Better DT Duo?

Hamilton Tiger-Cats
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Mosca and Barrow or Campbell and Phillbrick?

It’s hard to say, because their wasn’t much of a free agency in the 60s and sacks weren’t counted. Yes Mosca and Barrow did play together longer, but like I said no real free agency.

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I don’t get the question.

Best pair of DTs?

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I -could- provide a few links, but… :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Pretty obvious, yes best duo.

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Most here didn’t see Mosca and Barrow play live. From the years together and all accounts though, I don’t know how you would ever rank Campbell and Philbrick ahead of two hall of fame players who played side by side for what, over a decade?

As far as the best DT’s I’ve seen play here, I would put Mike Walker at number one and Laurent at number two. Best duo I think was Laurent and Bryan Hall. Campbell and Philbrick were good as well.

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Wasn’t sure if you where asking best canadian duo?
but the 1st pair obviously were not.

I wouldn’t have the Canadian pair ranked nearly as high as you do.

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Barrow and Mosca are untouchable . No duo was even close nor as successful in Ti-Cat history . While I would place Philbrick and Campbell in the top 3 at the 3 slot my number two pick would have to be the combo of Mike Walker and Rod Skillman .

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I’m thinking Skillman played more at defensive end with Mitchell Price along with Dave Sauve rotating in the middle beside Walker.

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I seem to recall him playing both inside and outside . I do recall that the 5 mainstays of that D-Line for years in that era were always Covington , Walker , Price , Skillman and Sauve . Frankly if you are correct then I will just say then that the combo of Walker and Price would be slotted in as the number # 2 combo for me .

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Im sure he did rotate some, Skillman was a bit lighter than Price and Sauve though and I recall him more at end. Back then I don’t think there was such a difference in size between the tackles and the ends, and the olineman were a bit
lighter as well - probably easier for linemen to move to different spots. Had a quick look at Skillman’s stats and he actually had 17 sacks in 1988. Even Price collected 10 sacks once in the mid-80s. Special era.

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