Greatest Player in Franchise History
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The only other tweeks could be offensive and defensive GOAT or maybe by old school vs new with a pre/post 1970 line. Something like that.
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Seahawks- Steve Largent.
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Good Topic..
St. Louis Rams... Faulk/Slater/Holt/Warner ?
Falcons it's Primetime but Tommy Nobis was worthy'''
Steve Smith/Luke Kuechly is a dead heat in Carolina... I favor Smitty
Top 5? ...Goes JB
....... Lawrence Taylor.......Reggie White... Ray Lewis... Butkus....
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Good Topic..
St. Louis Rams... Faulk/Slater/Holt/Warner ?
Falcons it's Primetime but Tommy Nobis was worthy'''
Steve Smith/Luke Kuechly is a dead heat in Carolina... I favor Smitty
Top 5? ...Goes JB
....... Lawrence Taylor.......Reggie White... Ray Lewis... Butkus....
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For the LA teams I would take Fouts and Dickerson.
I can't look at the bolt without seeing the beard or look at the horns without seeing the glasses.
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Buffalo Bills. OJ
Carolina Panthers: Peppers
Chicago Bears. Sweetness
Dallas Cowboys. Emmitt
Green Bay Packers. Reggie White... his short time in GB is irrelevant.
Houston Texans. JJ
Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts: Manning
Jacksonville Jaguars. Fred Taylor...
Kansas City Chiefs. Lanier... with a nod to Gonzalez
Las Vegas Raiders. Jim Otto
LA Chargers. LT
LA Rams. Orlando Pace
New York Jets: Curtis Martin
Philadelphia Eagles. See GB...
Pittsburgh Steelers AB... flat out uncoverable in his PTG days
San Francisco 49ers. Rice... but have to mention Lott
Seattle Seahawks. Largent... but have to mention Sherman
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. TB12 now... but pre-2020 Brooks.
Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers. Can't believe I am the first (Edit: not named Orion) to mention Earl Campbell...
Washington R-words: Green, but have to mention Kenny Houston
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Your list looks good. For the raiders I would sub 2-3 players for otto and the bucs....it's selmon all day, everyday.
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Atlanta has got to be Deion.
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Who was the Greatest Player in the History of each NFL franchise? Candidates:
Cardinals (AZ/St.L/Chicago) Larry Fitzgerald or Charley Trippi?
Atlanta Falcons: I think you have to look at Matt Ryan, or Claude Humphrey
Baltimore Ravens. Its gotta be Ray Lewis, with Jonathan Ogden and Ed Reed coming in behind
Buffalo Bills. A hard one: QB Jim Kelly? DE Bruce Smith.....and no matter what you have to include OJ Simpson as a candidate.
Carolina Panthers: I think you have to pick Cam Newton......though WR Steve Smith comes in a close second
Chicago Bears. One of the hardest to choose. Sid Luckman who QBd them to 4 championships? Walter Payton? But this is a franchise known for defense, especially middle Linebacks: Bill George/Butkus/Singletary/Urlacher. Who?
Cincinnati Bengals. Anthony Munoz
Cleveland Browns Jim Brown is the obvious choice........but should he take preference over 7 time champion QB Otto Graham?
Dallas Cowboys. Another tough one. All Time rushing leader Emmit Smith? Or a defensive stalwart like Bob Lilly? I go for Roger Staubach
Denver Broncos. Easy: Elway
Detroit Lions. Gotta go with Barry Sanders
Green Bay Packers. Tough choice. You have HOF QBs Starr/Favre/Rodgers eventually. There is also Forrest Gregg and Ray Nitschke...and others
Houston Texans. Two top candidates: Andre Johnson/JJ Watt. If Watson were to stay, he could be it eventually, but not today, and maybe never if he leaves.
Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts: Two horse race really: Manning/Unitas.......Unitas/Manning? My tendency to think old school says Unitas....but that is not in stone.
Jacksonville Jaguars. Hard because they have not had a true outstanding guy. Would it be Boselli? Jimmy Smith? Fred Taylor. Supposedly, eventually it will be Trevor
Kansas City Chiefs. Hard to think that Mahomes won't take this.....eventually....but not now perhaps? You have Len Dawson, Tony Gonzales, Derrick Thomas
Las Vegas Raiders. As much glamor as they may come in for from offensive skill and defensive players.....their best may be a trio of road graders: Gene Upshaw/Art Shell/Jim Otto
LA Chargers. A couple of QB I think compete here: Fouts vs. Rivers? Or neither, and go with Junior Seau?
