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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Beebe82" data-source="post: 542369" data-attributes="member: 9778">You're completely wrong about Earl Thomas looking average.  He's as good as Collins was and probably better.  Did Collins look "average" behind the lack of pass rush our defense provided while he was here?  No he looked like an All-Pro, because he was one.  Eric Berry would probably be in the same boat.  Would Chancellor get exposed in coverage, yes, could he still remember how to tackle like a beast?  I hope so.  Sherman, I honestly can't say if he is a true "shut down" corner like Sanders, the Woodsons, Revis and Darrell Green, but Sherman's body of work so far shows that he's on the right path (players outside of the late 80s to 90s generation played a different brand of defensive football that we will never see again).I'm not discounting your point that pass rush helps the secondary, but a good secondary can cover up for a poor pass rush just like a good pass rush can cover up for a poor secondary.</blockquote>

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