Would be curious to see how @fumanchu meant it...since that's really all that's relevant in this context.
If he doesn't agree with my interpretation then I would disagree with his as well. My only argument would be that we have no reference as to how good of a defender either will be this year. We only have the past for evaluation so it doesn't seem reasonable to put a ceiling on them for this year as each have shown improvement over the past couple of years. Are they great defenders? No. Have they improved? yes.
