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Date Posted: 17:49:45 12/29/11 Thu
Author: CHB
Subject: Any more prospects in the pipeline from that UGa defense?

Seems like they recruit what Marvin likes ... Thurman, Pollack & now Atkins:

>>> We were also joined on Wednesday’s show by Sam Monson, one of the top analysts for the website ProFootballFocus.com where the staff grades every NFL player on every play.

According to their research, one of this year’s biggest Pro Bowl snubs was Bengals defensive tackle Geno Atkins.

“Geno Atkins, at the moment, is our top-rated defensive tackle on the season and by far and away, he’s our top-rated pass rushing defensive tackle,” said Monson. “Only Justin Smith, who plays end but then kicks inside to tackle, generates anything like the amount of pressure that Geno Atkins generates from the inside. It’s just ludicrous that he hasn’t been picked as a Pro Bowl defensive tackle this season.”

According to ProFootballFocus.com, Geno’s statistics compare favorably to the numbers Ndamukong Suh posted last year when he was named the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year.

“At this time last year, Suh had 10 sacks, 6 knockdowns of the quarterback, and 24 more pressures,” said Monson. “Atkins is a little behind on the sacks, but he has significantly more knockdowns – he has 14 of those – and he has more pressure overall. The only difference is that the hype train ran away with Suh early and he was always deemed as this superstar defensive tackle, whereas Atkins has had to do it the hard way. This season he is flying under the radar and people just haven’t noticed, but his numbers are as good if not better than Suh’s were last year. And Atkins has been playing the run pretty well this season which I actually thought he might struggle with, but he’s been doing well and is actually pretty highly-rated as a run defender as well. Suh is still a liability against certain run plays and trap blocks and that kind of thing.”

I told Atkins on Thursday that a website had him rated as the top defensive tackle in the NFL.

“I don’t know what to say,” Geno told me. “I just don’t believe that, but if they say so…I guess it’s better than being called the worst defensive lineman in the NFL.” <<<

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