Lavonte David vs. Terrell Farley vs. Demorrio Williams

David, Farley or Williams

  • Lavonte David

    Votes: 29 56.9%

  • Terrell Farley

    Votes: 18 35.3%

  • Demorrio Williams

    Votes: 4 7.8%
  • Total voters
    51
Hans Gruber

Hans Gruber

Special Teams Player
I don't see any of these polls on defensive players. Who are you taking among the play-making outside linebackers of the last 25 years?

 
This might be my favorite of the recent 'vs.' polls.  Agree that there is no wrong answer here.  David has been my favorite LB since Carlos Polk but my childhood bias towards the heat seeking missile that was Terrell Farley shall forever be etched onto my psyche. 

 
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I voted for David; he seemed like the best pure linebacker of the three. William's was best as a pass rusher with his hand in the dirt, and Farley was a disruptive force in the backfield. 

 
Moiraine said:
I don't see how anyone could vote someone other than Farley. Y'all need to go back and watch the videos again. David was awesome but Farley was double awesome.
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Obviously all three were plenty good. I'm not going out on a limb saying that Farley had the best talent around him. He played for two years with Wistrom, Tomich and Jason Peter. That's a pair of first round picks and a second rounder in front of him.

All that's to say that it's easier to fly around and do whatever you want as a linebacker when you're surrounded by the best players in the country up front. Farley could take more risks because he had other All Americans around to pick up the slack if he guessed wrong. He could abandon an assignment based on a gut instinct with fewer repercussions than David or Williams. 

 
Farley. 

1995 (Link)

Farley led the team in 1995 in tackles (62), interceptions (three) and blocked kicks (two), and was second in sacks (five).

Two of the ints were returned for TDs

Farley also returned a punt for a TD in 1996

 
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