No one expects you to not go in to bat for Papalli because you are a Raiders fan and he is a damn good player.
It is hard to argue against JWH being, if not the best prop, certainly the most impactful prop in the last 7 years. You may say it is the players around him but you would be wrong, there is demonstrable evidence that we are a far better team with him playing than with him not playing.
As a roosters fan who watches every roosters game and I know there are others that agree with me, we don't win any of those 3 premierships without him. He is probably right now our second most important player behind Teddy.
His 2015 season was some of the best prop play I have ever seen and we are a better than even chance of winning that comp IMO if he doesn't blow his knee.
JWH has nothing to prove anymore and anyone who doesn't see him as an elite prop and at minimum in the top 5 in the league is either blind or has a severe case of sour grapes. Papa on the other hand has everything to prove. Yeah he had an awesome season this year but it took his coach to "challenge" him for it to happen. His test comes next year and the year after and if he strings a few seasons like this year together and doesn't go back to his fat, lazy out of shape form of years past then he can be in the same conversation as JWH.
