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  • Jim Brown in my opinion was the GOHT, not the GOAT. In his prime he would be a starter today but definitely not a HOF'er.

    If I could start a team and select players from any era in their prime, JB wouldn't make the cut because of the era he played in...no more than Jim Thorpe would be because of the era he played in.

    Players like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell, Adrian Peterson, even our own Nick Chubb and a host of others playing today...them be the ones I'd pick.

    @gorka said:

    Jim Brown in my opinion was the GOHT, not the GOAT. In his prime he would be a starter today but definitely not a HOF'er.

    If I could start a team and select players from any era in their prime, JB wouldn't make the cut because of the era he played in...no more than Jim Thorpe would be because of the era he played in.

    Players like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell, Adrian Peterson, even our own Nick Chubb and a host of others playing today...them be the ones I'd pick.

    JB was as fast as many of the fastest today and as powerful as Earl, so you'd be making a big mistake. You know, kinda like the Browns not taking Derrick Henry. ?

    Now if I knew he would remain healthy, I would draft the 4.12 40 times Bo Jackson, greatest back I ever saw in person.

  • @gorka said:

    Jim Brown in my opinion was the GOHT, not the GOAT. In his prime he would be a starter today but definitely not a HOF'er.

    If I could start a team and select players from any era in their prime, JB wouldn't make the cut because of the era he played in...no more than Jim Thorpe would be because of the era he played in.

    Players like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell, Adrian Peterson, even our own Nick Chubb and a host of others playing today...them be the ones I'd pick.

    JB was as fast as many of the fastest today and as powerful as Earl, so you'd be making a big mistake. You know, kinda like the Browns not taking Derrick Henry. ?

    Now if I knew he would remain healthy, I would draft the 4.12 40 times Bo Jackson, greatest back I ever saw in person.

    @texasag1969 said:

    JB was as fast as many of the fastest today and as powerful as Earl, so you'd be making a big mistake. You know, kinda like the Browns not taking Derrick Henry. ?

    Now if I knew he would remain healthy, I would draft the 4.12 40 times Bo Jackson, greatest back I ever saw in person.

    Bo Jackson, now there's another one.

    Yeah I saw films of JB running over guys his size and smaller. But don't you think that if either Earl Campbell for his power or Barry Sanders with his speed and elusiveness would crush JB's records if they played back then? I do.

    Conversely, I just don't see JB performing at such a high level in todays NFL.

    Fuck, Barry Sanders would have so many of those slow white guys juked out of their jock straps it wouldn't be funny.

  • Mike Tyson was also the GOAT....

    ..... that should keep him busy. 

  • @the-gipper said:

    AGain.....it is a  matter of recency bias that to your mind makes your opinion correct.  Which means that you are not necessarily wrong, but you cannot by any objective measure prove you are right.   The only objective measure is the record, and Otto wins there....in my opinion.  

    And again, as was said, it is merely a matter of guys playing in different eras. 

    Brady the Goat of his era.   Unitas Goat of his era.  Montana Goat of  his era.  Otto Goat of his era.    So, arguably any of those could be argued to be the Goat.  

    Again, if it was so easy for Otto, and the Browns to  go to those 10 in a row Championship games, then why has no team at any other time in history, before, during or after Otto's time  ever gone to more than 4 in a row, .    (and only one team did that:  Bills, losing all 4).

    No, for the simple fact that Greatest Of All Time means just that, OF ALL TME.  To say "greatest of all time of his era" would be nonsensical, oxymoronish. However, to say "greatest from his era" would obviously make perfect sense.

    Cant quite come up with an acronym using "era"...so lets go with GOHT,  pronounced the same as GOAT, except it stands for Greatest Of His Time.

    "Recency bias" is a factor for me, not because of recent memory, but because the more recent the player, the more bigger, stronger, and faster he his.

    @gorka said:

    No, for the simple fact that Greatest Of All Time means just that, OF ALL TME.  To say "greatest of all time of his era" would be nonsensical, oxymoronish. However, to say "greatest from his era" would obviously make perfect sense.

    Cant quite come up with an acronym using "era"...so lets go with GOHT,  pronounced the same as GOAT, except it stands for Greatest Of His Time.