LA Rams. Defensive Linemen are this team's forte: Is it Merlin Olsen? Deacon Jones? Or does Aaron Donald take the cake?
Miami Dolphins. Another easy peasy: Dan Marino
Minnesota Vikings. Another toughie: the QB? Tarkenton.....or one of the DL: Alan Page or Carl Eller?
New England Patriots. Tom Brady. obviously a no brainer
New Orleans Saints: Drew Brees. ditto
New York Giants: gotta be Lawrence Taylor
New York Jets: Joe Namath.
Philadelphia Eagles. despite playing some years for other teams.....Reggie White IMO tops this team's list
Pittsburgh Steelers? Who would Steeler fans say? BR over Bradshaw? Or Mean Joe Greene or Jack Lambert....or Mike Webster?
San Francisco 49ers. I want to say Joe Montana.......but would Jerry Rice be the better answer?
Seattle Seahawks. Russell Wilson I think can be considered a no brainer here.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Brady may be the popular choice after a single year.....but this team has been a defensive team: So either Derrick Brooks/Warren Sapp/Leroy Selmon are the choices.
Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers. Best player has been Bruce Matthews.
Washington R-words: I think its a DB: Darrell Green
Who would you choose for some of these?
Who was the Greatest Player in the History of each NFL franchise? Candidates:
Cardinals (AZ/St.L/Chicago) Larry Wilson
Atlanta Falcons: I think you have to look at...Dion Sanders
Baltimore Ravens. Its gotta be Ray Lewis,
Buffalo Bills. A hard one: OJ
Carolina Panthers: I think you have to pick Cam Newton...Peppers
Chicago Bears. One of the hardest to choose. Butkus
Cincinnati Bengals. Anthony Munoz
Cleveland Browns Jim Brown
Dallas Cowboys. Another tough one. All Time rushing leader Emmitt Smith
Denver Broncos. Easy: Elway
Detroit Lions. Gotta go with Barry Sanders
Green Bay Packers. Tough choice. Starr
Houston Texans. Two top candidates: Watt
Indianapolis/Baltimore Colts: Two horse race really: Manning
Jacksonville Jaguars. Fred Taylor
Kansas City Chiefs. Willie Lanier
Las Vegas Raiders. Marcus Allen
LA Chargers. A couple of QB I think compete here: Rivers
LA Rams. Defensive Linemen are this team's forte: Deacon Jones
Miami Dolphins. Another easy peasy: Dan Marino
Minnesota Vikings. Another toughie: Page
New England Patriots. Tom Brady.
New Orleans Saints: Drew Brees.
New York Giants: Lawrence Taylor
New York Jets: Joe Namath.
Philadelphia Eagles. Reggie
Pittsburgh Steelers? Joe greene
San Francisco 49ers. Jerry Rice
Seattle Seahawks. Steve Largent
Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Leroy Selmon
Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers. Earl Campbell
Washington R-words: Sammy Baugh
Who would you choose for some of these?
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I added them to your quoted post
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Cardinals - Dierdorf over NightTrain Lane
Falcons - Can you really pick anyone other than Deion Sanders? Tuggle at LB perhaps.
Panthers - LB Kuechly over WR Steve Smith
Cardinals - Dierdorf over NightTrain Lane
Falcons - Can you really pick anyone other than Deion Sanders? Tuggle at LB perhaps.
Panthers - LB Kuechly over WR Steve Smith
Agreed... Steve Smith wasn't the most durable.. I recall him getting injured quite a bit
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Atlanta Falcons: I think you have to look at Matt Ryan, or Claude Humphrey
For me it's Billy 'White Shoes' Johnson
Except, he is best known for being on the Oilers.
Atlanta Falcons: I think you have to look at Matt Ryan, or Claude Humphrey
For me it's Billy 'White Shoes' Johnson
Except, he is best known for being on the Oilers.
Yeah.. I remember him on both teams.. He was fun as fuck to watch though...
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