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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DILLIGAFF" data-source="post: 266343" data-attributes="member: 1719">What probably hurt Mathews was the Packers opponents, not that Houston had all that much of a tougher schedule, but when you play the likes of Browns, Rams, Seattle, detroit (twice), bears (twice), and Tampa you are not going to get the recognition.Another knock on Mathews is that he did not start right away, I can't remember when he started to take all the reps at his position, it might have been during the second viking game when he was a full time starter (getting all the reps).It kind of comes down to how much value you put on sacks verses tackles.   With that said Cushing's force fumbles (2) and INTs (4) are impressive and puts him ahead of Mathews this season.  6 turnovers is a bigger impact on the game as a defensive player than sacks.  For me over an above Cushing's tackles these turnovers is where he has clearly played better this year.Regardless it will be interesting to watch these players develop as time moves on. Mathews was a late bloomer in college, he may have yet to reach his potential.</blockquote>

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