O.K.. This is tricky. Originally we were ironclad on positions in regards to how they appear on a stat sheet, but we were kidding ourselves. The front seven on any defensive corps are a rotating group of roles that are far more complicated to define than any offensive position. We made a significant change, focuing on pass rushers and interior lineman, but even then the myriad of roles renders it difficult especially when we are looking at matching current players with their ast five counterparts.
Take a look at Richard Seymour, who could do it all, but stat-wise does not fit into a category of either. This plays with the stat-line, but don't we know a Hall of Famer when we see it?
Here are the statistics that we are using based on the last group of Defensive Lineman/Linebackers/EDGE to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame:
- Games Played: 206.8
- Approximate Value: 129.6
- Approximate Value per Games Played: 0.6267
- Games Started: 187
- Approximate Value per Games Started: 0.6930
- Approximate Value per Five-Year Peak: 61.8
- Approximate Value’s Best Five Results: 67.0
- Top Five Defensive Player of the Year Finishes**:4.6
- Pro Bowls: 7.2
- First Team All-Pros*: 2.8
- Quarterback Sacks: 114.1
- Quarterback Sacks Five-Year Peak: 52.8
- Top Five Quarterback Sacks Finishes: 6
- Tackles for Loss: 129.5
- Tackles for Loss Five-Year Peak: 65.4
- Top Five Tackles for Loss Finishes**: 7.2
- Combined Tackles: 570.2
- Combined Tackles Five-Year Peak: 248
- Forced Fumbles: 30
- Forced Fumbles Five-Year Peak 12.4:
- Super Bowl Wins 1.2
- Super Bowl Appearances 2.0
*This is an aggregate of the Top Five finishes (5th = 1, 4th = 2, 3rd = 3, 2nd = 4th, 1st = 5)
**This is a reminder that the All-Pros we use are from the AP.
We told you this is not perfect!
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