Brett Favre

WTF. Dan Marino was the best QB in history to me. Put him on any of those Niner teams and he wins a Super Bowl. Farve is good, but Marino was awesome. Give me Marino over any QB in history and I'm happy.

 

Favre looked good last night having been restricted some with the brace IMO. He wasn't as good as his norm but he made some plays.


Barry Sanders was the man IMO. I can't remember the year but he was stopped behind the line of scrimmage more than anyone in the league but still led in rushing.... also led in 20+ gains for that year. He singlehandedly could change the game. He was that good behind a shitty line. Emmitt had that great line to carry his ass to the record.

 

This thread gets me thinking...

Why not give your top pick (based on pure talent of the player in their prime) at the following positions (all-time) for arguements sake:

QB - Dan Marino
RB - Gale Sayers
WR - Jerry Rice (although I think Randy Moss is even more purely talented than Rice - no freak'n way I put him above him)
OL - Anthony Munoz

DT - Bob Lilly
DE - Joe Greene
LB - Lawerence Taylor
S - Ronnie Lott
CB - Deion Sanders

 

This is probably best if we start a new thread, but we'll have to wait for Mags to do that.

I'll go with the popular guys

Montana
Payton
Rice
Munoz (although he may be surpassed before it's all said and done with by some of the studs running around out there today)
forgot TE Ditka

Donovan
Reggie
OLB- Taylot
ILB - Butkus
Lott
Sander (hate to admit it. I hate the bastard)

 

Shocker, thanks for including Mean Joe, but he was a DT with the Steelers. Played next to Ernie Holmes & Steve Furness. The "real" Steel Curtain...

I'd take:

Bradshaw
Payton
Rice
Larry Brown (Steeler tackle, converted from TE)

Hampton
Greene
Lambert
Lott

 

QB - Joe Montana
RB - Walter Payton
WR - Jerry Rice
OL - Jackie Slater

DT - Joe Greene
DE - Reggie White
OLB - Lawerence Taylor
ILB - Singletary
S - Lott
CB - Darrell Green

 

Sanders does not quite make it to the top because he was a long ball threat, not a guy that can get you over on 4th and goal.

 

QB - Roger Staubach
RB - Earl Campbell
WR - Lance Alworth
OL - Mike Webster

DT - Bob Lilly
DE - Elvin Bethea
LB - Lawerence Taylor
S - Mike Tatum ?? (safety that played for Oakland)
CB - Deion Sanders

 

I've never been impressed with the rating. Good example here, he played well and his team won, partly because of the things he made happen on the football field some of which do not remotely factor into his QB rating. I'll take a QB with an 83 rating and a winning record anyday....

 

Give me Bradshaw... he was a natural leader.