It's amazing how much more hype Haloti Ngata gets than Kyle Williams. Well, not amazing to us because we know why it is what it is. Ngata finished very high up on the list of theTop 100 Players of 2011 the NFL Network has been showing for a while now. I've heard acouple of the Caste talking heads on the network asserting that Ngatadeserves be in the top five. I haven't watched the whole countdown but I will be shocked if Kyle Williams is anywhere in the top 100.
Williams and Ngata both started their pro careers in 2006 and both played a lot even as rookies. 2010 was the season in which Ngata's reputation really went through the roof; but Williams outperformed Ngata in '10 and has throughout his career, yet is still a very obscure player. He made it to the Pro Bowl last year, but only as an alternate, and only because of injuries to one of the over-rated tackles picked ahead of him.
In 2010, Ngata had 63 combined tackles (46 solos and 17 assists), and 5.5 sacks. Williams had 77 tackles, a phenomenal total for a DT (54 solos and 23 assists), and matched Ngata with 5.5 sacks.
For their careers, Ngata has 247 tackles and 12 sacks. Williams has 292 tackles and 13.5 sacks.
There's nothing wrong with Ngata getting lots of recognition; he's extremely strong, surprisingly mobile for his weight -- at least compared to the slug-like movements of the league's highly touted super-obese black tackles -- and is a disruptive force. Theinjustice is that Williams deserves even more recognition than Ngata for his excellence, yet still labors in anonymity when he should be a well-known star. He, like Kelly Gregg, Ngata's teammate and one of the few other White DTs that start in the NFL, are great arguments for what we believe here, namely that defensive tackle should be a White dominated position due to Whites' better strength, stamina and mobility, on average. But the Caste agenda is always at work, even at a relatively obscure position like defensive tackle.Edited by: Don Wassall
