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RX_Sith
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The Sporting News Top 100 Greatest NFL Players (Top Five)
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I will start a countdown of the NFL's Top 100 Greatest Players according to The Sporting News.
Each week, I will put up 10 players at a time until I reach the Top 10, then I will post those players once a week.
100-91
100. Charlie Joiner - "I know where he will be. I know what he will do. I know if I get the ball to him, he will catch it. What more can you say?"
Dan Fouts, 1983, The Sporting News
99. Lou Groza - "Anywhere from 40 or 50 yards, he was a weapon. For a straight-on kicker, he was very accurate. He had a strong leg."
Longtime Groza holder Tommy James, 1999
98. George Blanda - "Blanda had a God-given killer instinct to make it happen when everything was on the line. I really believe that George Blanda is the greatest clutch player I have ever seen in the history of pro football."
Al Davis, 1987, The Sporting News
97. Lem Barney - "Barney has the same thing Night Train had. If a man gets a step on him, he has the quickness to get over to cover before the ball gets there."
former Lions coach Joe Schmidt, 1967, The Sporting News
96. Joe Namath - "He can really wing that ball in there. He has strength and accuracy and you'd better get to him or he will run you out of the park. He already is in a class by himself."
former Bengals coach Paul Brown
95. Troy Aikman - "You can find faults in other people, but when you look at Troy, he has none. You see how a quarterback is supposed to play. He is quick with his step, he throws with perfect form, he makes the difficult passes look easy, he makes great decisions."
Sonny Jurgensen, 1996, The Sporting News
94. Fred Biletnikoff - "He was a deceptive receiver. Everybody said he was slow, but he always seemed to get behind people. He was very fluid. He used that stickum on his hands and stuck his way into the Hall of Fame."
Lem Barney, 1999
93. Mike Haynes - "Mike Haynes is a special player. He just has ability other players don't have."
Former Patriots coach Chuck Fairbanks, 1977, The Sporting News
92. Dan Fouts - "Fouts is so tough, so very tough. And I think he imparts that toughness to the rest of the team. They see he'll do anything to win and they go out there and play the same way."
Former Chargers offensive coordinator Joe Gibbs, 1980, The Sporting News
91. Art Monk - "You look at the best teams in the league and they all have receivers like Art. He is so dangerous at all times. He breaks into the seam, gets one step on his man and watch out."
Former Redskins coach Jack Pardee, 1980
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Joe Namath is the most overrated quarterback in NFL history. He should not be on this list.
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Armenian_Jedi posted:
Joe Namath is the most overrated quarterback in NFL history. He should not be on this list.
Agreed. I also think Lou Groza should be a little higher on the list (maybe in Namath's place). He was money.
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Namath was a great QB in college and his first few years with the Jets (including leading mediocre Jets team to a Superbowl win). Unfortunately, he couldn't avoid the injury bug which plagued the middle and end of his career.
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TD's - INT's - Completion Percentage
18 - 15 - 48.2%
19 - 27 - 49.3%
26 - 28 - 52.5%
15 - 17 - 49.2%
19 - 17 - 51.2%
Those are Namath's first five seasons before he got hit with the injury bug that supposedly ruined his career. Those numbers are horrible, really horrible.
In his best season as a pro, he had a passer rating of 74.3
His career numbers have him completing 50.1% of his passes, throwing for 173 touchdowns and throwing 220 interceptions.
top 100 player of all time?
the guy's a joke.
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(from The Sporting News)
90-81
90. Mike Ditka - "Maybe some day there will be one better than Ditka. But you might say that Mike was invented to be a tight end. He just got a generous helping of everything you need."
former Eagles receiver Pete Retzlaff, 1967, The Sporting News
89. Elroy Hirsch - "Talk about the gent who zigged when he should have zagged. Roy also has a 'zog' and a couple of varieties of 'zug' when he's under full steam."
Rams quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, 1953
88. Jim Thorpe - "Jim Thorpe could have made any team in any league. What's more, he would have been the best player on that team. He would have been the best player in the league. There wasn't anything he couldn't do better than anyone else."
Hall of Fame player/coach Jimmy Conzelman, 1963
87. Rod Woodson - "The biggest thing about Rod Woodson, when the game was on the line and you were flirting with him, you were flirting with danger. That's the best way to describe him. He is a very tough guy. He is not a guy who wears an 'S' on his jersey and struts around, but he is tough. You don't have to question whether you want him in your fox hole or not."
Hall of Fame tight end Ozzie Newsome
86. Jack Christiansen - "I figure the difference between our 1951 season (7-4-1) and 1952 (an NFL championship) was Christiansen. He was instrumental in the overall development of our defense. He ran it and he was the boss. It was known as 'Chris' Crew.' "
Former Lions coach Buddy Parker, 1967
85. Charley Taylor - "Charley was one of the finest all-around receivers -- size, speed and agility. But what I remember most about him was his ability to block downfield. He was a very complete wide receiver. A very big and complete wide receiver."
