The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 This will be a very hard task for you. Name the 10 Greatest players in NFL/pro football history. You could name just 10 QBs. But, here is my list, no order: Jim Brown Jerry Rice Anthony Munoz Lawrence Taylor Don Hutson Reggie White Otto Graham John Unitas Joe Montana Tom Brady see how tough that was....and consider the names left off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 So, I will do that QB list: Otto Graham Sammy Baugh John Unitas Joe Montana John Elway Dan Marino Tom Brady Peyton Manning Sid Luckman Brett Favre (Aaron Rodgers could join this list before long) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 This will be a very hard task for you. Name the 10 Greatest players in NFL/pro football history. You could name just 10 QBs. But, here is my list, no order: Jim Brown Jerry Rice Anthony Munoz Lawrence Taylor Don Hutson Reggie White Otto Graham John Unitas Joe Montana Tom Brady see how tough that was....and consider the names left off. Jim Brown Jerry Rice Lawrence Taylor Don Hutson Otto Graham Joe Montana Peyton Manning Tom Brady Sammy Baugh Walter Payton Deacon Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jim Brown Jerry Rice Dick "Nighttrain" Lane Anthony Munoz John Hannah Lawrence Taylor Reggie White Ronnie Lott John Mackey Joe Montana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffer X Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Otto Brown Rice Taylor Ed Reed Montana Lott Watt Rodgers Dickerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jim Brown Jerry Rice Dick "Nighttrain" Lane Anthony Munoz John Hannah Lawrence Taylor Reggie White Ronnie Lott John Mackey Joe Montana I gave Lane, Lott and White serious consideration ... couldn't bring myself to include an offensive lineman. Hard enough to determine who is best at their position over the different eras ... throw them all in one bowl and you are going to get hundreds of combos ... but I think Brown and Rice make everyone's list. Zombo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Prominently left off is the old Browns nemesis, 4 time Superbowl winner Terry Bradshaw. Yeah he had great defenses, but he was also a clutch player. Put him on both QB list and all-time list. PS-I like the Night Train pick Tour-one of my favorites off the streets of Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tour2ma Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I gave Lane, Lott and White serious consideration ... couldn't bring myself to include an offensive lineman. Hard enough to determine who is best at their position over the different eras ... throw them all in one bowl and you are going to get hundreds of combos ... but I think Brown and Rice make everyone's list. Besides my O-line bias, I'm reluctant to load up on a "glamor" position. Once I pick Joe, why do I need another QB? I know it's not really the question, but how can you have more than one "greatest" at a given position? When you have prototypical players like Munoz and Hannah, just makes no sense to me to leave them off a list. Ditto for players who redefined a position like Mackey and Lane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Prominently left off is the old Browns nemesis, 4 time Superbowl winner Terry Bradshaw. Yeah he had great defenses, but he was also a clutch player. Put him on both QB list and all-time list. PS-I like the Night Train pick Tour-one of my favorites off the streets of Austin. Bradshaw is not a top ten QB let alone 10 ten player. Zombo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Besides my O-line bias, I'm reluctant to load up on a "glamor" position. Once I pick Joe, why do I need another QB? I know it's not really the question, but how can you have more than one "greatest" at a given position? When you have prototypical players like Munoz and Hannah, just makes no sense to me to leave them off a list. Ditto for players who redefined a position like Mackey and Lane. That's why I prefer the "All-Time Team" format. Zombo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Brown fan Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jim Brown Joe Montana Jerry Rice Emmitt Smith Lawrence Taylor Tom Brady JJ Watt Joe Green Reggie White John Hannah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I gave Lane, Lott and White serious consideration ... couldn't bring myself to include an offensive lineman. Hard enough to determine who is best at their position over the different eras ... throw them all in one bowl and you are going to get hundreds of combos ... but I think Brown and Rice make everyone's list. Zombo LT too probably Munoz was my only OL....but I considered Hannah, but he didn't make the cut. Yea, my group is QB heavy.....but as we know...it is a quarterback's league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Prominently left off is the old Browns nemesis, 4 time Superbowl winner Terry Bradshaw. Yeah he had great defenses, but he was also a clutch player. Put him on both QB list and all-time list. PS-I like the Night Train pick Tour-one of my favorites off the streets of Austin. I would not put him on Top Ten All positions list.....but I highly considered him for my QB list. The question is if you put him on....who do you take off. I know people want to dismiss the old timers like Baugh/Luckman.....but those guys were the Manning and Brady of their day.....and likely were every bit as good. There are some real similarities there: Luckman won 4 titles...and was considered a bit more cerebral. Baugh won just one I believe but was considered better at certain aspects. So....if you leave them off, then perhaps leave of Brady an Peyton? Which I didn't want to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Besides my O-line bias, I'm reluctant to load up on a "glamor" position. Once I pick Joe, why do I need another QB? I know it's not really the question, but how can you have more than one "greatest" at a given position? When you have prototypical players like Munoz and Hannah, just makes no sense to me to leave them off a list. Ditto for