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>>170868 He's got 7 AP All-Pros to Urlacher's 4, and his career tackle totals are just breathtaking.
He's got 1642 in 13 seasons to Urlacher's 970 in 9. Normally you'd expect that kind of discrepency between elite linebackers to be because one player is chasing down backs all over the field on a weak defense. Certainly there is some of that padding the stats, but you can't say Thomas doesn't play downhill, and he's got a sizable lead in run stuffs too: 84 to 55, for nearly twice the yardage. I think its actually Urlacher who's more the sideline-to-sideline type.
Obviously the tradeoff there is that Urlacher is the better space player, and you'd expect that being in a Tampa 2 and being a former college safety. But I note Thomas has 17 career picks and 65 passes defensed to Urlacher's 15 and 57, so he's not exactly dogshit in coverage either.
If I had to pick a mike linebacker when he was in his prime, I'd take Thomas.
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