    "Recency bias" is a factor for me, not because of recent memory, but because the more recent the player, the more bigger, stronger, and faster he his.

    No one would ever claim that  Tom Brady would fit into the stronger/faster mode than anyone else.  Taller yea.  Heavier...due to being taller, yea. 

    So, what you have to go back to then is either longevity....or winning.     Brady obviously has longevity....if that means anything (Vinny Testaverde played just as long).

    And there is winning.   Again, do the math. 

  • Jim Brown in my opinion was the GOHT, not the GOAT. In his prime he would be a starter today but definitely not a HOF'er.

    If I could start a team and select players from any era in their prime, JB wouldn't make the cut because of the era he played in...no more than Jim Thorpe would be because of the era he played in.

    Players like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell, Adrian Peterson, even our own Nick Chubb and a host of others playing today...them be the ones I'd pick.

    @gorka said:

    Jim Brown in my opinion was the GOHT, not the GOAT. In his prime he would be a starter today but definitely not a HOF'er.

    See...now you are just being ignorant. 

    If I could start a team and select players from any era in their prime, JB wouldn't make the cut because of the era he played in...no more than Jim Thorpe would be because of the era he played in.

    You are compounding your ignorance.

    Players like Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Earl Campbell, Adrian Peterson, even our own Nick Chubb and a host of others playing today...them be the ones I'd pick.

    And now you are in the area where an award for most ignorance displayed on the Browns Board should bear your name.   Jim Brown combined the elusiveness of Barry Sanders with the power of Earl Campbell and the heart of Walter Payton.  And FYI,  while JB was taller than Earl, they both weighed the same. 

  • Hey Gipper,  I'm almost positive this team, The Akron Pros,  could not compete with...

    akronpros-1920.jpg

    ...this team,  the 1933 NFL Champs Bears, who could not compete with...

    Chicago-Bears.jpg

    ...this team, the 64 Browns, who could not compete with...

    cleveland.png

    ...this team, the 78 Steelers, who could not compete with ….

    pitts.jpg

    this team, the 2017 Browns.

    browns.jpg

    But that's just my opinion.lol

    I bet there wasn't a player on that Steeler team over 275 lbs.

    @gorka said:

    Hey Gipper,  I'm almost positive this team, The Akron Pros,  could not compete with...

    akronpros-1920.jpg

    ...this team,  the 1933 NFL Champs Bears, who could not compete with...

    Chicago-Bears.jpg

    ...this team, the 64 Browns, who could not compete with...

    cleveland.png

    ...this team, the 78 Steelers, who could not compete with ….

    pitts.jpg

    this team, the 2017 Browns.

    browns.jpg

    But that's just my opinion.lol

    I bet there wasn't a player on that Steeler team over 275 lbs.

    Again, just the recency bias.   You have to put teams in their place.

    By your point of view, no team from a decade ago even could compete with a team from 2020. 

  • @texasag1969 said:

    JB was as fast as many of the fastest today and as powerful as Earl, so you'd be making a big mistake. You know, kinda like the Browns not taking Derrick Henry. ?

    Now if I knew he would remain healthy, I would draft the 4.12 40 times Bo Jackson, greatest back I ever saw in person.

    Bo Jackson, now there's another one.

    Yeah I saw films of JB running over guys his size and smaller. But don't you think that if either Earl Campbell for his power or Barry Sanders with his speed and elusiveness would crush JB's records if they played back then? I do.

    Conversely, I just don't see JB performing at such a high level in todays NFL.

    Fuck, Barry Sanders would have so many of those slow white guys juked out of their jock straps it wouldn't be funny.

    @gorka said:

    Bo Jackson, now there's another one.

    Yeah I saw films of JB running over guys his size and smaller. But don't you think that if either Earl Campbell for his power or Barry Sanders with his speed and elusiveness would crush JB's records if they played back then? I do.

    Conversely, I just don't see JB performing at such a high level in todays NFL.

    Fuck, Barry Sanders would have so many of those slow white guys juked out of their jock straps it wouldn't be funny.

    You do realize, don't you, that Earl Campbell played only like 10 years after Jim Brown did....and that he too was playing against those same basic slow white guys. 

