NYJ DL Sheldon Richardson suspended for Bengals game

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(07-03-2016, 09:57 PM)Brownshoe Wrote: Aaron Donald is better than Atkins. Burfict is better against the run and setting up the defense than Kuechly. Kuechly is better than Burfict, but not by much. The same with Donald, he's better but not by much. Burfict effects our defense much more than Atkins does, and it's proven by the stats. When Atkins was out the defense didn't miss a beat, but when Burfict went down the defense played a lot worse.

Not even close.  Aaron Donald gets a lot of pub being a first round pick on a defensive line with a lot of other first round picks.  What did he do when he ran in to a decent offensive line (like here in Cincy)?  Nothing.  

I don't want to argue against what you are saying about Burfict, and maybe I would call him defensive MVP because of his ability to read and call defenses, but I think you are way off base with your analysis of Donald vs. Atkins.