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Old 02-04-2007, 04:02 AM
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Originally Posted by HorrorSCope View Post
How many years was Turner here again? Anderson and Davis were decent Safeties. Mcelroy also was limited in quality years as well. I'd still stick with Woodson and Lott, when they were here they were easily all-pro caliber, just like Turner.
McElroy did go to two Pro Bowls. And he was a Pro Bowl player on a Championship defense. One of the really underrated Raiders of all time in my opinion. And besides being a fearless tackler, he also had some really good INT years:

1983- 8 picks
1984- 4 picks
1986- 7 picks
1987- 4 picks, 1 TD
1988- 3 picks

For my money he contributed more to the Raiders than Lott, even though Lott clearly had the better career. Woodson gets extra credit for being probably the missing piece to the Raider D when he came aboard IMO...
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