Thread: Tillman Plays Megatron Like a Violin But Still Gets No Love..........

I do think it's a shame Peanut has never gotten pro bowl recognition for his play. He always brings his "A" game against the best. If they added all of his forced fumbles and his tackles to his picks he'd be a pro bowler most years. Teams throw at him because he doesn't have the rep of being unbeatable but on one embarasses him.

If we had Champ Bailey playing opposite him we'd have the two best senior citizen CB's in football. LOL

If forced fumbles and recoveries were as sexy as picks, he'd be a perennial pro bowler

As of today on NFL.com

Total Tackles: 681
Pass Deflections: 93
Interceptions: 28
Interception Return Touchdowns: 4
Forced Fumbles: 27
Fumble Recovery Touchdowns: 1

27 forced fumbles. I wish it listed how many of those resulted in turnovers. That's the problem with..I guess media? When talking about a DB they only talk about his picks. Not too mention that we play a ton of zone, which arguably will result in less int's. Against Detroit, Marinelli had him and Jennings in man and peanut showed he can still bring it.

And that's in 8 1/2 seasons so he averages 6 1/2 turnovers a year. There aren't many CB's in the NFL who average 6+ turnover a year and have never made a pro bowl appearance. He's a smart players who just quietly goes about his job but he's nobodies patsy. Did you see who he was tangling with during that scrum? It was one of the Lions 330 lb OT's.

Here's a bit more on the man from the Bears Site.


November 14, 2011Tillman put clamps on Lions star receiver

By: Larry Mayer | Last Updated: 11/14/2011 5:19 PM


About the only surprise after the Bears’ lopsided win over the Lions was that Charles Tillman didn’t follow Pro Bowl receiver Calvin Johnson onto Detroit’s bus for the trip to the airport. The veteran cornerback shadowed Johnson just about everywhere else Sunday, allowing him to catch just seven of the 19 passes that were thrown his way in the Bears’ 37-13 victory. (He would have if they'd let him if for no other reason than to get a couple more swings at Cherilus)

“Charles Tillman, I could talk about him quite a bit,” coach Lovie Smith said Monday at Halas Hall. “Putting our game plan in, we let Charles know what he was doing for the game. He was going to guard their best receiver all day.”Tillman responded to the challenge, breaking up three passes and returning an interception 44 yards for a touchdown after jumping a slant route to Johnson, who leads the NFL with 11 TD catches. Tillman also tackled Johnson a yard short of a first down on a third-down play in the second quarter, forcing a punt. (I'd say that's one hell of a day for a 30 year old CB against a guy who many say is the best in the NFL)

While Tillman has excelled in previous years, he’s arguably having the best season since he joined the Bears in 2003 as a second-round draft pick from Louisiana-Lafayette. “Every year the mission is to have a career year,” Tillman said. “Coach [Rod] Marinelli challenges everyone to have a career year and I think a lot of guys are having a career year right now.” (Pro Bowl this year for about half the defense)

Heave-ho:

Smith wasn’t happy that D.J. Moore got ejected from Sunday’s game for retaliating against Matthew Stafford. But the Bears coach felt that Stafford also deserved to be kicked out after throwing Moore to the ground by his helmet during Tim Jennings’ interception return.

“First off, you shouldn’t retaliate on something that happens,” Smith said. “Officials are supposed to be looking at the instigator in situations like that. D.J. was not. Stafford grabbed him by his helmet. You can’t do that either. In those situations, I can understand the officials throwing out one guy—D.J.—but it seemed like both guys should have been thrown out in that situation.” (It takes more balls than those refs had to throw a starting QB out of a game but it should have been done. Actually they probably would have been doing him a favor. If Gooddell doesn't hand down a hefty fine to Stafford for instigating that mess something is really wrong with his enforcement system)

The confrontation between Moore and Stafford led to a melee between several players from both teams.
“Things did get out of hand a little bit,” Smith said. “I mean, we’re not looking for that. I think there’s plenty of time during the course of the game to show how tough you are, who’s the most physical football team and all of that, and I think that happened yesterday.”

Head games:

While the officials failed to call three unnecessary roughness penalties that could have been whistled against the Lions, they did flag Lance Briggs for hitting Johnson over the middle on a 4-yard reception. (Another bullshit call. Briggs led with his shoulder and the helmet contact was incidental. The rules regarding these type of calls need revision. But it really was a thing of beauty wasn't it. A real de-cleater and it had Urlacher whooping it up just after it happened. Even though we drew a penalty it was worth it as a payback for the hit on Cutler by Fairley)

It was a violent collision, but Briggs appeared to lead with his shoulder, not his head. “I do think we’re maybe going a little bit too far,” Smith said. “I’m all for protection and all of that too. But it just seems like sometimes things are called a little bit based on the reaction of the offensive player—and I’ve been on both sides of that.

“Looking at Lance Briggs’ hit yesterday, yeah, it was a big hit. But it’s a physical football game too. I don’t think there was anything flagrant he was trying to do on that. He didn’t necessarily lead with his head.” (He didn't and if you try to take things like that out of the game you ruin it. NFL football is a tough game and a 240 lb WR doesn't need protection from a 240 LB)

Legal hit:

Middle linebacker Brian Urlacher was even more adamant that Briggs didn’t deserve a penalty. Asked what happened on the play, Urlacher said: “He knocked the [stuffing ] ("stuffing" spelled c..r..a..p) out of him, that’s what happened.

"I don’t know why it was a penalty. What are you supposed to do? He hit him with his shoulder, turned his head to the side. It was full speed contact. Lance is a big guy. Guys are going to go backwards when they hit him.” (And that's what happened alright. All 240 lbs of Megatron became Megamush for a minute there)