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11-23-2004, 11:10 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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Five Greatest Football Players
Was sitting around talking football with my Dad tonight, and we started talking about great football players.
Here is who we settled on as the five best, any position:
Jim Brown
Lawrence Taylor
Joe Montana
Jerry Rice
Johnny Unitas
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11-23-2004, 11:20 PM
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Need to add Walter Payton. Not the best running back (that was either Jim Brown or Barry Sanders), but the best all around football player ever. He could not only run and catch, but he was a devastating blocker, an excellent passer AND the teams back-up punter and place kicker. Plus Buddy Ryan once said that Payton was the best tackler on the team.
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11-23-2004, 11:29 PM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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He just missed the cut for me. Maybe if Ditka had let him score in the Super Bowl instead of that sorry Fridge! 
I would rank Emmit Smith above Payton also. He could do everything Payton could, except maybe kick, but he did it longer, and is still doing it.
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11-23-2004, 11:49 PM
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Here's mine...
Joe Montana
Lawrence Taylor
Jim Brown
Otto Graham
Walter Payton
I expect argument on Graham. Here's my argument for him:
10 pro seasons.
10 championship games.
7 titles.
His stats weren't impressive, but keep in mind that back when he played, the pass wasn't relied upon nearly as much as it is today.
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11-24-2004, 12:02 AM
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Location: NE Ohio
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Jerry Rice, John Elway, Walter Payton, Joe Montana and Jim Brown.
Honorable mention: Lawrence Taylor, Dick Butkus, Barry Sanders and Brett Favre
FWIW-Emmitt Smith did NOTHING better than Walter Payton. His supporting cast was 1000 times better than what Payton had, at least until the final 2-3 years of his career.
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11-24-2004, 12:22 AM
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EIG
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Wilmington, DE
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Re: Five Greatest Football Players
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Originally posted by cj
Was sitting around talking football with my Dad tonight, and we started talking about great football players.
Here is who we settled on as the five best, any position:
Jim Brown
Lawrence Taylor
Joe Montana
Jerry Rice
Johnny Unitas
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Donovan Mcnabb
Terell Owens
M...just kidding..
I would say Joe Montana, John Elway, Jerry Rice, Unitas, Ronnie Lott
Potential GREAT Ones playing now: Peyton Manning, Marshall Faulk, Marvin Harrison, Larry Fitzgerald
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11-24-2004, 12:38 AM
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crusty old guy
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Dumbest coaching move ever. The Bears score 46 points and Walter never even sniffs the goal line. With 1st and goal from the 2, I give it to Payton four straight times.
If Payton ran behind the offensive lines of Dallas he might have had 20,000 yards. No way Smith is better. Plus, the Bears had no QB/passing game. Defenses gameplanned to stop Walter -- and it didn't matter.
Payton, Unitas, Montana, Jim Brown, and LT.
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11-24-2004, 01:53 AM
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for impact, in my time......
Jim Brown
Barry Sanders
Lawrence Taylor
John Elway
Dick Butkus
before my time, but their careers were awesome...Bobby Layne, Otto Graham, Sammy Baugh.
the guy that changed the way the game was coached and schemed defensively, forever....Bob Hayes.
Most underrated players who'd rewrite record books if they played in the 90s....Charley Taylor, Paul Warfield.
Most exciting, till the knees gave way.....Gayle Sayers by a nose over Barry Sanders.
Glad to see Deion didn't make any lists. Without a pass rush he was just good, not great.
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11-24-2004, 02:19 AM
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1. Jim Brown
2. Walter Payton
3. Reggie White
4. John Hannah
5. Lawrence Taylor
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11-24-2004, 02:28 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2003
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My 5
Joe Montana
Randy Cross
Terry Bradshaw
Sammy Baugh
Mike Singletary
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11-24-2004, 02:50 AM
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O.J. Simpson anybody?
Dan Montilion
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11-24-2004, 02:54 AM
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@TimeformUSfigs
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I was just a kid in OJ's prime, so I don't remember much about him. My Dad swears he was better than anyone not named Brown.
For a few seasons in my lifetime, Earl Campbell was as good as anyone I've ever seen. It just didn't last long enough.
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11-24-2004, 02:59 AM
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Or for a real flash of what could have been... Bo Jackson.
Dan Montilion
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11-24-2004, 03:07 AM
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If running backs were compared strictly on running ability, Earl Campbell, Emmitt Smith and OJ would rank with Payton. But Walter had no peer as a blocker and was also a better pass receiver than those three.
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11-24-2004, 06:23 AM
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Just another Facist
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any of the 5 top players back when they wore leather helmets.........if you can survive that.........you must have been pretty tough..............
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