Sorry folks, you are not a "War Daddy" unless you are a defensive lineman dominating in the thick of a war. You are in the trenches, first line of defense. Linebackers have the benefit of "cleaning up" whatever is left over. They have the benefit of surprise when it comes to rushing the quarterback. They are "protected" by the guys up front. War Daddies do their damage up front at the point of attack.
They do their damage in the games that are remembered by all NFL fans.
Regular season games are just skirmishes. I don't blame anybody for misunderstanding this, most of you have very little or no experience with playoffs and their true ramifications.
When it is all or nothing....when it is win or go home......when a single defensive play determines a team's survival.....when a clear cut message has to be sent that it stops right here.....that's when you need your War Daddy.
Do you know which NFL player holds the record for playoff sacks? You should...he was a Cowboy, played for no other.
He is the only defensive lineman in NFL history to record 2 or more sacks in a playoff game 4 different times.
Every other D-lineman he played alongside was a top 5 overall pick in the draft but he was the Enforcer. He stopped drives cold. He deserved to be in the Hall of Fame but there was just too much animosity towards the Cowboys...they just wouldn't stop winning.
How many DE's in the NFL are Super Bowl MVP's? The opponent quarterback that day had a passer rating of 0.0.....that's right....zero!
Harvey Banks Martin......"Too Mean" Martin is gone now, passed away long before his time on Christmas Eve 2001 at the age of 51, but there was your real "War Daddy".
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They didn't record regular season sacks back then. If they did then he would have left Strahan and anyone else in the dust.
We have one candidate today.
In a war, you gotta lay down D Law.
In his first playoff game, Demarcus Lawrence sacked the quarterback,, forced one fumble and recovered two fumbles......all in the last two minutes of the game.
The following week, in a close loss, he sacked Aaron Rodgers for a ten yard loss with less than a minute to go in the 1st half as the Packers were driving for a TD. They had to settle for a field goal as time ran out.
How did he do last Sunday?