The feud between Warren Sapp and Michael Strahan took a fresh turn Wednesday when the Hall of Fame defensive tackle of the Buccaneers said Strahan wasn't even close to former Tampa Bay teammate Simeon Rice as a pass rusher, Ira Kaufman of the Tampa Tribune reports. "Nobody ever talks about Simeon,'' said Sapp, who played three seasons with Rice in Tampa and saw the right defensive end average 14 sacks between 2001-03. "Simeon was a better rusher than Michael Strahan any day of the week and twice on Sunday.'' Sapp also said Strahan's 15-year career with the New York Giants didn't take off until he was moved from right end to the left side. "(Rice) didn't rush the worst lineman,'' said Sapp, who beat out Strahan for a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2013. "You know the right tackle is the worst of the five. Strahan played right end his first four years. When they were putting the label on him as a bust, they put 'B-U-S . OK, let's transition him on the other side and see if he can play in his fourth year.' "They put him at right end and he couldn't do it, so they moved him to the weak guy. One-on-one with the (Eagles right tackle) Jon Runyans for eight quarters every year. Sim won't ever have his name brought up (for the Hall of Fame), and that's a shame. He's one of the best pass rushers I've ever encountered in my life.'' Source: The Redzone
Sapp can talk the talk because he walked the walk. The rest of you might not like what he has said but you cannot argue the truth of his words.
He's out of football, why keep talking about Michael, hero worship??? Why not call out the coach that lined him up where he did, players aren't the ones that pick where they play.
If sapp were talking about a dont pay his bills, woman slapping, racist lowlife all around scumbag you'd have valid point here but ...
Now wait a minute, I was talking about his on-field performance not his personal life. If you want to get on him for being a full blooded jackass, low life egomaniac with a brain the size of a walnut, I will second everything you say.
Eh, sapp just sounds once again like he is trying too hard to be relevant. Yes, Strahan played most of his career at left end. So what? He played the position very well. If we are going with his theory, then he has to throw himself in the same category as "overrated" because he did not line up against left tackles either