    Their is a term called absolute zero..which is the lowest limit on the thermodynamic scale.    You have just reached Absolute Ignorance. 

  • Mike Tyson was also the GOAT....

    ..... that should keep him busy. 

    @d-bone said:

    Mike Tyson was also the GOAT....

    ..... that should keep him busy. 

    You staked that claim.

    Defend it. 

  • @brownsfan4evr said:

    I don't know why, but I just have never liked the guy.

    The fact that he owned the Steelers in the playoffs really helped me to like him.

    One day ( I hope) the Browns will own the Steelers again, and win the dam AFC North consistently. 

    @bob806 said:

    The fact that he owned the Steelers in the playoffs really helped me to like him.

    One day ( I hope) the Browns will own the Steelers again, and win the dam AFC North consistently. 

    Plus no more hearing "Got Six?"  from steeler fans.

  • @bob806 said:

    The fact that he owned the Steelers in the playoffs really helped me to like him.

    One day ( I hope) the Browns will own the Steelers again, and win the dam AFC North consistently. 

    Plus no more hearing "Got Six?"  from steeler fans.

    @gorka said:

    Plus no more hearing "Got Six?"  from steeler fans.

    "GOT  13"   from Northeast Ohio  football fans? 

  • @gorka said:

    Hey Gipper,  I'm almost positive this team, The Akron Pros,  could not compete with...

    akronpros-1920.jpg

    ...this team,  the 1933 NFL Champs Bears, who could not compete with...

    Chicago-Bears.jpg

    ...this team, the 64 Browns, who could not compete with...

    cleveland.png

    ...this team, the 78 Steelers, who could not compete with ….

    pitts.jpg

    this team, the 2017 Browns.

    browns.jpg

    But that's just my opinion.lol

    I bet there wasn't a player on that Steeler team over 275 lbs.

    Again, just the recency bias.   You have to put teams in their place.

    By your point of view, no team from a decade ago even could compete with a team from 2020. 

    @the-gipper said:

    You have to put teams in their place.

    Isn't that what Gorka did?

    Gip, you harp on "recency bias" in others. Aren't you practicing "relativity bias"? Totally appropriate for eras... not so much for "all-time".

  • Hey Gipper,  I'm almost positive this team, The Akron Pros,  could not compete with...

    akronpros-1920.jpg

    ...this team,  the 1933 NFL Champs Bears, who could not compete with...

    Chicago-Bears.jpg

    ...this team, the 64 Browns, who could not compete with...

    cleveland.png

    ...this team, the 78 Steelers, who could not compete with ….

    pitts.jpg

    this team, the 2017 Browns.

    browns.jpg

    But that's just my opinion.lol

    I bet there wasn't a player on that Steeler team over 275 lbs.

    @gorka said:

    I bet there wasn't a player on that Steeler team over 275 lbs.

    I used to play a PC game named NFL Head Coach. During breaks when it was loading a different segment of the game it used images including quotes from the great HCs of the past.

    One fav of mine was Chuck Nolls'...

    "Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 275-pound Tackles. They'll make me seem wise."

  • @the-gipper said:

    You have to put teams in their place.

    Isn't that what Gorka did?

    Gip, you harp on "recency bias" in others. Aren't you practicing "relativity bias"? Totally appropriate for eras... not so much for "all-time".

    @tour2ma said:

    Isn't that what Gorka did?

    No, it isn't.  He went beyond that by far. 

    Gip, you harp on "recency bias" in others. Aren't you practicing "relativity bias"? Totally appropriate for eras... not so much for "all-time".

    So,  you want to have your cake and eat it too?

  • @gorka said:

    I bet there wasn't a player on that Steeler team over 275 lbs.

    I used to play a PC game named NFL Head Coach. During breaks when it was loading a different segment of the game it used images including quotes from the great HCs of the past.

    One fav of mine was Chuck Nolls'...

    "Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 275-pound Tackles. They'll make me seem wise."

    @tour2ma said:

    I used to play a PC game named NFL Head Coach. During breaks when it was loading a different segment of the game it used images including quotes from the great HCs of the past.

    One fav of mine was Chuck Nolls'...

    "Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 275-pound Tackles. They'll make me seem wise."

