ESPN Polls Coaches on Players and Owners

ESPN.com had the NFL’s head coaches vote on who they thought were the dirtiest and smartest players in the league, as well as who they considered to be the best owner.  The results declared Rodney Harrison as the dirtiest player, Hines Ward as the smartest offensive player and Zach Thomas as the smartest defensive player.  Pittsburgh’s Dan Rooney was voted as the best owner.

I don’t think there was any doubt that Harrison was going to take this “honor.”  He’s been considered to be the dirtiest player for years now.  Cowboy’s safety Roy Williams was second in the voting, which was also no surprise, considering his tackling has inspired a league rule (horse collar).  The smartest offensive player could not be a quarterback, so Ward is a pretty good pick here.  If Marshall Faulk were still in the league I would have considered him, but I think Ward makes a lot of sense considering he played QB in college.  As for Zach Thomas being the smartest defensive player, I can’t argue with that either.  I might vote for Ed Reed due to his knack for getting his hands on the ball more than any other defender.  As for owner, Rooney edged out Dallas’ Jerry Jones and Denver’s Pat Bowlen.  Any of those guys would have been a good answer.

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