Originally posted by Ether:
I don't get it, does the NFC West just know how to coach defensive players or is the rest of the league letting us grab all the best ones?
Patrick Willis
NaVorro Bowman
Aldon Smith
Ahmad Brooks
Eric Reid
Patrick Peterson
Karlos Dansby
Calais Campbell
Tyrann Mathieu
Robert Quinn
Chris Long
James Laurinitis
Janoris Jenkins
Richard Sherman
Bobby Wagner
Earl Thomas
Kam Chancellor
Brandon Browner
You could literally make the 1st, 2nd and 3rd team All-Pro just using the NFC West defenses.
the conference mirrors its opponents.
we've had great backs in this conference even when it was down so if you wanted to survive your front 7 had to absolutely be stout
and then the cardinals got larry fitz and boldin and suddenly if your db's weren't huge then you were toast (enter seattle's secondary and our secondary)
now if you can't handle scrambling qb's you're toast (see colin and russel)
we all are just playing off of each other and other conferences aren't built like ours.. that's just the truth.