players who redefined a position like Mackey and Lane. The thing is.....this is the greatest of all time regardless of position. I mean, you wouldn't just put one outfielder in the Top Ten Baseball Player list (and hey....feel free to put that on here as well) I mean choose one single outfielder to put on your all time MLB list: Ruth, Dimaggio, Mantle, Mays, Aaron, Clemente, Griffey Jr. etc. etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeonman Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Prominently left off is the old Browns nemesis, 4 time Superbowl winner Terry Bradshaw. Yeah he had great defenses, but he was also a clutch player. Put him on both QB list and all-time list. PS-I like the Night Train pick Tour-one of my favorites off the streets of Austin. I just threw up in my mouth after reading this post. Bradshaw is NOWHERE close to being one of the greatest QBs, let alone players of all time. No love for Butkus anybody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 That's why I prefer the "All-Time Team" format. Zombo See the College Football Forum for where I posted SB Nations 1st/2d/3rd All time teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jim Brown Joe Montana Jerry Rice Emmitt Smith Lawrence Taylor Tom Brady JJ Watt Joe Green Reggie White John Hannah To me, it is premature to put Watt in there......maybe by the time he is done though he may fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I just threw up in my mouth after reading this post. Bradshaw is NOWHERE close to being one of the greatest QBs, let alone players of all time. No love for Butkus anybody? If I hadn't decided to put 4 QBs on, Butkus would have been like next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeonman Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Rice Brown White LT Watt (no doubt will be on everyone's shortly) Lane Montana Manning Munoz Butkus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comeonman Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 To me, it is premature to put Watt in there......maybe by the time he is done though he may fit.Thats fair, but I think the only thing that would stop him would be an injury in the next five years or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aggie Brown fan Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 To me, it is premature to put Watt in there......maybe by the time he is done though he may fit. Yeah, Watt is more a projection, but barring injury, there's no way he doesn't end up on this list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob806 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jim Brown Otto Graham Earl Campbell Fred Biletnikoff Alan Page Jack Lambert Jerry Rice John Elway Barry Sanders Lawrence Taylor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browns149 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jim Brown Jerry Rice Lawrence Taylor Don Hutson Otto Graham Joe Montana Peyton Manning Tom Brady Sammy Baugh Walter Payton Deacon Jones I agree with Deacon Jones I would take Deacon Jones over Reggie White all day long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Jim Brown Otto Graham Earl Campbell Fred Biletnikoff Alan Page Jack Lambert Jerry Rice John Elway Barry Sanders Lawrence Taylor Biletnikoff must be a favorite of yours.....as good as he was, no one would really consider him 10 best of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted August 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 I agree with Deacon Jones I would take Deacon Jones over Reggie White all day long I thought about that too. I also considered Bruce Smith, Bob Lilly and Joe Greene along the defensive line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob806 Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Biletnikoff must be a favorite of yours.....as good as he was, no one would really consider him 10 best of all time. Only guy that may have had better hands IMHO is Steve Largent. I also thought about Mean Joe Green, Ronnie Lott, and Brett Favre. Like you wrote, a real tough job to narrow down 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickers Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Otto Graham Jim Brown Jerry Rice Joe Montana Tom Brady Reggie White Paul Warfield Dick Butkus Anthony Munoz Kellen Winslow Sr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cysko Kid Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Roethlisberger Bradshaw Kordell Stewart Neil o Donnell Bubby Brister Tommy Maddox Mark Malone Dick Shiner Kent Nix Bill Nelson -Vagitron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StinkHole Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Everyone should have Butkis on their list...he was like the JB of linebackers. Anyone who has Graham on their list is just being a homer. Graham wouldn't crack the top 10 in anyone's list outside of Cleveland. http://www.ranker.com/list/top-25-greatest-nfl-players-of-all-time/hardtack?page=3 http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/10-greatest-nfl-players-of-all-time.html/?a=viewall http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/nfl-top-50-nos-1-10-jim-brown-greatest-time-article-1.2031278 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombo Posted August 29, 2015 Report Share Posted August 29, 2015 Everyone should have Butkis on their list...he was like the JB of linebackers.Anyone who has Graham on their list is just being a homer.Graham wouldn't crack the top 10 in anyone's list outside of Cleveland.http://www.ranker.com/list/top-25-greatest-nfl-players-of-all-time/hardtack?page=3http://www.cheatsheet.com/sports/10-greatest-nfl-players-of-all-time.html/?a=viewallhttp://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/nfl-top-50-nos-1-10-jim-brown-greatest-time-article-1.2031278 Good God, you cant be serious. Compare him statiscally to other QBs of his era. You can even pretend he didnt lead his team to a championship game 10 times in ten years if that helps. Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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