    Good one from Noll...he himself a 220lb starting guard for the Browns.

  • @gorka said:

    Hey Gipper,  I'm almost positive this team, The Akron Pros,  could not compete with...

    akronpros-1920.jpg

    ...this team,  the 1933 NFL Champs Bears, who could not compete with...

    Chicago-Bears.jpg

    ...this team, the 64 Browns, who could not compete with...

    cleveland.png

    ...this team, the 78 Steelers, who could not compete with ….

    pitts.jpg

    this team, the 2017 Browns.

    browns.jpg

    But that's just my opinion.lol

    I bet there wasn't a player on that Steeler team over 275 lbs.

    Again, just the recency bias.   You have to put teams in their place.

    By your point of view, no team from a decade ago even could compete with a team from 2020. 

    @the-gipper said:

    Again, just the recency bias.   You have to put teams in their place.

    Where is the disconnect here? I just did put them in their place.  In their era these teams were the best, the same goes for individual star players.

    As the decades pass, the players get bigger, faster, and stronger... and more talented.

    HOF'er Gene Hickerson, a 248lb guard was hellava player...and I am putting him in his place when I say he would get tossed around like a ragdoll today.

  • @the-gipper said:

    Again, just the recency bias.   You have to put teams in their place.

    Where is the disconnect here? I just did put them in their place.  In their era these teams were the best, the same goes for individual star players.

    As the decades pass, the players get bigger, faster, and stronger... and more talented.

    HOF'er Gene Hickerson, a 248lb guard was hellava player...and I am putting him in his place when I say he would get tossed around like a ragdoll today.

    @gorka said:

    Where is the disconnect here? I just did put them in their place.  In their era these teams were the best, the same goes for individual star players.

    As the decades pass, the players get bigger, faster, and stronger... and more talented.

    HOF'er Gene Hickerson, a 248lb guard was hellava player...and I am putting him in his place when I say he would get tossed around like a ragdoll today.

    The disconnect is this:  what you don't get is that if he played today, Gene Hickerson would receive the same training, nutrition, etc. that today's players do.  He probably WOULD have weighed 300 LBs. 

    Again, the only players that have gotten bigger  are OL and DL.    (and we do not really know if in fact they are faster and stronger, as those things were not really measured in the old days.)

    But my issue with you is re: Jim Brown.    

    Jim Brown was bigger, faster, and stronger than the RBs that ARE playing TODAY.   He would have been, likely, by far the best runner in the game today. 

  • @gorka said:

    Plus no more hearing "Got Six?"  from steeler fans.

    "GOT  13"   from Northeast Ohio  football fans? 

    @the-gipper said:

    "GOT  13?"   from Northeast Ohio  football fans? 

    LOL.  The only problem is that no one cares.

    ...btw you were supposed to put a question mark after GOT 23.

    Now "Got 16?"  I have a much higher regard for because at least the Packers won NFL Championships.

  • @the-gipper said:

    "GOT  13?"   from Northeast Ohio  football fans? 

    LOL.  The only problem is that no one cares.

    ...btw you were supposed to put a question mark after GOT 23.

    Now "Got 16?"  I have a much higher regard for because at least the Packers won NFL Championships.

    @gorka said:

    LOL.  The only problem is that no one cares.

    ...btw you were supposed to put a question mark after GOT 23.

    Now "Got 16?"  I have a much higher regard for because at least the Packers won NFL Championships.

    OK, I will clarify it for you:    Teams from the Greater Cleveland area, Northeast Ohio have won 13 pro football championships. 

    Maybe, apparently you did not comprehend that.  But that is what I was talking about. 

  • @tour2ma said:

    Isn't that what Gorka did?

    No, it isn't.  He went beyond that by far. 

    Gip, you harp on "recency bias" in others. Aren't you practicing "relativity bias"? Totally appropriate for eras... not so much for "all-time".

    So,  you want to have your cake and eat it too?

    @the-gipper said:

    So,  you want to have your cake and eat it too?

    I do like cake, but it won't help me decode this cryptic reply to a straightforward question...

    Care to try again, Louie?

  • Wait... now Otto won 13 championships?

    Was there even Pop Warner in the 30's?