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Rogue...Jedi
Title: Arena Manager
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Date Posted:
12/22/07 3:05pm
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The American Football Favorite Player Tournament - And the Winner is.... Announced Inside!
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Welcome to the Arena's American Football Favorite Player tournament. A few notes before we begin:
This is a favorite player tournament, not best player tournament. So don't vote based on who was better, but vote for the one you like more
Each round will take between 24 to 48 hours depending on the number of votes. Be sure to look at my most recent post for who is being voted upon currently. Votes for previous (or future) rounds will be ignored. You do not have to vote for every pairing in a round, however.
Each player's name will link to a wiki article to help you decide if you have trouble
Feel free to discuss why you voted for a particular player, that is a large part of what makes these fun.
Voting with socks is prohibited. If any of the mods tell me that multiple votes were made by the same user, those votes will be discounted and the user barred from future voting. Obviously, if you're game-banned or posting with a holiday sock, you can vote with that username as long as you do not vote with your regular name as well.
The bracket is divided into the NFC and AFC brackets, each of which has a division for each team in the conference. This makes 32 divisions with 4-5 teams each (those with 5 will have an opening round vote to narrow it down to 4). Players are listed in alphabetical order with no correlation to the team whose division they are in. The players in the opening round were chosen mostly at random, though I tried to avoid having the biggest names involved in the opening round.
For most of the tournament, there will be 4 pairs of names to vote on at a time. As the field narrows, this will drop to two and eventually only one pair. The opening round, however, will have 5 pairs at a time (10 total)
I will post the updated bracket frequently, though not necessarily every time the round changes. Hopefully one of the managers will update the list in this post as well as update the title to make it easier to keep track of.
Without further ado, the bracket:
NFC
Cowboys Division
John Abraham
Troy Aikman
Marcus Allen
George Atkinson
Giants Division
Champ Bailey
Mark Bavaro
Don Beebe
Jerome "The Bus" Bettis
Fred Belitnikoff
Redskins Division
Mel Blount
Anquan Boldin
Terry Bradshaw
Tom Brady
Jerome Brown
Eagles Division
Jim Brown
Sheldon Brown
Tim Brown
Troy Brown
Bears Division
Willie Brown
Reggie Bush
Dick Butkus
Leroy Butler
Lions Division
Earl Campbell
Harold Carmichael
Dave Casper
Todd Christensen
Tim Couch
Packers Division
Roger Craig
Joshua Cribbs
Antonio Cromartie
Rodney Culver
Randall Cunningham
Vikings Division
Jeff Davis
Terrell Davis
Brian Dawkins
Eric Dickerson
Panthers Division
Donald Driver
Kalimba Edwards
John Elway
Marshall Faulk
Falcons Division
Brett Favre
Larry Fitzgerald
London Fletcher
Doug Flutie
Dan Fouts
Saints Division
Antonio Gates
Ted Ginn, Jr
Ahman Green
Mean Joe Greene
Buccaneers Division
Ray Guy
Marvin Harrison
Lester Hayes
Mike Haynes
William Henderson
Forty-Niners Division
Devin Hester
Tye Hill
Paul Hornung
Don Hutson
Bo Jackson
Cardinals Division
Edgerrin James
Deacon Jones
Ed "Too Tall" Jones
Kevin Kasper
Seahawks Division
Steve Largent
Dick "Night Train" Lane
Ryan Leaf
James Lofton
Rams Division
Howie Long
Ronnie Lott
Peyton Manning
Dan Marino
Curtis Martin
AFC
Dolphins Division
Justin Miller
Lawyer Milloy
Art Monk
Joe Montana
Wilbert Montgomery
Bills Division
Warren Moon
Joe Namath(youtube)
Lorenzo Neal
Ray Nitschke
Patriots Division
Ken Norton Jr.
Mike Nugent
Christian Okoye
Orlando Pace
Walter Payton
Jets Division
William "The Refrigerator" Perry
Adrian Peterson
Shaun Phillips
Clinton Portis
Ravens Division
Ricky Proehl
Jerry Rice
Sidney Rice
Simeon Rice
Bengals Division
Tony Rice
John Riggins
Jamal Robertson
Ben Roethlisberger
Steelers Division
George Rogers
Barry Sanders
Deion Sanders
Gale Sayers
Browns Division
Shannon Sharpe
Sterling Sharpe
Art Shell
Phil Simms
Colts Division
Ko Simpson
Emmitt Smith
Darren Sproles
Ken Stabler
Texans Division
Bart Starr
Roger Stauback
Lynn Swann
Fran Tarkenton
Jaguars Division
Jack Tatum
Lawrence Taylor
Sean Taylor
Joe Thiesman
Titans Division
Derrick Thomas
Thurman Thomas
Ladainian Tomlinson
Perry Tuttle(picture)
Chiefs Division
Gene Upshaw
Hines Ward
Kurt Warner
Ben Watson
Broncos Division
Ricky Watters
Reggie White
Charlie Whitehurst
Aeneas Williams
Chargers Division
Doug Williams
Troy Williamson
Kellen Winslow Sr.
