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Quarterbacks:
Joe Montana
Dan Marino
John Elway
Peyton Manning
Tom Brady

Running Backs:
Barry Sanders
Emmit Smith
Marshall Faulk
LaDainian Tomlinson
Curtis Martin

Wide Receivers:
Jerry Rice
Sterling Sharpe
Marvin Harrison
Terrell Owens
Randy Moss

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My ratings are based on the most exciting players to watch, guys I would pay money to see individually.

Quarterbacks
1. Dan Marino
2. Joe Montana
3. Peyton Manning
4. Fran Tarkenton
5. Warren Moon
HONORABLE MENTIONS:Roger Staubach, Steve Young and Tom Brady

Running Backs
1. Barry Sanders
2. O. J. Simpson
3. Eric Dickerson
4. Gale Sayers
5. Marshall Faulk
HONORABLE MENTIONS:Adrian Peterson, Earl Campbell and Jim Brown

Wide Receivers
1. Jerry Rice
2. Lynn Swann
3. Paul Warfield
4. Randy Moss
5. Charley Taylor
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Fred Biletnikoff, John Stallworth and Marvin Harrison

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QB-
Montana
Young
Manning
Marino
Favre

RB-
Payton
Smith
Sanders
Faulk
OJ Simpson

WR-
Rice
Moss
T.O.
C. Carter
Irvin

If not for Redskins exmptions Patrick Ramsey, Quinton Ganther and Taylor Jacobs would have all made the list also.

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QB - Montana, Moon, Marino, Elway, Manning
RB - Sanders, Payton, E. Smith, Bo Jackson, Peterson
WR - Rice, Moss, Brown, TO, Holt/Bruce

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@ paintrain hahaha

i'd also like to mention tony banks, reggie brooks, and rod gardner

danny wuerffel, trung canidate, and albert connell for [I]honorable[/I] mention

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The Five Best Redskins I've Ever Seen

Quarterback
1. Sonny Jurgensen
2. Joe Theismann
3. Doug Williams
4. Mark Rypien
5. Billy Kilmer

Running Back
1. John Riggins
2. Larry Brown
3. Clinton Portis
4. Joe Washington
5. Earnest Byner

Wide Receivers
1. Charley Taylor
2. Art Monk
3. Gary Clark
4. Ricky Sanders
5. Santana Moss

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Updated the thread title since some people seemed to miss the original ground rules...Buster, I'm looking in your direction

If we want to have another Redskin-only thread, I'm cool with that

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[quote=GTripp0012;724026]Quarterbacks

Peyton Manning
Tony Romo
Rich Gannon
Steve McNair
Chad Pennington/Philip Rivers/Kurt Warner

Running Backs

Marshall Faulk
LaDainian Tomlinson
Priest Holmes
Brian Westbrook
Larry Johnson/Curtis Martin

Wide Receivers

Marvin Harrison
Terrell Owens
Derrick Mason
Randy Moss
(late career) Jerry Rice/Rod Smith[/quote]

For someone who throws all these stats and metrics at us, I'm kind of surprised you have trouble counting to five :)

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Bo Jackson was the best RB I ever saw!!! wait, that was on Super Tecmo Bowl, my bad.

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[quote=scowan;724192]Bo Jackson was the best RB I ever saw!!! wait, that was on Super Tecmo Bowl, my bad.[/quote]

Christian Okoye if we're talking Tecmo.

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[quote=Buster;724200]Christian Okoye if we're talking Tecmo.[/quote]

Yes, Okoye could break all of the tackles, ok, I'll stop before we totally hijack this thread.

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[quote=SmootSmack;724171]For someone who throws all these stats and metrics at us, I'm kind of surprised you have trouble counting to five :)[/quote]Brevity isn't my strong suit. End transmission.

:D

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qbs:

manning
elway
favre
montana
moon

rbs:

sanders
faulk
e smith
mighty mouse
c johnson/AP

wrs:

moss
rice
harrison
owens
easy ed

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[quote=GTripp0012;724247]Brevity isn't my strong suit. End transmission.

:D[/quote]

Brevity is the soul of wit

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Let me explain something to you. Um, I am not "Mr. Lebowski". You're Mr. Lebowski. I'm the Dude. So that's what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing.

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bradshaw,unitas,montana,fouts,aikman

sanders,payton,emmit smith, w.montgomery,faulk

rice,brown,carmichael,chris carter,warfield

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WR-
Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice
Jerry Rice(i don't think any WR i've seen even comes close, i feel a little wrong even putting Moss on the list but....
Randolph Moss

RB-
Chris Johnson(i know, i know...but i love watching the kid run the best analogy i've heard is to Fred Astaire)
Adrian Peterson
Walter Payton
Barry Sanders
Marshal Faulk

QB-
Tom Brady
Brett Favre
Joe Montana
Dan Marino
Steve Young
(Mike Vick remains the most physical gifted QB i've seen with ability to dominate games with his running)

EDIT: I can't believe i forgot Bo

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QB-
Montana
Young
Elway
Manning
Brady

RB-
Sanders
Tomlinson
Peyton
Sayers
Bettis (had to throw in a big back)

WR-
Rice
Moss
Carter
Sharpe
Irvin

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maybe people should say what year they started following to tell us who they are leaving out

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QB
Warren Moon!
Kurt Warner
Cunningham
Montana
Manning

RB
Barry Sanders
Walter Payton
Faulk
Dickerson
Roger Craig/Larry Centers

WR
Rice
Largent
Ellerd
Tim Brown
Torry Holt

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QB
Tom Brady...in 07 that was the best QB play of all time
Dan Marino
Peyton Manning
Joe Montana
John Elway... he simply carried the Bronco teams in the 80's and if not for him they're a below average team.

RB
Walter Payton..I think Walter was the best football player ever. He could've played QB, WR, DB, retuned kicks and punts. Simply the best.
Barry Sanders
Emmitt Smith
Terrell Davis
Marshall Faulk

wr
Jerry Rice
Randy Moss
TO
Chris Carter
Art Monk...he was the first to catch 100+ passes.

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Quarterbacks:

Tom Brady
John Elway
Peyton Manning
Joe Montana
Johnny Unitas


Running Backs:

Jim Brown
Bo Jackson
Walter Peyton
Gale Sayres
OJ Simpson


Wide Receivers:

Lance Alworth
Bobby Mitchell
Randy Moss
Jerry Rice
John Stallworth

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In no particular order
[B]QB's[/B]
Manning
Brady
Warner
Farve
McNabb

[B]RB's[/B]
Marshall Faulk
Emmit Smith
LT
Adrian Peterson
Fred Taylor

[B]WR's[/B]
Randy Moss
Andre Johnson
Jerry Rice
Larry Fitzgerald
T.O.