Chris Simms’ All-22 Team for NFL Week 13

December 7, 2016   ·   Chris Simms   ·   Jump to comments

Want to know the worst-kept secret in NFL scouting circles? 
Teams like their defenders with a manageable amount of crazy. Not "get arrested at 4 a.m. the morning before a game" crazy. But crazy enough to run full speed at 250- to 300-pound men and hurt them. If they lead with the helmet or yank on the facemask, that’s OK.
Scouts view the best defenders as the guys who know how to toe the line between legal and illegal. That’s what drove the Raiders to swoop down and sign my old teammate, Warren Sapp. They wanted the guy poking eyes and twisting ankles at the bottom of the pile, not necessarily the end-of-his-career Hall of Famer.
That’s why another former teammate, Albert Haynesworth, landed a record-breaking contract…three years after stomping Andre Gurode’s exposed face. Aqib Talib, third ex-teammate of mine, just got in trouble for shoving a fellow Bronco. These guys don’t mess around.
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