Lem Barney, 1999
84. Dwight Stephenson - "Man, I've never seen anyone like him. I just don't know how he does it, how he can snap the ball with one hand and be off exploding into his block all in one motion."
former Dolphins defensive lineman Mike Charles, 1985
83. Franco Harris - "Franco was the guy who really lifted the Steelers to a new plateau, a level of confidence that made us believe we could win. Franco did things for our offense that nobody else had done in the years I had been there."
Joe Greene
82. Brett Favre - "I think when Brett goes through his first two options and then has to improvise, that is when the play really starts. He just keeps making plays and breaking your heart."
Buccaneers safety John Lynch, 1998, TSN Pro Football Yearbook
81. Darrell Green - "I've been watching him since I was real small. He can do anything, really. He's real fast and he can jump to the sky."
Champ Bailey, 1999
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Favre should be number 1!
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Franco "Run out of bounds, fall to the ground so I don't get hit" Harris is on this list???
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80-71
80. Red Grange - "He is three or four men rolled into one. He is Jack Dempsey, Babe Ruth, Al Jolson, Paavo Nurmi and Man o' War."
Damon Runyon
79. Larry Little - "He became a part of the real identity of our team, the good, tough running game. As time went on, he was a real inspiration for us, not just the way he always played but also for his influence on our younger players."
Former Dolphins coach Don Shula
78. Jim Otto - "Remember those movies in which a guy walks in with his football shoes draped over his shoulder? He spits on his hands, rubs dirt in his palms and says, 'Let's go.' Well, that's Jim Otto."
John Madden, 1975, The Sporting News
77. Steve Van Buren - "Thorpe was a bigger man than Van Buren, outweighed him by 10 pounds and was two inches taller. Yet Steve does the same things as Thorpe. There is one difference. When Thorpe hit, he did so with his knees. Steve uses the shoulder -- and with terrific power."
Eagles line coach John Kellison, 1948, The Sporting News
76. Sam Huff - "It's uncanny the way Huff follows the ball. He ignores all the things you do to get him away from the play and he comes after the ball wherever it's thrown or wherever the run goes. He seems to be all over the field at once."
Vince Lombardi
75. Mike Webster - "He's the only center I've ever seen who actually dominates nose tackles. When he hits people, he tips them over."
former Steelers offensive lineman Tunch Ilkin, 1984
74. Mel Hein - "I've been around this league a long time and I've never seen a player who made fewer mistakes than Mel. He has a feel for football, an instinctive understanding and grasp of it that allows him to command every bit of action on the field."
Giants coach Steve Owen, 1942, The Sporting News
73. Kellen Winslow - "I don't know what it's like to be Magic Johnson throwing the ball in to Kareem, but I know Kareem doesn't drop many. Throwing to Kellen over the middle was like that. You could put it anywhere and you knew he'd come up with it."
Dan Fouts, 1988
72. Marcus Allen - "Marcus is a carbon copy of Juice. I've never seen anybody so close to O.J. I'm talking about everything -- speech, mannerisms, the ease with which he deals with people, toughness, his whole approach to the game. The talent is his own, but it's uncanny the way he reminds me of O.J."
Former Raiders receiver Bob Chandler, 1982
71. Lenny Moore - "A tackler just never gets a good shot. His feet go up and down so fast you can hardly see them hit the ground."
Former Colts defensive end Gino Marchetti, 1964, The Sporting News
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Catching up here, briefly.
Favre and Woodson are way too low. And a list that uses quotes from John Madden loses points in my book automatically.
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I'm going to go against the grain here on Favre, I think he's right about where he belongs. Let me start by saying that I like the guy on a personal level, love the way he still plays with a child's enthusiasm.
In the end though, for all his fantastic numbers, time and again the Pack's season has ended in large part because Favre made too many mistakes. That was true in the 1995 NFC Championship game, when he killed any chance Green Bay had of beating Dallas in about 15 minutes. And it was true in 2001 when he threw 6 ints against St.Louis.
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I think Marcus Allen is way too low. He was the most complete back the league has seen in awhile. Great blocker, Great pass catcher, Great Runner, and the best goaline and short yard back ever IMO.
I think he gets hurt by stupid Art Shell (as a coach) and Al Davis for benching him in his prime.
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I think Marcus Allen gets underrated because Bo Jackson was so much better on Tecmo Bowl, to be honest.
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AHH...
One of the best teams, if not the best, on a sports football game ever....
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DarthIntegral posted:
Catching up here, briefly.
Favre and Woodson are way too low. And a list that uses quotes from John Madden loses points in my book automatically.
I agree. Woodson should be higher. Yes, Favre is one of the all time leaders with interceptions, but he deserves to be much higher than what he is. I'm also surprised that Franco was as low as he was. I wonder how Mike Webster compares to other centers/offensive linemen on the list. That'll be a factor of my final opinion of his placement is. I wonder where any other '70s Steelers will end up.
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The thing about Rod Woodson is this:
He was arguably the best cornerback in the NFL (either him or Deion Sanders, but I think Rod was more complete, Deion couldn't tackle or do run defense as well). Then, he blew out his knee, and came back as an All-Pro safety, which was a different beast altogether.
Way too low for him, in my opinion.
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