* 100) Charlie Joiner * 99) Lou Groza * 98) George Blanda * 97) Lem Barney * 96) Joe Namath * 95) Troy Aikman * 94) Fred Biletnikoff * 93) Mike Haynes * 92) Dan Fouts * 91) Art Monk * 90) Mike Ditka * 89) Elroy Hirsch * 88) Jim Thorpe * 87) Rod Woodson * 86) Jack Christiansen * 85) Charley Taylor * 84) Dwight Stephenson * 83) Franco Harris * 82) Brett Favre * 81) Darrell Green * 80) Red Range * 79) Larry Little * 78) Jim Otto * 77) Steve Van Buren * 76) Sam Huff * 75) Mike Webster * 74) Mel Hein * 73) Kellen Winslow * 72) Marcus Allen * 71) Lenny Moore * 70) Emlen Tunnell * 69) Willie Davis * 68) Emmitt Smith * 67) Buck Buchanan * 66) Bobby Bell * 65) Joe Schmidt * 64) Ted Hendricks * 63) Steve Young * 62) Gene Upshaw * 61) Ken Houston * 60) Paul Warfield * 59) Fran Tarkenton * 58) Bruce Smith * 57) Roosevelt Brown * 56) Mike Singletary * 55) Art Shell * 54) Chuck Bednarik * 53) Tony Dorsett * 52) Bobby Layne * 51) Randy White * 50) Willie Brown * 49) Bill George * 48) John Mackey * 47) Jack Ham * 46) Steve Largent * 45) Herb Adderly * 44) Terry Bradshaw * 43) Larry Wilson * 42) Willie Lanier * 41) Bart Starr * 40) Raymond Berry * 39) Sid Luckman * 38) Eric twinkyerson * 37) Deion Sanders * 36) Mel Blount * 35) Bronko Nagurski * 34) Alan Page * 33) Earl Campbell * 32) Marion Motley * 31) Lance Alworth * 30) Jack Lambert * 29) Roger Staubach * 28) Forrest Gregg * 27) Dan Marino * 26) O.J. Simpson * 25) Merlin Olsen * 24) Jim Parker * 23) Ronnie Lott * 22) Reggie White * 21) Gale Sayers * 20) John Hannah * 19) Night Train Lane * 18) Ray Nitschke * 17) Anthony Munoz * 16) John Elway * 15) Gino Marchetti * 14) Joe Greene * 13) Deacon Jones * 12) Barry Sanders * 11) Sammy Baugh * 10) Bob Lilly * 9) twinky Butkus * 8) Walter Payton * 7) Otto Graham * 6) Don Hutson * 5) Johnny Unitas * 4) Lawrence Taylor * 3) Joe Montana * 2) Jerry Rice * 1) Jim Brown Link Anyways, I'm just curious as to what people think of this list. Who do you think is too high, who is too low, etc etc. I think the list was done in 1999 but I think it could still warrant some discussion. Anyways, I'd say that Ronnie Lott's not high enough, John Elway's too high, Troy Aikman shouldn't be on it and neither should Joe Namath, Walter Payton should be in front of Jim Brown, Marino should be higher, and Favre should be a little bit higher as well. Thoughts on the list overall? Should anyone from after 1999 be on the list?
Jim Brown is too high. Deion Sanders shouldn't be above Rod Woodson. Elway is way too high. Singletary should be in the 90's. Not the 50's.
what the butt with kellen winslow making the list? oh wait it's senior. :icon_redface: All right it was '99 so no JO or Ray or Manning or Brady or LT etc, I get that but no Ozzie? or eddie george? or shannon or sterling? staubach shouldn't be ahead of aikman, and certainly not by that much. dumbass list; you can never expect to be successful when you make a huge list of all those players and starting comparing positions, eras, etc. remember peter king's loser top 500 current players about a year ago? he had mario williams No. 6. i mean wtf??? wrong. not his fault the chiefs suck.
