Should Ndamukong Suh Receive Defensive Player of the Year Consideration?

The Lions Congregation is a roundtable of Lions bloggers who comment upon a topic or topics, nearly every week. Here is my response to the question of whether or not Ndamukong Suh is likely to win NFC Defensive Player of the Year, on top of his near shoo-in selection for NFC Defensive Rookie of the Year: Suh Brought Aggressiveness to the Lions Front Four Q: Should Ndamukong Suh also be getting strong consideration for Defensive Player of the Year, not just Defensive Rookie of the year? Will he win one or both? Thoughts? Should Ndamukong Suh receive consideration for NFC Defensive Player of the Year? Hell, Yes! Let the results speak for themselves: Suh has:9 sacks (1st for DT’s) 60 combined tackles (3rd most for interior linemen, 1st DT) 1 interception returned for 20 yards 1 fumble recovery returned for a TD Individual defensive statistics can be misleading, but let’s look at some of the changes in Lions team defensive statistics ...