Peppers?

[SunsetBengal]

(03-05-2017, 07:28 PM)Burma Wrote: Polamalu had only 6 int his entire career at USC and only 32 for his entire 12 year nfl career, and 14 of those came in 2 seasons. That leaves him averaging 1.8 int per year. Compare that to a guy who really had hands, Ed Reed who had 64 int in 12 nfl seasons.  Polamalu ended with 12 sacks to Ed Reeds 6, and 47 stuffs to Ed reeds 32, which helps illustrates my point. You use Peppers like Polamalu, and not like Ed Reed and your probably going to see some significant rewards. 

And as to coverage skills being below average and lack of ball hawking; In his 1 year at Safety Peppers had more PD than Polamalu did in any 1 season at USC (10 vs 7).  granted the sample size is not large, but when your coaches keep moving you for the benefit of the team you don't get a lot of time to pad stats or to even maximize your position specific skill set.


Stat Sources:
http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/troy_polamalu_787.html

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/jabrill-peppers-1.html
http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/4474/troy-polamalu
http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/3552/ed-reed

Any way you slice it, Polamolu had 2.67 ints/year average for his professional career.  I see that you chose not to include numbers on Polamolus's PDs per year in the NFL.  As much as I hate it, Bengals drafted the wrong defensive player from that USC class.  Peppers is in no way a good comparison to Polamolu.  Sure, you can say that Peppers had great offensive stats, but on that USC team, they didn't need to pull a defensive player to the offensive side of the ball.