Yes, that was him. He ranked Edwards sixth in the NFL in 2002. His All-Pro team has the same problem every season — he bases it only on the games he watches and charts, which isn't many for each team. So, if he happens to catch the games when a certain player does well and misses the games when he bombs, he'll end up rating that guy too high.
Here was Dr. Z's response to ranking Edwards sixth -- "I can't help it, I go with what my two eyes tell me, what my charts show me. In the games I saw him play, he was that good, I believe. ... A long time ago I learned to go with my own instincts, after I had been burned by coaches or personnel directors who were touting some particular guy, or dinging another one, for their own reasons, which sometimes involved salary. This has produced some spectacular errors, but it's also given me some all-pro sleepers who became perennials a year or two later, i.e, Tim Krumrie, Merton Hanks, Stephenson, etc. At least I can say these choices are based on my own perceptions, rather than on a consensus of scouts or personnel guys or whatever, many of whom hadn't even gotten more than a fleeting glance or two at the people they mention."
