Vilma is going to the playoffs and he played a hand in getting his team there. Also, he is in New York and we all know that the entire universe revolves around that city.
Since we're doing that apples to oranges thing... Vilma: 0 Forced Fumbles, 5 Passes Defended Robinson: 3 Forced Fumbles, 19 Passes Defended The said part is that the votes were so far apart. If it was 19-17, then fine, but 9 votes separated it. Again - BS
Come on now. MUCH better all around? I think an argument could be made for either player myself - but to say that one is hands down better than the other seems to be carrying it away a little. Vilma had an excellent season for a playoff team - Dunta had an excellent season at the hardest position on defense to play as a rookie. I know I'd take either of them on my team in a heartbeat.
Are you trying to say that if the drft happened again, you would have selected Vilma over Robinson? I'm not taking anything away from Vilma, but you can find a good ILB in the NFL all over the place. A good corner is not easily found, especially in his rookie season. Dunta is a special talent. Vilma is surrounded by talent.
i have rather have a shutdown cb than ilb since the def can be aggressive with different schemes to pressure the qb. both dunta and vilma are superb talents. vilma is definately surrounded by big time talent around him with an above-avg front 4 which makes vilma's job looks easy. dunta does have a good def that can get a constant pass rush and aaron glenn wasnt be thrown at him since most of the nfl would pick on dunta than glenn. dunta should have made the pro bowl this year. he's going to be a stud like chris mcallister, champ bailey, patrick surtain, or ty law. i think the texans should get another stud cb since aaron has a couple of years left to play the nickel back position and possibly faggins could be gone.
A constant pass rush? Hardly. We are dead last in team sacks And by the end of the season opposing teams seemed to be picking on Glenn more and more not allowing Dunta to make the big play which he does quite nicely. That all being said I do agree we need another good corner if we dont plan on revamping our pass rush this offseason. Depending on how the Texans grade the draft I could see anyone from (CB, OG, OT, DT, ILB, OLB, S) being chosen with our #1 pick. And my guess is that they will draft best available player which is the best way to play the draft.
Robinson is a good corner, and the best CB taken in the draft. I had him going in the 1st round in my mock draft 2-3 months before the draft and a lot of texan fans said that was way too high for him. That being said he was still a rookie and I think you guys are getting just a little too excited over his raw talent. He is good already, just not yet among the top 3 corners in the AFC. Didn't see Vilma play much but watching him pick off Bulger on Sunday and then outrace Faulk and others to the endzone was pretty amazing, dude is lightening quick. Cowart, Barton, Vilma is probably the most stacked linebacker corps outside of Baltimore and maybe Denver.
