NFL'S Best Part TWO

The lady Gryphons and boys were swept last night in basketball at Beddingfield.

Tonight with not much time to think about last night the Gryphons host Hertford County.

We will continue today with my ALL PRO NFL team. Yesterday were covered most of the offense. I did leave off tight ends so we will start there before we jump to the defense.

Tight Ends: There is no doubt the best in football is Tony Gonzales of the Kansas City chiefs. Once again 88 gets over a thousand yards receiving the only tight end to do that. 70% of his catches were for first downs. Second best Jason Whitten Dallas Cowboys

The good thing about defensive players is they all have some type of stats where offensive line men have nothing. In the case of each position I set up a point system based on tackles, sacks, int etc.

Nose tackles: Shawn Rogers Cleveland Browns. had 76 tackles and 4.5 sacks. Second Vince Wilfork New England Patriots.

Defensive tackles: Kevin Williams Minnesota Vikes. 60 tackles and 8.5 sacks. next best Darnell Duckett Kansas City Chiefs

Defensive Ends: Jared Allen Minnesota Vikings... Had 14.5 sacks but added 54 other tackles. Julius Peppers Bailey North Carolina, Rebounded this season with 14.5 sacks and 51 tackles. second team. Justin Tuck New York Giants and Mario Williams Richlands NC. Easily the most talented position in football. Andre Ware with 20 sacks not in top 5.

Middle Line Backer: Barrett Rudd Tampa Bay 137 tackles, three sacks, and three Ints.

Inside Linebacker: D'qwell Jackson 154 tackles, two sacks, and 3 ints

Outside Linebackers: James Harrison Pittsburgh Steelers. 101 tackles,16 sacks,4 ints, and 7 force fumbles. No wonder he is the NFL Defensive player of the year. Patrick Willis San Francisco 49's. 141 tackles, 1 int and 1 sack.

Corner Backs: Cortland Finnegan... had 5 int lead league in batted balls 21 which means he is on his man. Chris Gamble Carolina Panthers. 5 ints and one returned for touchdown.

Strong safety: Michael Griffin 7 ints and one returned to the house.

Free safety: Ed Reed Mr Ball Hawk 9 ints and two returned to the house

Kickers: There are not many teams that don't have a good kicker. Josh Brown Hit 94% of all kicks and 6 of 8 from more than 50 yards

Punter: Mike Srifres San Diego.. Averaged 45.7 yards per punt. 19 of his 51 punts were down inside 20 yard line 37%. The real number only 2.8 yards per return the best by 2 yards.

Come back player of Year: Jake Delehomme Carolina. Only played two games last year and had total reconstruction surgery in elbow.

Worst move of year: Jerry Jones first of all letting Pacman Jones even play at all this year but after he beats up a team security guard letting him continue to play. The man is Al davis twenty years from now.

Defensive player of the year: James Harrison Pittsburgh Steelers. Stats speak for themselves. Almost the best ED Reed.

This is the NFL in a nutshell. 5 of 6 Pro Bowl quarter backs not in playoffs this weekend. My top two defenders still playing. What does that tell you? Win with defense!

As they say in golf"Drive for show putt for dough". In football sell tickets with offense win championships with defense.