
yeah it’s kinda contrarian but hear me out: -entire career in super bowl era, not as much of an oldhead as you’d think -8th all time in sacks with 148.5, 1st among interior -15 years of 11.6 sack pace, 9 and 9.5 sack seasons in the ‘80s while older than donald is right now (donald was 12.3 a year but retired at 32) -218 game iron man streak -one of two defensive mvps ever -state supreme court justice, got his JD while still playing
Page won MVP with 9 sacks. Aaron Donald had 20 in one season (better than Alan Page’s 18). I think his mvp was more due to leading a historically great defense. Aaron Donald retired early but still won more 2 more DPOYs, and had the better peak imo. And idk how long Aaron Donald could have played for, he was still a 99 overall in madden the year he retired. He just lost his love for the game and accomplished everything he set out to.
i think it means something to lead what might genuinely be the best defense to ever do it (3 of the top 10 all time lowest ppg allowed in 3 straight years), imo he’d get way more glaze if he’d done it on a big legacy franchise and won a ring. it’s peak vs longevity top 2 all time, but half this community wouldn’t be able to match his name to a team and position. page top 1 claims aren’t that different from like jim brown or LT glaze, but the instant reaction is just “ragebait”