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Originally Posted by No1CavsFan
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Certainly one of my favourite Bengals ever, a guy who will retire as the greatest defensive player in draft history, and somebody who's stats will hopefully see him in Canton someday
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Do you mean in Bengals draft history?
Is it that you are a Bengals fan and looking to be positive about something after these last two weeks (I get it, really, I am a Giants fan). But you are jumping the shark a little here. The difference in the sack stats you stated below, and with Atkins' entire case is that his career spans just a little over 7 years. Most guys slow down later in their career. Some less than others, and those end up in the HOF.
I like Atkins a lot as a player, but I think you can't project him in the Hall until after 10 full seasons minimum. Doing that earlier for a player in my opinion would require a few years of absolute dominance I think Geno never fully achieved (talking LT, Ray Lewis, Revis, Watt - but even he had injuries that broke up that period).