Originally posted by jcs:
50+ fewer tackles only 7 sacks more yet in the hall and young isn't now why? BY was the motor on some of the best d's in the 90s and he never slowed down even when they moved him to end because of necessity. He's not the self promoter Sapp is and that may be the only reason why he's bit in yet.
Which Ds were those? He was a solid but not special player who was on star-studded 49ers Ds in the 90s, and once the stars got old/left, he was on mediocre-to-terrible defenses the rest of his career.
Sapp, meanwhile, was the leader of one of the best year-to-year defenses in history with the Bucs, including one that carried them to a Super Bowl victory.
What's disgraceful is how this fan base slobbers over guys like Bryant Young and is clueless about guys like Kevin f*gan, who was 10 times the player Young was. The guy comes out during the Candlestick tribute flag football game and gets the quietest reaction of any of the former players. The most this fan base knows about him is, "he had a mustache." Pathetic. This is the man who threw Anthony Munoz around like a rag doll in Super Bowl XXIII, dominating him in the game like he was facing a high school player. He may have been the greatest point of attack run defender in NFL history, but his career was cut short because his knees were in such bad shape.
Oh, but poor BY, the 49er hero of the millenials.