The Mount Rushmore of QB's, RB's, and WR's....
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Canton just called, and they got some mountain land at a good price! They are looking for an artist to sculpt the Mount Rushmore of Football players. They want to start off by honoring the Qb's, then the RB's, then the WR's. THey realize that since there are so many more players than there were Presidents that they are going to allow FIVE players from each of those positions to be sculpted into mortality!
They want some help picking the players. Be careful because once these guys are selected and etched into the mountain...there will be no taking them off. So if you are choosing a player who is still playing and has time to really tarnish his legend by future poor play and go the way of Terrell Davis, or tarnish his image like any NFL player seems capable of doing, it can be a risk.
Criteria? 1) How good were they? 2) How did they match up to players in their era? 3) Were they considered the best of the best 4) Are they known by the casual fan, or even the non fan. They are going to be on a mountain after all. 4) How was their character? They are going to be on a mountain after all.
You can edit your picks if you read other picks and decide to change your mind.
Here is mine to start, in no particular order. They are all being honored equally.
Quarterbacks
Unitas
Favre
Brady
Montana
Marino
Running Backs
Payton
Brown
Sanders
Tomlinson
Emmitt
Wide Receivers
Rice
Lofton
Moss
Alworth
Largent
The second part! If you were forced to pick just FIVE players regardless of position to be put onto this Mount Rushmore of NFL, who would they be?
Mine....
Montana
Favre
Brady
Rice
Payton
They want some help picking the players. Be careful because once these guys are selected and etched into the mountain...there will be no taking them off. So if you are choosing a player who is still playing and has time to really tarnish his legend by future poor play and go the way of Terrell Davis, or tarnish his image like any NFL player seems capable of doing, it can be a risk.
Criteria? 1) How good were they? 2) How did they match up to players in their era? 3) Were they considered the best of the best 4) Are they known by the casual fan, or even the non fan. They are going to be on a mountain after all. 4) How was their character? They are going to be on a mountain after all.
You can edit your picks if you read other picks and decide to change your mind.
Here is mine to start, in no particular order. They are all being honored equally.
Quarterbacks
Unitas
Favre
Brady
Montana
Marino
Running Backs
Payton
Brown
Sanders
Tomlinson
Emmitt
Wide Receivers
Rice
Lofton
Moss
Alworth
Largent
The second part! If you were forced to pick just FIVE players regardless of position to be put onto this Mount Rushmore of NFL, who would they be?
Mine....
Montana
Favre
Brady
Rice
Payton
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Unitas
Favre
Brady
Montana
Elway
Running Backs
Payton
Brown
Sanders
Sayers
Emmitt
Wide Receivers
Rice
Lofton
Moss
Largent
Hudson
overall
Rice
Lombardi
Unitas
Brady
Brown
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Montana
Favre
Unitas
Marino
Young
Running Backs
Brown
Payton
Sanders
Tomlinson
Smith
Receivers
Rice
Largent
Moss
Carter
Alworth
Overall
Montana
Rice
Brown
Unitas
Payton
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Collecting:
Brett Favre Master Set
Favre Ticket Stubs
Favre TD Reciever Autos
Football HOF Player/etc. Auto Set
Football HOF Rc's
There is absolutely no way Hutson could be left off any list of wide recievers. I have a real hard time accepting any arguement that he is not the second best ever. Harrison would also seem like a good choice
Tomlinson does have a decent chance of ending up with a better career than Marshall Faulk, but without a Super Bowl, and being three years away from passing him in total yards I would bet against it
To me, Barry Sanders is the best non-QB in history. The Lions are by far the worst franchise in all of team sports. Yet give them one particular running back and they are consistently a playoff team. That is far more amazing than Payton, Smith or Rice winning Super Bowls on some of the greatest teams ever
1-Brady
2-Manning
3-Favre
4-Unitas
5-Montana
RB's
1-Sanders
2-Brown
3-Sayers
4-Tomlinson
5-Emmett
WR's
1-Rice
2-Owens
3-Moss
4-Hutson
5-Largent
Top 5 Players
1-Brady
2-Sanders
3-Rice
4-Montana
5-Brown
Games were sparse in interest and fans, until the Galloping Ghost brought 50 and 60 thousand plus fans into the parks, to see him play.
A true pioneer, and quite a fine runner.
Sammy Baugh ( once led the NFL in passing, punting, and interceptions one season ), Bronco Nagurski, Jim Thorpe, and Don Hutson are a few of the superstars before TV.
I almost always try to reserve final judgement, or mountain status, on active players, we cant be sure what stats they will eventually have, or tell what "problems" they may incur in the future.
I'll pick five for the overall hill;
Grange, Unitas, Brown, Montana, and a defensive guy, Chuck Bednarik.
QB:
Baugh
Starr
Unitas
Montana
Favre
next: Graham
RB:
Jim Brown
B. Sanders
Payton
Campbell
E. Smith
next: Sayers
WR:
Hutson
Alworth
Largent
Rice
Harrison
next: Warfield
Top five:
Jim Brown
Montana
Rice
Payton
Unitas
next: Hutson
Top five based on offensive players only.
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RB: Jim Brown - Case closed.
RB (short yardage): Earl Campbell - Case closed.
WR: Randy Moss - arguable yes, but in his prime he was the best I ever saw.
Unitas
Favre
Graham
Montana
Marino
Running Backs
Payton
Brown
Sanders
Sayers
Smith
Wide Receivers
Rice
Hutson
Largent
Alworth
Harrison
holding a spot for Tom Brady if he wins SuperBowl #4, or he plays 5-6 more years and continues to dazzle us all.
and there should really be some defensive guys on our stone tribute eh?
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