Pittsburgh Steelers safety Sean Davis has had a better rookie season than Troy Polamalu did. There, I said it.
Of course, that doesn’t exactly account for much, as Polamalu wasn’t exactly an every-down player and had his struggles as a rookie, but it wasn’t long after that that he became an All-World player, and eventually will go into the Hall of Fame.
I’m not exactly predicting that for Davis, but he certainly deserves to be recognized for his ability to step into the starting lineup at the strong safety spot and hold it together over the course of the Steelers’ seven-game winning streak, during which he hardly left the field, including on Sunday against the Browns.