To start, I want to fill you in on a little secret. A couple of months back, when this Defensive Spotlight series was in its earliest stages, I mapped out the players I wanted to put a spotlight on each week of the season moving forward, and this was supposed to be the Tommy Townsend week.
Yes, Tommy Townsend is a punter, so he more accurately falls under the 'Special Teams' umbrella than he does the 'Defense' umbrella, but I had this plan where I would make the joke that because Tommy Townsend looks like he could've been a pilgrim at the first Thanksgiving, it's only fair that I covered him on the week of Thanksgiving.