von miller or aldon smith?

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Originally Posted by B'sCeltsPatsSox

Miller. More complete and the amount of pass rush and sacks he gets while play 43 OLB is amazing to me at least.

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Originally Posted by dbroncos78087

I think anyone that describes Aldon as anything less than great is selling him short. I would take von Miller in a heartbeat, but I can't sell Aldon short or pretend that he isn't worthy of his conference's DPOY award.

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These together describe my feelings. its amazing how close the vote its

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Originally Posted by valade16

Once in a generation type talent? Lol, the hyperbole goes too far. Just in the last 10 years there are tons of guys at or above his level on defense...

Patrick Willis, Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu, Brian Urlacher, Darrelle Revis, Nnamdi Asomugha, Champ Bailey, DeMarcus Ware, JJ Watt, Haloti Ngata, Julius Peppers, Jared Allen, etc.

He's not even a Top 10 defensive player of the last 5 years...

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Wow I did not know those guys all played OLB. Learn something new everyday.

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Originally Posted by rds1488

Both were in 2011 draft class, who would take?

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Von Miller is a more complete player. Both are stud pass rushers, but Miller can cover and play the run more effectively. He can do pretty much anything you ask of him

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Originally Posted by kozelkid

Apparently I wasn't clear enough, I'm referring in respect to his position, or else we're comparing apples to oranges. And fyi, Revis has certainly been more impactful on defense than ALOT of players you just mentioned since he joined the league.

Yes, Revis is undoubtedly a once in generation type corner who could very well unseat Deion before his career is over.

And while Champ has had a HOF career (Nnamdi is certainly debatable), what Revis has already done in his career certainly trumps what Champ did in those same number of years when he came into the league.

As far as Von goes, I'll be hardpressed to find another OLB in recent times aside from maybe Ware, who has been this dominant and impactful this early in all facets of the game.

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Shawn Merriman before the knee injury

Both massive talents. I'll go the Giants way and pick the character guy. Give me Miller.

They are bot awesome, but Von Miller is the only guy who rivals my mancrush of Wagner and Cushing at linebacker.

I would take Smith over any young pass rusher in league today because he is still so raw and has so much more upside in his game to grow.

You can't go wrong.

Watt