This was one of the easiest decisions voters have had to make. It's like asking fans if we want 2 more football games in a season.
It's unfortunate that the Heisman voting wasn't as easy 1 year ago. Suh was clearly the best pick for the Heisman but because Defensive lineman will never be as high profile as running backs and quarter backs the trophy was given to Mark Ingram from Alabama.One year removed from the voting we see Mark Ingram is just another running back who was overshadowed by team mate Richardson. Meanwhile Suh has been tearing the heads off quarter backs and mailing them to their mothers.
If ever a player can match highlight reels with the most explosive RB's in the league it's Suh. Suh is not a man, he is a physical specimen. He tied for the most sacks by a rookie ever and is the first defensive tackle in 16 years to win the DROY award.When talking about how great Suh will be, we aren't discussing potentially another Dwight Freeney and we're not even talking about Reggie White. The best comparison I've heard is that of Charles Jefferson, the character played by Forrest Whitaker in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High". Jefferson played with a blind rage after getting his car wrecked and spray painted. He killed the other team so bad it can only be a fictional story but with Suh we see the incarnate Charles Jefferson.
Suh provides fans with a new player so dominant at his position he can only be the Tiger Woods of Defensive lineman but because he is only a lineman he will never get the fame he deserves. He is as good at the Defense line as Michael Jordan was at basketball. He is more of a character from Greek mythology than he is a real man and he just finished his rookie year. Hopefully we get to watch more of Suh in all his underrated splendor for many more years.
Right: Charles Jefferson
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