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"Right now I'd take Mike Mitchell over Mike Minter" -Steve Smith


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Heard this in his interview yesterday with WFNZ. He tried to make it sound like he didn't wanna choose between the 03' defense and now, but he said right now he would take Mitchell over minter which is huge.

I'm so glad to have Lurk on this team, it's been said enough but that guy just changed everything from the secondary, to the teams attitude.

Next jersey?

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Smitty said he would take Mike Mitchell because that's who we have now, and you can't compare seasons that far apart; he acknowledged that he was a much different player and a person back then, so his perspective of the team would have been different.  He also said that as good as the 2003 defense was, it wasn't quite the best because they came up short that year.

 

In no way was it a knock on Minter, at least not how I heard it.

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I think Minter played a little smarter....

But I think Mitchell is a nastier version overall of what Minter was..

I agree completely. Minter played smarter but Mitchell has something special. Just curious has anyone noticed Mitchell's closing speed. It is unreal. He makes up for some of the lapses on our young defense. In my opinion, that has been one of the biggest differences. His athleticism is underrated. I am sure he will be one of the players Gettleman attempts to re-sign.
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