that placement is ranked heavily by recent performance. Neither had outstanding seasons last year.

Have at the list, reader(s).

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Further proof that Prisco kinda sucks

I love Sean Taylor as much as the next guy (or not), but Taylor is not a top 50 player, he's not the 3rd best safety in the league, and after last year we have to seriously question his pass coverage range until he proves otherwise.

Prisco really mailed this one in. He's got a lot of guys on there who are longer on hype than they are on achievements (Ware, Rhodes, Deangelo Hall, even Carson Palmer).

C'mon Prisco, Palmer is the 5th best player in the league? Really? Palmer has had TWO good seasons and you put him ahead of guys like Walter Jones and Torry Holt? Really?

I think Palmer's got a bright future, but the NFL hype machine needs to slow down on that one. At this point Palmer's stats and win/loss closely resemble that of Marc Bulger. I know nobody like Bulger, but either Bulge is underrated or Palmer's overrated. But right now they have the same track record.

Frank Gore is #21? You know he's had exactly ONE good season, right PP?

Prisco put Chad Johnson ahead of Steve Smith, Torry Holt and Marvin Harrison. Really? Chad Johnson had had four good seasons, compared Holt & Harrison who virtually qualify for the HOF already and are still very much in their prime (Holt more than Harrison).

This list is the top 50 potential players, not the top 50.

No one in their right mind would select Deangelo Hall over Donovan McNabb or Bob Sanders over Jon Ogden.

Prisco kinda sucks.

by smutsboy on Jun 15, 2007 12:43 PM EDT 0 recs

In his defense

which feels gross, because I don't defend Pete Prisco often, he preambles the entire bit by basically admitting to his "potential" bias. Emphasis is placed on recent performance, perhaps to a fault (as you've pointed out).

Go Register. Or else.

by Skin Patrol on Jun 15, 2007 12:59 PM EDT up 0 recs

Fair enough

I tried to skim his intro to find his criteria but got bored/distracted/fell asleep.

Mostly I'd just like to reiterate a point I made: myself and the rest of the football world needs to recognize that right now, Bulger and Palmer have almost identical track records in the Pros. (we all know how valuable Heisman Trophies are, just ask Danny Woeeruerffull)

I used to love Palmer and dislike Bulge, but a Rams fan forced me to realize they're a lot more similar than I previously thought.

by smutsboy on Jun 15, 2007 3:10 PM EDT up 0 recs