DAILY DEBATE: Greatest CB in (U) Miami history?

[Memnon]

The criteria can be College or Pro's.
I personally went with both to make my choice.

For me, it's Duane Starks.

Mostly, based on what he did in the NFL. Being apart of the greatest Defense in NFL history, the 2000 Ravens Defense, he had one of the best & most underrated seasons for a CB ever.
- 49tks 23PD's & 6INT'S
which culminated in one of the most fitting moments of his career, the Pick 6 in Superbowl XXXV.

Something he had done in college as well...

He gets overlooked for the impact he had on that (Ravens Defense), because of guys like Ray Lewis, Rod Woodson, Samuel Adams, Tony Siragusa etc, but he was a major contributor & catalyst to why the Ravens 00 Defense was so dominant. He & Chris McAlister were absolute Lockdown Cover Corners.

Due to the totality of his career, he's #1 IMO.


There's also a really good arguments to be made for Ryan McNeil & Roland Smith, if you're just going by what they did at Miami.

But what say you?

 

[mcnaire2004]

DJ Ivey is there for profiling purposes?

 

[Memnon]

DJ Ivey is there for profiling purposes?

50% humor
50% based on the way he's talked about on here I figured if I didn't add him I'd be met with outrage.

 

[Angry Ibis]

Corn Elder

**** Duke

 

[Brains]

I'm a huge Ryan McNeil fan. The answer to the poll has to be Duane Starks.

 

[cway313]

Kelly Jennings was an All-American iirc.

 

[Wss5xmiami]

Antrel Rolle

 

[Memnon]

Kelly Jennings was an All-American iirc.

2nd team.

He's an honorable mention, but his resume doesn't stack up to some of the others. You'd have to only go by College for him, because his pro career just wasn't enough to be in the discussion.

IMO

 

[insaneinthecane]

The criteria can be College or Pro's.
I personally went with both to make my choice.

For me, it's Duane Starks.

Mostly, based on what he did in the NFL. Being apart of the greatest Defense in NFL history, the 2000 Ravens Defense, he had one of the best & most underrated seasons for a CB ever.
- 49tks 23PD's & 6INT'S
which culminated in one of the most fitting moments of his career, the Pick 6 in Superbowl XXXV.

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Something he had done in college as well...
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He gets overlooked for the impact he had on that (Ravens Defense), because of guys like Ray Lewis, Rod Woodson, Samuel Adams, Tony Siragusa etc, but he was a major contributor & catalyst to why the Ravens 00 Defense was so dominant. He & Chris McAlister were absolute Lockdown Cover Corners.

Due to the totality of his career, he's #1 IMO.


There's also a really good arguments to be made for Ryan McNeil & Roland Smith, if you're just going by what they did at Miami.

But what say you?

Sorry bruh but your poll cannot be taken seriously without having Antrell Rolle on the list!

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

@Memnon no Antrell Rolle? Oversight?

 

[Rellyrell]

I’m going McNeil:
-2x Nat’l Champion
-Consensus All American
-Pro Bowler
-NFL Interception Leader (Not sure how he didn’t make the pro bowl this year)
-45 total turnovers created at the NFL level
-Made my Chicago Bears’ lives a living ****

Not sure any CB has this type of resume. Only thing missing is a Super Bowl; although, Antrel could make 1/2 an argument b/c he played CB early on b4 moving to S at the NFL level.

 

[Rellyrell]

Sorry bruh but your poll cannot be taken seriously without having Antrell Rolle on the list!

He probably didn’t include Trel b/c he was eventually moved to S at the next level. The guys he listed played pure CB at both Miami & The NFL.

 

[cway313]

2nd team.

He's an honorable mention, but his resume doesn't stack up to some of the others. You'd have to only go by College for him, because his pro career just wasn't enough to be in the discussion.

IMO

Did Roland play in the NFL? Kelly started 2 or 3 years after being drafted 1st round.

 

[Memnon]

@Memnon no Antrell Rolle? Oversight?

I added him in now.

But initially, I left him off because I always viewed him as a better Safety than CB.

 

[WeBallinBoyz]

Damari Brown not on this list? Cap.


In all seriousness, Starks is my choice. Obviously not in this same category, but one guy I had massive hopes for before that extremely unfortunate injury was Malek Young. I thought he could have been special, obviously nowhere in conversation with a lot of these guys, but he was and has been one of our better CBs in the last decade or so imo.

 

[Memnon]

Did Roland play in the NFL? Kelly started 2 or 3 years after being drafted 1st round.

No he didn't, but he's one of the All-time leaders in INT's in school history & (I believe) has the most INT's amongst CB's.

If you want to argue on behalf on Jennings you can. JMO, that his resume in either College or the Pro's doesn't equal up to some of the others.

But it's whatever criteria you want.

 

[cway313]

No he didn't, but he's one of the All-time leaders in INT's Miami history & (I believe) has the most INT's amongst CB's.

If you want to argue on behalf on Jennings you can. JMO, that his resume in either College or the Pro's doesn't equal up to some of the others.

But it's whatever criteria you want.

Definitely not my hill just curious what the cutoff was.

 

[ZoeCane97]

I know you trolling with this one cause you got Ivey on hear and Mike Jack is missing.

 

[insaneinthecane]

He probably didn’t include Trel b/c he was eventually moved to S at the next level. The guys he listed played pure CB at both Miami & The NFL.

#6 was the goods

 

[Memnon]

I know you trolling with this one cause you got Ivey on hear and Mike Jack is missing.

It was obviously a joke.

But what exactly has Mike Jack done in either College or the Pro's that would warrant him to be mentioned as the Greatest CB in School History?

If you feel he is, you're free to argue on his behalf if you want.