07-20-2017, 04:40 PM
Count me in the Dillon camp. I never saw Brooks play, so maybe not the best person to chime in here, but looking at how Brooks was not the workhorse and also played on better teams, I have to give Dillon the props. If he hadn't played on sorry teams, he would easily have been voted as a HOF.
Consider this stat for whatever it's worth:
The Baltimore Ravens defense of the early 2000's which pretty much won a super bowl by itself, and was considered in the running for the best defense in NFL history, had a streak ( I don't remember the number but I think it was like 50), of games without allowing a 100 yard rusher, which IIRC, is still an NFL record. Guess who broke that streak, while playing on a sorry team where he was essentially the whole Offense.
Consider this stat for whatever it's worth:
The Baltimore Ravens defense of the early 2000's which pretty much won a super bowl by itself, and was considered in the running for the best defense in NFL history, had a streak ( I don't remember the number but I think it was like 50), of games without allowing a 100 yard rusher, which IIRC, is still an NFL record. Guess who broke that streak, while playing on a sorry team where he was essentially the whole Offense.