The Five Best You've Ever Seen (WR, RB, QB) (Don't Include Redskins)

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

Quarterbacks:

Johnny Unitas
Bart Starr
Otto Graham
Dan Marino
Joe Montana

Running Backs:

Jim Brown
Emmitt Smith
Walter Payton
Gale Sayers
O J Simpson

Wide Receivers:

Lance Alworth
Jerry Rice
Lynn Swann
Drew Pearson
Paul Warfield

SS it's not fair you limited me to just five. There's more. j/k

Finally someone else has the great Unitas. If he lived in this era he would be seriously tearing it up.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Finally someone else has the great Unitas. If he lived in this era he would be seriously tearing it up.

A vast majority here never saw him play.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

Quarterbacks:

Johnny Unitas
Bart Starr
Otto Graham
Dan Marino
Joe Montana

Running Backs:

Jim Brown
Emmitt Smith
Walter Payton
Gale Sayers
O J Simpson

Wide Receivers:

Lance Alworth
Jerry Rice
Lynn Swann
Drew Pearson
Paul Warfield

SS it's not fair you limited me to just five. There's more. j/k

I'll have to agree on your list, with the exception of having Franco Harris instead Gale Sayers and that is only due to Gale's amount of year's played. I would also rank Payton ahead of Smith. Payton has to be my favorite running back, the guy played defense on offense (he was like a LB, he hit you and made a hole). I hated Drew Pearson cause that bastard killed us many times.

[Longtimefan]

Originally Posted by SFREDSKIN

I'll have to agree on your list, with the exception of having Franco Harris instead Gale Sayers and that is only due to Gale's amount of year's played. I would also rank Payton ahead of Smith. Payton has to be my favorite running back, the guy played defense on offense (he was like a LB, he hit you and made a hole). I hated Drew Pearson cause that bastard killed us many times.

I wanted to include Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell and Franco Harris, being limited to five I couldn't. I just listed my five r/b's in no particular order. Funny you mention Drew Pearson, that's why I included him because he was truly a thorn im my side for a long time.

I'll also agree with you on Sayers because his career was so short, but what an electrifying runner he was for the short time he played.

[SFREDSKIN]

Originally Posted by Longtimefan

I wanted to include Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell and Franco Harris, being limited to five I couldn't. I just listed my five r/b's in no particular order. Funny you mention Drew Pearson, that's why I included him because he was truly a thorn im my side for a long time.

I'll also agree with you on Sayers because his career was so short, but what an electrifying runner he was for the short time he played.

The saddest name on that list is the "juice", what a talent that guy was. I loved him as a kid and hate him as a grown up. Too bad he turned out to be a murderer.

[tryfuhl]

QB:

Marino
Manning
Montana
Brady
Young

RB:

B. Sanders
LT
M. Faulk
E. Smith
I'd go with Dickerson because I do remember him playing but don't remember him that much so I'll go Curtis Martin with an honorable mention to umm.. maybe Jerome Bettis if you axe the last few years

Wide Receivers:

Rice
Moss
C. Carter
T. Brown
M. Harrison

really hard to pick the WRs.. could've put on Lofton, Bruce, Holt, T.O., Reed, etc

[skinster]

I"m almost 21, but I seriously started following football 5-6 years ago, so my list is going to be a little different considering I've never seen some greats (i.e. Jerry Rice) play.

QB
1. Peyton Manning
2. Tom Brady
3. Drew Brees
4. Aaron Rogers
5. no one really compares to the ones above...but I guess Brett Favre? One year of the time that ive followed McNabb looked special, but as always got hurt then stopped showing it.

RB
1. Barry Sanders (ive watched alot of clips)
2. LT
3. AP
4.CJ2K
5. LJ (his one season of being unbelievable put him somewhere on this list for me, but if we are going with consistency Id have to say Brian Westbrook)

WR
1. Randy Moss (by far)
2. TO
3. Fitzy
4. Andre Johnson
5. Steve Smith (not really deserving...Reggie Wayne maybe one more are probably ahead of him, but I just love how small he is and how he still nabs everything)

[gafinfan]

QB's
John Unitas
Fran Tarkenton
Dan Marino
Dan Fouts
& Peyton Manning

RB's
Jim Brown
Walter Payton
Gale Sayers
Bo Jackson
& Barry Sanders

WR's
Jerry Rice
Paul Warfield
Raymond Berry
Jimmy Orr
& Don Maynard

I would like to add the one person I hated to leave off any of my list is a WR who I feel should already be in the Hall - Cris Carter. IMVHO he belongs with the likies of Orr and Maynard.

[VTSKINS61]

My bad, Never seen him play in real life, just clips. I guess I would have to substitute him with Steve Young or Roger Staubach.

[VTSKINS61]

I didn't put Brady on my list because of the cheating. I always wonder (before they got caught) how much of his success had to do with the cheating.

[Longtimefan]

I have always been reluctant to try and deal with the GOAT. There has been so many different era's of the game it's virtually impossible to try and make any kind of determination as to who is the GOAT at any position. Since it became an American game, there has been many great players and I'm just content to leave it at that.

[Warren85Ellard]

QB
1. Peyton Manning
2. John Elway
3. Joe Montana
4. Brett Favre
5. Randall Cunningham

RB
1. Walter Payton
2. Bo Jackson
3. Barry Sanders
4. Eric Dickerson
5. William Andrews

WR
1. Jerry Rice
2. Randy Moss
3. Art Monk
4. Michael Irvin
5. Gary Clark

[dmek25]

QB
1 Unitas
2 Montana
3 Favre
4 Jurgensen
5 Young

RB
1 Sanders
2 Campbell
3 Payton
4 Smith
5 Sayres

WR
1 Rice
2 Warfield
3 C Taylor
4 Moss
5 Monk

[SmootSmack]

Figured it wouldn't be fair to you longtime fan

Reminder thar redskins don't count on this list. So no monk or clark

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by dmek25

QB
1 Unitas
2 Montana
3 Favre
4 Jurgensen
5 Young

RB
1 Sanders
2 Campbell
3 Payton
4 Smith
5 Sayres

WR
1 Rice
2 Warfield
3 C Taylor
4 Moss
5 Monk

You really saw Unitas play?

He's near the top of my all-time rankings, but I never saw him play to include him on this list.