Kellen Winslow II
Raiders Division
Rod Woodson
Steve Young
Vince Young
Chris Zorich
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Rogue...Jedi
Title: Arena Manager
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Date Posted:
12/22/07 3:07pm
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RE: The American Football Favorite Player Tournament
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Opening round of voting:
Mark Bavaro vs Don Beebe
Mel Blount vs Anquan Boldin
Todd Christensen vs Tim Couch
Roger Craig vs Joshua Cribbs
Larry Fitzgerald vs London Fletcher
Let the voting begin!
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DRHJ9
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Date Posted:
12/22/07 4:02pm
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Don Beebe- tough for his size, and stripped that ball from Leon Lett.
Boldin-good young receiver, and have watched him play.
Todd Christensen- One of the best.
Roger Craig - Even though I am a Raider fan, Roger Craig has my respect.
Larry Fitzgerald- Could be a great one if he ever plays for a stable franchise. I would welcome him in silver and black....but I said Stable franchise 
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Date Posted:
12/22/07 6:19pm
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Don Beebe
Boldin- Another FSU player who got better in the pros
Todd Christensen- .
Roger Craig
Larry Fitzgerald- Amazing reciever in college and will be good in he pros
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Armenian_Jedi
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Date Posted:
12/23/07 11:29am
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Beebe
Boldin
Christensen
Craig
Fitzgerald
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JMJacenSolo
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May '06
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Date Posted:
12/23/07 12:09pm
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Beebe
Boldin
Couch
Craig
Fitzgerald
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Date Posted:
12/24/07 5:31am
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Don Beebe
Mel Blount
Todd Christensen
Roger Craig
London Fletcher
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DarthIntegral
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SWC & Arena
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Jul '05
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Date Posted:
12/24/07 6:58am
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Don Beebe
Mel Blount
Tim Couch
Roger Craig
London Fletcher (go OAC)
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Date Posted:
12/24/07 8:18am
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Don Beebe
Mel Blount
Todd Christensen
Roger Craig
Larry Fitzgerald
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Rogue...Jedi
Title: Arena Manager
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Date Posted:
12/24/07 10:34am
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Don Beebe
Anquan Boldin
Todd Christensen
Roger Craig
Larry Fitzgerald
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Date Posted:
12/24/07 10:40am
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Don Beebe 8, Mark Bavaro 0
Anquan Boldin 5, Mel Blount 3
Todd Christensen 6, Tim Couch 2
Roger Craig 8, Joshua Cribbs 0
Larry Fitzgerald 6, London Fletcher 2
Next round of voting:
Mike Haynes vs William Henderson
Paul Hornung vs Don Hutson
Howie Long vs Ronnie Lott
Justin Miller vs Lawyer Milloy
Mike Nugent vs Christian Okoye
After this we will move from the opening round to the regular first round, the round of 128, with four pairs at a time.
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Armenian_Jedi
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Date Posted:
12/24/07 3:33pm
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What the crap!
Two of the greatest Packers players of all time against each other in the first round?! BAH! 
Henderson
Hutson
Lott
Milloy
Okoye
I chose Hutson over Hornung simply because Hutson is the greatest WR of all time. I know Rice has the flashy numbers, but Rice didn't dominate his era as much as Hutson dominated his. He played in a time when passing wasn't really used much. He was the first receiver to have 50 receptions in a season, and he was the first receiver to reach 1,000 yards in a season too. No one in that time even came close to those numbers in that time.
For example, in his best season he caught 74 passes. Second place that year? caught 27 passes.
That year he had 1,211 yards. second place? 571.
He had 17 touchdowns that year. second place? 8.
Not even Jerry Rice was good enough to double his competition's achievements.
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Date Posted:
12/25/07 9:25am
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Henderson
Hutson
Lott
Miller
Okoye
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Date Posted:
12/26/07 5:11am
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William Henderson
Paul Hornung
Ronnie Lott (ugh ... this needed to be a later round vote ... ugh)
Lawyer Milloy
Mike Nugent
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s65horsey
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Date Posted:
12/26/07 6:52am
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William Henderson
Paul Hornung
Ronnie Lott
Justin Miller
Mike Nugent vs
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Date Posted:
12/26/07 9:28am
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Armenian_Jedi posted:
No one in that time even came close to those numbers in that time.
I must have been on something when I typed that sentence.
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