Who is the best player in the NFC West? (Multi-Choice Poll)

[SauceTownHawk]

Where's Earl?

 

[Zebulon Dak]

It's Russell. Followed by Kam.

 

[TheRealDTM]

Have to go with Earl Thomas

 

[dontbelikethat]

Tough, but think I'm goona go with the future HOF Earl Thomas.

Lynch, Wilson, Sherman, Bowman and Quinn also are very reasonable choices imo.

Top 3 is tough, I think any three of the six players listed above would be alright.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Lynch, Thomas and Quinn

 

[Popeyejones]

Tough, but think I'm goona go with the future HOF Earl Thomas.

Lynch, Wilson, Sherman, Bowman and Quinn also are very reasonable choices imo.

Top 3 is tough, I think any three of the six players listed above would be alright.

I think it's narrowing from top 4 to top 3 that's really tough, TBH.

I don't think you can put Bowman in there because he hasn't played in over a year, and you can't really put Wilson in there because of the remaining five guys he's the only one who's not in the conversation for best player at his position in the NFL.

Using that metric, Thomas and Sherman are locks, and you're left picking between Lynch and Quinn. I'd go Lynch just because I've always been a Lynch fan, but I wouldn't protest someone picking Quinn over him either.

 

[Anonymous]

What, no Chris Matthews?

:stirthepot:

Earl Thomas.

Next question?

 

[CPHawk]

Bam Bam.

 

[McGruff]

Because of his youth, the position he plays, and the relentless Ness with which he plays it, I went with Aaron Donald. You can scheme around a dominant pass rushing end. It's nearly impossible to scheme around interior pressure.

He's going to wreck us for a long time.

 

[netskier]

Does Sokoli have the talent to stop Aaron Donald next year?

 

[vin.couve12]

Does Sokoli have the talent to stop Aaron Donald next year?

To answer that question you'd have to start by defining the word talent, but regardless of how "talented" he is, he'll be playing a position he's never played before so a next year time frame is basically off the table.

 

[ceej22]

How are you going to leave All Pros off the list?

 

[DJrmb]

Yeah, Earl's got to be #1 above all in my opinion. If we have to see this defense go a few games without him this year I bet a lot of people change their votes...

2nd probably Wilson if you just look at who we couldn't lose and still compete to win the division.

If you lose either of those 2 guys to IR this team will struggle to even compete for a Wild Card.

 

[Anonymous]

Because of his youth, the position he plays, and the relentless Ness with which he plays it, I went with Aaron Donald. You can scheme around a dominant pass rushing end. It's nearly impossible to scheme around interior pressure.

He's going to wreck us for a long time.

I agree.

Having to defend a DE that has so much Ness is a tall order.

 

[Tical21]

That's a tough call. I can't pick a favorite child.

This is silly fun, but I wonder if the results would be a little bit different if Russell's contract negotiations were going more quickly.

 

[Bryan]

The top 6 players in the NFC West are Earl, Sherm, Wags, Cam, Russ, and Beast. All Hawks, brosephus...

 

[Bigbadhawk]

As others have pointed out, how do you miss Earl the 4x all pro that is widely considered the top safety in the league and the biggest reason Sherman is able to do what he does. My 3 are Thomas, Lynch, and Quinn.

 

[BlueThunder]

Guess I'd have to go with Sherm... He's widely regarded as the best in the business at his position. He'd start on every single team in the league, but that would be true for a whole lot of our grossly bloated roster...

 

[Seahawk Sailor]

What 5 people voted for Larry Fitzgerald?? And why is he even on the list?!

Mine wasn't one of those votes, but the first thing I thought was "man if this was a few years ago!" Fitz absolutely dominated at WR for a number of years with a number of really crappy quarterbacks. With a top-tier quarterback, we'd be talking about him in terms of best in the game at his position.

That said, of the choices listed (ET was an obvious snub there...), I had to go with Marshawn, Sherman, and Wilson. Speaking current team only.

 

[two dog]

I voted Beastmode and Sherm. After some thought I gave the third
vote to Donald. Guy's scary quick.

I think the best player in the NFC west is Earl Thomas.