As such he had, if anything, even greater potential as a defensive player than Jordan.
After all, he's the best cornerback in the NFL and arguably its top defensive player.
"It's an inopportune time to announce my candidacy for defensive player of the year, " Battier said.
Daniel had thrown a dart, and, just as he did, a defensive player had hit him squarely.
Camby, a former leaguewide defensive player of the year, owns the second-best defensive rating on the team.
He is the second former Chargers defensive player the Jets have signed this offseason, joining nose tackle Antonio Garay.
But then in 1987-88, Jordan was named both MVP and defensive player of the year, and Hubbard acknowledged his error.
Watt has been sensational and, in a crazy year for defensive studs, is clearly the Defensive Player of the Year.
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Not to become the first-ever exclusively defensive player to win the Heisman Trophy (which he very nearly did, finishing second).
That doesn't mean, of course, that general manager Jerry Reese will use the 19th pick overall to take a defensive player.
That's where we've missed him, he's a very, very good defensive player, reads the game fantastically from that point of view.
Lewis was the AP Defensive Player of the Year in 2000, when Baltimore won the Super Bowl title, and in 2003.
He was the 1999 NFL Defensive Player of the Year after helping Tampa Bay claim its first division title in 18 years.
That in itself is an honor, but for a linebacker to do such a thing, a defensive player, it is truly cool.
Notes: Chandler was chosen to the Eastern Conference All-Star team on Thursday, the first selection for last year's Defensive Player of the Year.
Afterward, Utah coach Jerry Sloan, himself a legendary defensive player, paid tribute to them: he had never seen defensive players quicker to the ball.
He didn't put Allen, who finished fifth in voting for Defensive Player of the Year, on Durant until the final minutes of Game 2.
Tyson Chandler, the league's defensive player of the year last season, hasn't looked himself in weeks because of a bulging disk in his neck.
On one side of the net was the terrier-like Mr Chang, an old-school defensive player whose Herculean legs help him run down every ball.
But Vogel called for time the next time his team got the ball, and the coach pulled his best defensive player, paint protector Roy Hibbert.
By having an incredibly defensive player, you could stack MF through the roof, and clear content with minimal difficulty, leading to superior results over time.
They won the Atlantic Sun tournament, and had the league's player of the year in Sherwood Brown and defensive player of the year in Bernard Thompson.
"Warren played the game with incredible ability and passion, " Buccaneers co-chairman Bryan Glazer said of the 1999 Defensive Player of the Year and Super Bowl XXXVII champ.
Early in his professional career, he mentioned casually to reporters that he hoped one day to be named defensive player of the year as well as most valuable player.
Kennedy was the 1992 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year, when he had 14 sacks for the Seattle Seahawks, the team with whom he spent his entire 11-year career.
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During his career, the brash star, known for his crushing tackles and demonstrative pregame dance, was selected as an All-Pro 10 times and twice was the league's defensive player of the year.
Oladipo averaged 13.6 points and 6.4 rebounds this season, was the Big Ten's defensive player of the year and hit a 3-pointer with 14 seconds left to lift Indiana past Temple last weekend.
It kept track of how many seconds elapsed before the quarterback released the ball, where each player stood at the start of the play, which defensive player applied pressure and which blocker allowed it.
By every available measure he's an excellent defensive player and the best base runner in the game, picking up a marginal win every year on steals, avoiding double plays, going first to third and the like.
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