Dolphins' Dansby: 'I respect all the linebackers. But I'm better.'

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:NFL.com

Dolphins LB Dansby can do it all -- just ask him


You won't find many shrinking violets playing linebacker in the NFL, and that description certainly doesn't fit the Miami Dolphins' Karlos Dansby.

Fresh off a day in which he notched a sack, an interception and a team-leading 10 tackles in Miami's 20-9 victory over the reeling Washington Redskins, Dansby declared himself the best linebacker in the NFL.

"I'm better than everybody," he said, according to the Miami Herald. "Everybody. Period. Point blank. I just haven't had the recognition, man. I'm more versatile than everybody. Period. Pont blank. I'm more versatile than everybody. Hands down. I can do it all. I can take the tight end. I can check the running backs. You don't have to put me in one hole, I ain't no hole guy. You can play man-to-man all over the field, man. I can do it all. I can hit guys. I can drop in coverage. I can blitz the quarterback. I got, what, 28 sacks, almost 30 sacks.

"I'm just trying to get my pick game up. I'm trying to get into the 20-20 [interceptions-sacks] club."

A second-round draft choice out of Auburn in 2004, Dansby isn't averse to taking a little shot at other, more famous names who play the middle, such as the Chicago Bears' Brian Urlacher.

"He's aging fast, man. He's a great linebacker, but he's aging fast. I respect all the linebackers. But I'm better. That's just how I feel."

 

[Yankees2772]

This is a non story for me, and here's something I want to get off my chest for everyone who makes a big deal about this shit.

At this level of sports, EVERY PLAYER thinks they are the best at what they do. If they don't, they'll get killed out there. Every athlete in every sport has the mentality that they are the best, and that's what separates the pros from the people who write stories like this.

 

[Pugz]

ive said this about teams saying their the best despite their record, and about players saying their the best. you have to have that mentality as yanks said. if you dont, then you arent a pro. you have to have that mindset with everything in life..

 

[RipCity32]

ive said this about teams saying their the best despite their record, and about players saying their the best. you have to have that mentality as yanks said. if you dont, then you arent a pro. you have to have that mindset with everything in life..

I concur.

 

[Elite]

Was going to say the same thing. If you don't think you're good at something, nobody else will either.