I don't think you can point to one person that makes / breaks a unit. PF had the D side of the ball, especially the secondary, working as a collective unit. Kind of like plug and play.
As wifey and I do not have any kids, it seems that we are "expected" to travel to our families for the holidays. This Thanksgiving was the first without any other family. We will be headed to Jax as well for Christmas. Parents will be coming over from The Villages.
The first thing my dad showed me when we got our 15HP JD 2-stage snow blower was what not to do. Took a broom handle and shoved it down in the chute. About 10 sec later half the handle was gone. Ol man said this is what you do not want to do - lesson learned immediately.
I have not researched this completely, but I think there is some precident of not having multiple players from the same position in the particular HOF year.
Godspeed Stef and my condolences to the Spielman family. I'll be back on the bike again next summer pedaling 100 miles to help raise money for cancer research.
Article from Columbus Dispatch
Gilbride is not coming back to a previous scene of a crime. His TBD nickname at the time was "Killdrive". Need anymore info?
Haslett is virtually no better than DJ.