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NFL Top 100 All-time: Anybody watching this?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by outofplace, Oct 21, 2010.

  1. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Can someone cut and paste the list?
     
  2. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    I'd throw Favre out and put Taylor in. No problem with that. Favre gets more credit for his toughness, longevity and records than raw ability, anyway.
    Who are the three best defensive players? Butkus, Taylor and Lott? Is there a defensive lineman or another defensive back that can crack that top three?
     
  3. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    As good as Brady has been, and all the championships he's won, I'd be hard pressed to say he's a better quarterback than Manning. Manning is a modern-day Unitas, in the way he calls his own plays and operates an offense. He's essentially the Colts' offensive coordinator.
    Brady is very, very good. Great, even. When the committee meets to hear his HOF case, they'll all look around the room and say, "Do we really need to go through all this?" But Manning, at his best, is on another level.
    On a scale of 1 to 10, Brady is a 9 or a 9.5. Manning is a 10. Best NFL quarterback at least since Montana, and maybe ever.
     
  4. Ilmago

    Ilmago Guest

    What do you guys think of Sammy Baugh?
     
  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Off the top of my head (not in order)

    Montana
    Rice
    Butkus
    Taylor
    Payton
    Hutson
    Graham
    Brown
    Unitas
    B. Sanders
    R. White

    OK, that's 11, I'll stop there....
     
  6. Ilmago

    Ilmago Guest

    Jerry Rice
    Joe Montana
    Jim Brown
    Walter Payton
    Dick Butkis
    Lawrence Taylor
    Otto Graham
    Barry Sanders
    Reggie White
    Ronnie Lott
     
  7. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/10/22/deion-doesnt-like-his-spot-on-the-top-100-players-of-all-time/

    Apparently Deion Sanders was VERY upset about being ranked No. 35. I'm trying to find a link with the quote, but he basically said he was going to have a hard time explaining to his children why he wasn't in the top 10.

    Typical of the childishness Sanders has always displayed whenever he didn't think he was getting his due respect.
     
  8. Stoney

    Stoney Well-Known Member

    I recommend he starts with "I was afraid to tackle."
     
  9. outofplace

    outofplace Well-Known Member

    Nice!
     
  10. Twoback

    Twoback Active Member

    Joe Greene.
     
  11. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    Didn't think about Reggie White for some reason. Do you kick Lott off the defensive Mount Rushmore for White? And was there a better DB than Lott that we're forgetting?
     
  12. Twoback

    Twoback Active Member

    No. 1 has to be Jim Brown.
    Right?
     
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