Last week it was Adam Vinatieri defeating Joe Cronin with 66% of the vote to maintain his spot at #52 on the Ladder. At least it was a bit of a consolation prize for Automatic Adam after the Colts lost the Super Bowl. This week a pair of Vinatieri's former teammates due battle as Tedy Bruschi (#49) attempts to move up 10 rungs by taking on Ty Law (#39). Both players were outstanding Patriots and both earned 3 Super Bowl rings, but my vote this week goes to T-Law. Although Tedy earns some extra credit for his loyalty (not to mention coming back from a stroke), Law is perhaps the greatest big-game cornerback in NFL history, earning him the slight edge on my ballot. So who has your vote in this week's Challenge? (and don't forget, most votes in the comments section is the tie-breaker)
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TY LAW
Ranked : 39
Started: 47
Challenge Record: 1-1-0
Beat: Terry O'Reilly
Lost: Gino Cappelletti
Tied: Nobody
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*Played his first 10 seasons (1995-2004) with Patriots.
*Helped Pats win 3 Super Bowls (2001, 2003-04).
*Helped Pats win 4 AFC Championships (1996, 2001, 2003-04).
*Named 1st Team All Pro 2-times (1998, 2003).
*Named to AFC Pro Bowl team 4-times (1998, 2001-03).
*Tied for franchise lead in career interceptions with 36 and leads in Interception TD with 6.
*Career Patriots stats: 542 tackles, 96 assists, 3 forced fumbles and 4 fumble recoveries.
*Had an interception return for TD vs Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI.
*Had 3 interceptions vs Colts in 2003 AFC Championship.
*Member of Patriots 50th Anniversary Team.
TEDY BRUSCHI
Ranked : 49
Started: 59
Challenge Record: 1-0-0
Beat: Joe Cronin
Lost: Nobody
Tied: Nobody
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*Played entire 13-year career (1996-2008) with Patriots.
*Helped Pats win 3 Super Bowls (2001, 2003-04).
*Helped Pats win 5 AFC Championships (1996, 2001, 2003-04, 2007).
*Named to 2004 AFC Pro Bowl team.
*Voted the 2005 NFL COmeback Player of the Year.
*Had a stroke in February, 2005 and was back playing by the end of October.
*Started every game for first 16-0 team in NFL history (2007).
*Career stats: 189 Games, 680 Tackles, 387 Assists, 30.5 Sacks, 12 Interceptions, 17 Forced Fumbles, 7 Fumble Recoveries and 4 Interception TD.
*Only player in NFL history to return 4 consecutive interceptions for touchdowns.
*His 22 playoff games are the most in franchise history.
*Defensive captain of Patriots 50th Anniversary Team.
Ty Law should have been Super Bowl MVP of the Rams, the next year he owned Peyton Manning to send us back to the Super Bowl, and in my opinion he's the greatest cornerback in Pats history. Bruschi was an awesome leader and a difference maker, but as a player he was no Ty Law. That is not a major putdown....I'd put Law in the Top 3 defensively in team history. Falling a little short of that is nothing to sneeze at.
I agree everything you said about Law. Too bad he wasn't more personable, he would be a lot more loved in this town like he should be. HE always seemed cranky, like he had to take a good poop for himself.
Bruschi
Sean, your argument is overwhelmingly compelling. I change my mind.
WJ your arguement is overwhelmingly original. "I agree everything you said"... you also told GMAC "Gmac, gotta agree with pretty much everything you wrote."
It would be interesting to hear something from you that I did not hear from Michael Holly 10 minutes before you post it on here.
Sean, unlike you I do not spend any time listening to sports radio as I hate listening to yahoos like you. I don't even know what station Holly is on. Last time I heard he moved to Cleveland or something like that.
Is Sean stuffing the ballot box? There is no way that Bruschi should be beating Law by such a large margin.
This is the most ridiculous vote yet.
Always making excuses WJ...
That is not an excuse it is an accusation.
I voted for Bruschi too. Though not eleven times.
I think though Law was the better player(in the traditional sense of the word), the better talent, and that game against Indy in the snow was the best performance in the whole glory era of the game.
I really have nothing bad to say about Law, and wanted to get him back after he was gone.
Bruschi though I gave it to cause as a player, in a different sense of the word he was unrivaled. He was basically what they always give Favre credit for.
Through the course of career he became a great player, and he retired in New England. Tough call though.
"glory era of the Pats."
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