‘“I vouch for him every year,” Thomas said on Sunday. “People want to talk about sacks. If we had wanted him to get sacks, he would have gotten 10 or more sacks a year. But he was covering tight ends. He was covering running backs down the field. I’ve always thought him being taken second in the draft back in 1987, that right there proves his worth of what type of football player he was. And he played for — what? — 13, 14 years at a high level, at a very high level, and was a big part of us going to those four Super Bowls.’