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Brian Cushing does, with 39 1st place votes. Jarius Byrd get 6 1st place votes. Clay came in third with three 1st place votes. Oh well, he's a stud.

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Wow. 39 for Cushing. That's an overwhelming victory.

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dude made a LOT of tackles this year, and an admirable number of sacks and interceptions for a linebacker. He deserved to win, but that doesn't diminish what Matthews does for our team.

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I had no idea Cushing had the stats he did. That's incredible, and I can see now why he deserved to win.

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yeah, you can't exactly argue AGAINST cushing getting it. Matthews will get his credit when he's DPOY within the next 5 years 🙂

Cushing showed more of an overall game over Matthews, IMO deserved to win the award based on his overall game.

Now that is not a slight to Matthews.. I just think they are different players.. but I think Matthews future is very very bright.. he needs to add a couple more moves to his pass rushing arsenal and he will anchor one side of this 3-4 for years.

Probably the best class of linebackers to come out in any year in a long time.. and three from the same school.

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Maybe if Clay had started every game, he would of had the same numbers. Granted early on in the season, the players were will getting adjusted to the 3-4 scheme.

Oh well. Clay's still a beast and we all know it. Now if Woodson gets screwed out of the Defensive Player of the Year award...there's going to be trouble.

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Woody should have a better chance, now that he's gotten 9 Ints and 3 returns, same as Sharper I believe. Will just be a question of Woodson or Revis...

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Probably for the best.

I'd rather Clay plays with a bit of a chip on his shoulder than gets a big ego from all the adulation he's going to be getting.

Of course he seems to be about as grounded and down to earth as a rookie can be so most likely no danger of that happening anyway.

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hopefully the fact that his old teammate "beat" him serves to motivate Clay to get a DPOY before Cushing does.

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