here: what do you think of this list? i know it also needs a lot of work with ordering especially but at least it got players on the list who belong there. this was in may of this year. ya know the other list didn't have marshall faulk, marvin harrison, chris carter, to name a few. Top 100 Football Players of All-Time (list only) 1) Jerry Rice 2) Jim Brown 3) Lawrence Taylor 4) Joe Montana 5) Johnny Unitas 6) Reggie White 7) Emmitt Smith 8) Deacon Jones 9) Don Hutson 10) Bob Lilly 11) twinky Butkus 12) Otto Graham 13) Barry Sanders 14) Tom Brady 15) Anthony Munoz 16) Joe Greene 17) Marion Motley 18) Sammy Baugh 19) Brett Favre 20) Steve Young 21) Ray Lewis 22) Walter Payton 23) Gino Marchetti 24) Peyton Manning 25) twinky "Night Train" Lane 26) Jack Lambert 27) John Elway 28) Ronnie Lott 29) Dan Marino 30) John Hannah 31) Alan Page 32) Deion Sanders 33) LaDanian Tomlinson 34) Roger Staubach 35) Forrest Gregg 36) Bronco Nagurski 37) Ray Nitschke 38) Marshall Faulk 39) Earl Campbell 40) Marvin Harrison 41) Larry Allen 42) Mel Blount 43) Lance Alworth 44) Bruce Smith 45) Willie Lanier 46) Jim Parker 47) Merlin Olsen 48) Herb Adderley 49) Mike Singletary 50) Terrell Owens 51) Joe Schmidt 52) Rod Woodson 53) Randy Moss 54) Derrick Brooks 55) Bruce Matthews 56) Sid Luckman 57) Eric twinkyerson 58) Bart Starr 59) Chuck Bednarik 60) Fran Tarkenton 61) Steve Van Buren 62) Jonathan Ogden 63) Ken Houston 64) Randy White 65) Michael Strahan 66) Ted Hendricks 67) Mel Hein 68) Junior Seau 69) Jack Ham 70) Emlen Tunnell 71) Mike Webster 72) Warren Sapp 73) Willie Brown 74) Bobby Layne 75) Terry Bradshaw 76) Derrick Thomas 77) Roosevelt Brown 78) Franco Harris 79) Willie Wood 80) Gene Upshaw 81) Gale Sayers 82) Norm Van Brocklin 83) Tony Gonzalez 84) Bobby Bell 85) Will Shields 86) O.J. Simpson 87) Champ Bailey 88) Mel Renfro 89) Shannon Sharpe 90) Bill George 91) Y.A. Tittle 92) Randall McDaniel 93) Yale Lary 94) Larry Wilson 95) Darrell Green 96) Sam Huff 97) Torry Holt 98) Kellen Winslow 99) Willie Roaf 100) Raymond Berry SI.com - Writers - Peter King: My list of the NFL's 500 best players - Wednesday August 29, 2007 12:09PM august of '07, peyton manning No. 1, Chris Simms No. 500.
As I was going down the list, before I read this paragraph you typed I thought exactly the same things you wrote here. Rep!
So according to this list, the top 18 Quarterbacks in NFL history as of 1999 are: * 1) Joe Montana * 2) Johnny Unitas * 3) Otto Graham * 4) Sammy Baugh * 5) John Elway * 6) Dan Marino * 7) Roger Staubach * 8) Sid Luckman * 9) Bart Starr * 10) Terry Bradshaw * 11) Bobby Layne * 12) Fran Tarkenton * 13) Steve Young * 14) Brett Favre * 15) Dan Fouts * 16) Troy Aikman * 17) Joe Namath * 18) George Blanda And according to this list, the top 17 Running Backs in NFL history as of 1999 are: * 1) Jim Brown * 2) Walter Payton * 3) Barry Sanders * 4) Gale Sayers * 5) O.J. Simpson * 6) Marion Motley * 7) Earl Campbell * 8) Bronko Nagurski * 9) Eric twinkyerson * 10) Tony Dorsett * 11) Emmitt Smith * 12) Lenny Moore * 13) Marcus Allen * 14) Steve Van Buren * 15) Red Grange * 16) Franco Harris * 17) Jim Thorpe And according to this list, the top 11 Wide Receivers in NFL history as of 1999 are: * 1) Jerry Rice * 2) Don Hutson * 3) Lance Alworth * 4) Raymond Berry * 5) Steve Largent * 6) Paul Warfield * 7) Charley Taylor * 8) Elroy Hirsch * 9) Art Monk * 10) Fred Biletnikoff * 11) Charlie Joiner And according to this list, the top 3 Tight Ends in NFL history as of 1999 are: * 1) John Mackey * 2) Kellen Winslow * 3) Mike Ditka And according to this list, the top 12 Offensive Linemen in NFL history as of 1999 are: * 1) Anthony Munoz * 2) John Hannah * 3) Jim Parker * 4) Forrest Gregg * 5) Art Shell * 6) Roosevelt Brown * 7) Gene Upshaw * 8) Mel Hein * 9) Mike Webster * 10) Jim Otto * 11) Larry Little * 12) Dwight Stephenson And according to this list, the top 10 Defensive Linemen in NFL history as of 1999 are: * 1) Bob Lilly * 2) Deacon Jones * 3) Joe Greene * 4) Gino Marchetti * 5) Reggie White * 6) Merlin Olsen * 7) Alan Page * 8) Bruce Smith * 9) Buck Buchanan * 10) Willie Davis And according to this list, the top 14 Linebackers in NFL history as of 1999 are: * 1) Lawrence Taylor * 2) twinky Butkus * 3) Ray Nitschke * 4) Jack Lambert * 5) Willie Lanier * 6) Jack Ham * 7) Bill George * 8) Randy White * 9) Chuck Bednarik * 10) Mike Singletary * 11) Ted Hendricks * 12) Joe Schmidt * 13) Bobby Bell * 14) Sam Huff And according to this list, the top 14 Defensive Backs in NFL history as of 1999 are: * 1) twinky "Night Train" Lane * 2) Ronnie Lott * 3) Mel Blount * 4) Deion Sanders * 5) Larry Wilson * 6) Herb Adderly * 7) Willie Brown * 8) Ken Houston * 9) Emlen Tunnell * 10) Darrell Green * 11) Jack Christiansen * 12) Rod Woodson * 13) Mike Haynes * 14) Lem Barney And according to this list, the top Place Kicker in NFL history as of 1999 is: * 1) Lou Groza yeah i agree emmit's too low on a lot of lists i've seen btw that long-ass post that took over an hour to figure out and type was about the first list, not the one i just posted.
Its a FAIL then..... I say delete it! And go with the original list that platoon posted..... it is his thread right?