Vote for the six greatest NFL players from this list: Part 1 of 4

[Rain Man]

Okay, you may recall that we identified through voting the three greatest players from every team in the NFL. Now, we'll combine those lists of great players, and we'll identify the greatest overall players in NFL history.

There are 89 players on this list, since a few young franchises were combined. We'll have four polls, from which we'll pick the top six players in each poll. We'll then move into the finals.

Ready, Here's Round 1.

Pick the Six Greatest Players on This List

[tk13]

89? You might not have this up until Saturday.

[Rain Man]

Heck. I accidentally submitted the poll after my first four votes. I should've had a couple more votes, which would've gone to Deion Sanders and Anthony Munoz.

As it stands, my four votes went (in order) to Dan Marino, Barry Sanders, Alan Page, and Deacon Jones. Not a Super Bowl winner to be found.

[Rain Man]

Interestingly, only seven of these guys ever won a Super Bowl or NFL championship.

[cdcox]

As a public service announcement, I post the link below. If there is a player that you never saw play but have heard is pretty good, you might want to check out their accomplishments. This list isn't Gospel, but its a start.

http://archive.sportingnews.com/nfl/100/

[cdcox]

Barry Sanders, Dan Marino, Decon Jones, Bruce Smith, Anthony Munoz, and Alan Page.

[JOhn]

Archie Manning, Barry Sanders, Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Deacon Jones, Bruce Smith

[chiefs4me]

oh boy.....this is gonna be fun...where is Skipper..ROFL

[chiefs4me]

I think I can actually feel his wrath....


my picks

Manning,A
Sanders,B
Starr,B
Favre,B
Smith,B
Marino,D

[Phobia]

Barry Sanders, Dan Marino, Decon Jones, Bruce Smith, Anthony Munoz, and Alan Page.

I voted identical to yours except I'm a huge Matthews family fan. I voted Bruce over Page.

[cdcox]

Page was my final choice. There are probably 10 guys off this list that I could put in that position.

[TRing]

Anthony Munoz

Barry Sanders

Brett Favre

Dan Marino

Deion Sanders..

[Phobia]

Seedy,
Tring may need some professional assistance regarding his selections in this poll.

[RealSNR]

Marino, Deacon, Bruce Smith, Barry Sanders, Munoz, and Favre

[cdcox]

Phobs, I detect a joke at my expense, but my ego is running with the bait, so here goes:

Sanders is a real debate for me. Fantastic cover guy, great returner (interceptions or punts), but tackling against the run or pass was always suspect. Also a little too mercinary for my tastes.

Farve was probably the 5th best QB among his career peers, after Montana, Marino, Elway, and Manning. How do you argue that he should be in this select group?

I could live with Favre or Dieon if Deacon Jones had been on the list. Probably a better DE than Bruce Smith. Jones had 173.5 career sacks (unofficial) in 14 seasons compared to 200 for Smith in 19 seasons for Smith. Throw in the facts that Jones played fewer games per season and that the league was run oriented in the '60s and '70's when Jones played. Jones perfected the (now illeagal) head slap and popularized the very term "sack". Listed by TSN as the 13th best player in NFL history, you just can't leave him off this list.

[Phobia]

Phobs, I detect a joke at my expense, but my ego is running with the bait, so here goes:

Actually, he only selected 5 players. My jokes aren't always sophisticated.

[cdcox]

Actually, he only selected 5 players. My jokes aren't always sophisticated.

Completely missed that. Also didn't notice the omission of Smith. His list is compete Raiders ;) .

[Valiant]

B. Sanders
Farv'ra
B. Matthews
B. Smith
D. Marino
D. Sanders, hated this pick.. But did not know enough about the other players...

[Morgan State 60]

Chuck Bednarik is one of the NFL's all-time greats and he's not going to move onto the next round. What a shame.

Two people have admitted to voting for Archie Manning. Manning is not even in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, let alone one of the top twenty QBs of all-time.

[Abba-Dabba]

Anthony Munoz
Barry Sanders
Bart Starr
Brett Favre
Dan Marino
Deacon Jones

[Tribal Warfare]

Anthony Munoz, Art Shell, Barry Sanders, Dan Marino,Deacon Jones, Carl Eller

[JOhn]

Two people have admitted to voting for Archie Manning. Manning is not even in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, let alone one of the top twenty QBs of all-time.
Sorry but the Hall of Fame lost a lot of credibility this year with the Young pick, IMO.

Manning had grit, and just because he lacks the "credentials" on paper doesn't mean he wasn't a great QB. :p

[mikey23545]

We need to see more love for Bednarik, last of the two way players...Back in the days when men were men and sheep were afraid...

[ExtremeChief]

We need to see more love for Bednarik, last of the two way players...Back in the days when men were men and sheep were afraid...

My guess is that the sheep are still scared.


Back on topic:

D. Marino
B. Favre
B. Smith
B. Sanders
A. Munoz
B. Starr


In no particular order

[Skip Towne]

oh boy.....this is gonna be fun...where is Skipper..ROFL
You'll bo OK unless you do something REALLY stupid like you did last time.

[ct]

Anthony Munoz
Barry Sanders
Bart Starr
Bruce Smith
Deacon Jones
Dan Marino

[jspchief]

I'm waiting for the obligatory "Sanders is over-rated, he was as likely to lose yards as break a big run" comments, so I can crush them with my statistical muscle.

[chiefs4me]

You'll bo OK unless you do something REALLY stupid like you did last time.





hmmm:hmmm: so it's okay for me to do something kinda stupid....where is that second poll at? ROFL

[milkman]

We need to see more love for Bednarik, last of the two way players...Back in the days when men were men and sheep were afraid...

I didn't post on this thread when I voted, but I did vote for Bednarik.