Maxp
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Really?
I think Greer, Jenkins, Ellis, Ayodele and Smith have all played at a higher level than Vilma this year. You could make the arguement, in limited snaps, Clark has been our most impressive Lber thus far.
Clark has done an outstanding job in his role as run stopper, but let's not kid ourselves into thinking he's more valuable to the D than Vilma. 51 may not make every tackle(he does make plenty), but he is responsible for lining up the guy who does. Give him credit. Everyone you mentioned has stepped up their play and I'm not putting any of them down. Number 27 will be my next jersey purchase.
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looks like Vilma does make every tackle: leads the team with 73 combined tackles, 49 of them solo; only Harper has more solo tackles at 51, but less combined at 64