Haloti Ngata:War Room analysis

[SALADIN]

Cortez Kennedy?

I'm guessing.

Hos, I'm pretty sure that Tez played most of his career in a 4-3.

Someone please correct me.

Either or Hos, he was pretty salty.

 

[Hostile]

Hos, I'm pretty sure that Tez played most of his career in a 4-3.

Someone please correct me.

Either or Hos, he was pretty salty.

I think he was the last NT who was considered a top 10 talent. I could be wrong on that though.

 

[SALADIN]

And currently? It is Casey Hampton...no doubt!

You're probably right about Hampton. But it's very rare that a team drafts a player that early to play NG.

Most DT's grow into that position later in their careers.

 

[InDakWeTrust]

You're probably right about Hampton. But it's very rare that a team drafts a player that early to play NG.

Most DT's grow into that position later in their careers.

Yet some are drafted by 3-4 teams to play that particular spot like Hampton. And where was Hampton drafted? Somewhere in the twenties, so a trade down is more likely than us trading up to get him IMO...

 

[neosapien23]

Yet some are drafted by 3-4 teams to play that particular spot like Hampton. And where was Hampton drafted? Somewhere in the twenties, so a trade down is more likely than us trading up to get him IMO...

Vince Wilfork was drafted by the Pats to play that spot as well.

 

[SALADIN]

I think he was the last NT who was considered a top 10 talent. I could be wrong on that though.

Hos, you are right. Cortez Kennedy was a NT

http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/kennedycortez.shtml

Kennedy, Cortez
Football
b. Aug. 23, 1968, Osceola, AR
Other Resources

After attending Northwest Mississippi Community College, Kennedy won a football scholarship to the University of Miami and was named an All-American at defensive tackle in 1989.

The Seattle Seahawks made him the third player chosen in the 1990 NFL draft. He stayed out of training camp while his contract was being negotiated and finally signed just two days before the season began.

As a result, Kennedy got off to a slow start, but in 1991 he went to the Pro Bowl and the following season he was named to The Sporting News All-Pro team after recording 14 quarterback sacks (Are you kidding me?). A nose tackle with Seattle, the 6-foot-3, 293-pound Kennedy had amazing quickness as well as strength and usually occupied two blockers.He retired after the 2000 season. In 167 games with Seattle, he had 668 tackles, 58 sacks, and 3 interceptions.

They don't make them like that anymore. What I do remember about Kennedy is that he was one of the only interior defensive linemen (DT’s and NG’s) over the last 20 years in NFL history who you could count on for double digit sacks.