[BigBadBuc]

My vote goes to Jimmy Brown. He was a man among boys.

BBB

[xdavidwattsx]

Originally Posted by BigBadBuc

My vote goes to Jimmy Brown. He was a man among boys.

BBB

Good choice, I vote Barry Sanders. He did so much with so little in Detroit and truly was a step ahead of his peers.

There is no question if he played and stayed healthy for another 5 to 8 years that he'd own every record in the books.

[BigBadBuc]

xdavid,

I wonder what Barry Sanders would have been like with an offensive line. I remember him quite well.

Barry Sanders off right tackle for one yard

Barry Sanders off left tackle lost one yard

Barry Sanders caught in the backfield lost one yard

Barry Sanders breaks one for 70 yards- Touchdown!!!

That's how his game went.

BBB

[xdavidwattsx]

Originally Posted by BigBadBuc

xdavid,

I wonder what Barry Sanders would have been like with an offensive line. I remember him quite well.

Barry Sanders off right tackle for one yard

Barry Sanders off left tackle lost one yard

Barry Sanders caught in the backfield lost one yard

Barry Sanders breaks one for 70 yards- Touchdown!!!

That's how his game went.

BBB

One could only dream of what it would have been like had Barry played behind that Cowboys line. How many amazing runs started with Barry being hit 5 yards in the backfield only to break a few tackles, spin around and take off down the other side of the field. He is truly the greatest NFL player I have ever had the chance to watch in my lifetime.

[Lefty Noob]

Brown and Sanders are both great picks. But what about on the defensive side of the ball, with a guy like Dick Butkus? Man, could he impact a game!

[xdavidwattsx]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Brown and Sanders are both great picks. But what about on the defensive side of the ball, with a guy like Dick Butkus? Man, could he impact a game!

How do you pick one? Ronnie Lott, Singletary, Dent, L.T, Reggie White, Derrick Thomas. Man, there are a lot of good ones. I don't know if I could say one has risen above all of the rest.

[NASCARlvr]

LT was the scariest guy I ever saw on the field. If you ran at him, it always looked like he was going to blow it up, and if you went away from him, he was fast enough to run most backs down...

[Lefty Noob]

Yeah, I hear that, NASCARlvr! The Giants were my team back in the 80s, and LT was just a phenom. The things that he could do were astounding. But then, he also had a great defense around him that allowed him to freelance and do those things. Would he have been as awesome without Carson, Banks, Marshall, et. al?

[BigBadBuc]

Alright,

Let's develop this a little more. How about most dominant at each position?


So far at running back we have,

1. Jim Brown

2. Barry Sanders

Linebacker as Lawrence Taylor.

BBB

[ThePundit]

LT changed the way the game was played at LB.

Sanders was pheonominal but didn't perform well in the couple of playoff appearances he had. So I'd say Brown.

[BigBadBuc]

What about safety?

Ronnie Lott or Rod Woodson?

Man, how would you like to have both of them running around back there picking of passes and knockin' some heads. Two great players!

BBB

[Lefty Noob]

Woodson was a good player, but you've got to go through a lot of safeties before you get to him on the "best ever" list. Lott, Willie Wood, Em Tunnell, Yale Lary, just to name a few.

[BigBadBuc]

Lefty,

Rod Woodson and Ronnie Lott were chosen on the NFL all time team a few years ago. I take Lott over Woodson. He was the best pure safety that I have ever seen. Woodson was the most atheletic safety that I have ever seen. Willie Wood, Em Tunnell, and Yale Lary were some of the best in their era but I don't think they could play at the level of Lott or Woodson.
(In my humble opinion)

Remember Buddy Dial and Bobby Lane during that Yale Lary, Em Tuunell era. Bobby Lane would play with a beer belly(it was beer) and throw 50 yard bombs to Buddy Dial.

BBB

[Lefty Noob]

Maybe I'm nitpicking here, but Woodson made the NFL's 75th Anniversary Team not as a safety, but as a corner alongside Mel Blount, Dick "Night Train" Lane and Mike Haynes. On that squad, the safeties were Ronnie Lott, Ken Houston of the Oilers and Redskins and Larry Wilson of the Cardinals.

Check out this link:
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports_h...02AllTime4.asp

This is for the NFL Insider's Dream Team, as selected by the Pro Football Hall of Fame voters. Lott and Wilson were chosen as safeties. I quite honestly had forgotten about Wilson. He was a great one, too. But ultimately I agree with you. In my mind, Lott is most likely the greatest safety of all time.

[Lefty Noob]

By the way, for those interested, here is the complete 75th Anniversary Team Roster.

QB - Sammy Baugh, Otto Graham, Joe Montana, Johnny Unitas
RB - Jim Brown, Marion Motley, Bronko Nagurski, Walter Payton, Gale Sayers, O.J. Simpson, Steve Van Buren
WR - Lance Alworth, Raymond Berry, Don Hutson, Jerry Rice
TE - Mike Ditka, Kellen Winslow
T - Rosey Brown, Forrest Gregg, Anthony Munoz
G - John Hannah, Jim Parker, Gene Upshaw
C - Mel Hein, Mike Webster
DE - Deacon Jones, Gino Marchetti, Reggie White
DT - Joe Greene, Bob Lilly, Merlin Olsen
LB - Dick Butkus, Jack Ham, Ted Hendricks, Jack Lambert, Willie Lanier, Ray Nitschke, Lawrence Taylor
CB - Mel Blount, Mike Haynes, "Night Train" Lane, Rod Woodson
S - Ken Houston, Ronnie Lott, Larry Wilson
P - Ray Guy
K - Jan Stenerud
PR - Billy "White Shoes" Johnson
KR - Gale Sayers

This list was compiled back in 1994. If you were to redo this list to include today's players, what changes would you make?