best football player for ever?

[Skiz]

Not the best player ever (that decision is too hard), but I love hearing other retired players talk about Dick Butkus and how nasty of player he was. I read an interview that said:

"When I went out on the field to warm up, I would manufacture things to make me mad," Butkus said. "If someone on the other team was laughing, I'd pretend he was laughing at me or the Bears. I'd find something to get mad about, and punish that player. It always worked for me."

Teammates and opponents alike marveled at Butkus' ferocity. He intimidated players like nobody else. "If I had a choice, I'd sooner go one-on-one with a grizzly bear," former Green Bay Packers running back MacArthur Lane said. "I prayed that I could get up every time Butkus hit me."

It's great to watch shows about him on ESPN2.

[JPaul]

He broke three Superbowl records that year.

If memory serves it was longest rushing, longest individual TD and most individual points, but it was a long time ago and I was rather drunk. For some reason they played the game in the middle of the night, absolute madness.

Jim Brown retired the year before the first Super Bowl was played.

Cleveland won the NFL title in '64, Brown retired in '66.

You had to see him to believe him.

Some backs had moves and speed, others had strength or instinct.

Brown it all, and in superior measure, too.

He literally did what he felt like doing on the field.

Oh right, he retired before it became a serious sport. Played by highly trained, highly paid, professional athletes. That would obviously make him the best ever and totally pwn a chap who was the best of the best when it had become one of the most highly paid sports in the World.

My bad.

[JPaul]

Not the best player ever (that decision is too hard), but I love hearing other retired players talk about Dick Butkus and how nasty of player he was. I read an interview that said:

Teammates and opponents alike marveled at Butkus' ferocity. He intimidated players like nobody else. "If I had a choice, I'd sooner go one-on-one with a grizzly bear," former Green Bay Packers running back MacArthur Lane said. "I prayed that I could get up every time Butkus hit me."

It's great to watch shows about him on ESPN2.

Basically your hero is The Waterboy.

[Barbarossa]

That guy with the pineapple on his head, he was the best

[j2k4]

Jim Brown retired the year before the first Super Bowl was played.

Cleveland won the NFL title in '64, Brown retired in '66.

You had to see him to believe him.

Some backs had moves and speed, others had strength or instinct.

Brown it all, and in superior measure, too.

He literally did what he felt like doing on the field.

Oh right, he retired before it became a serious sport. Played by highly trained, highly paid, professional athletes. That would obviously make him the best ever and totally pwn a chap who was the best of the best when it had become one of the most highly paid sports in the World.

My bad.

...neither would I question your knowledge of "footie".

Playing against a brand-new American football player would only have given Brown a newer, bigger opponent to punish.

[ram82082]

dunno if you can really ask this question in regards 2 american football. its more of a position ? really.

but 2 humor the poster..... i saw #20 Barry Sanders. A mix of pure athletics, power, balance, EYES. He saw holes n creases me n the camera man missed.

[Skiz]

Not the best player ever (that decision is too hard), but I love hearing other retired players talk about Dick Butkus and how nasty of player he was. I read an interview that said:

It's great to watch shows about him on ESPN2.

Basically your hero is The Waterboy.

Nope. Purty sure I said Dick Butkus.

dunno if you can really ask this question in regards 2 american football. its more of a position ? really.

but 2 humor the poster..... i saw #20 Barry Sanders. A mix of pure athletics, power, balance, EYES. He saw holes n creases me n the camera man missed.

I agree on Barry Sanders

The guy is 5'8" tall (68") and had a vert of 42". For those of you who don't know, your vert is tested from a standing jump. Could you image being able to stand still and jump almost 4 feet in the air?

13 NCAA record's set in his junior year alone.

You can find pictures of him cutting where he's almost sideways. Whether or not was the best is argueable, but he without a doubt had the best juck that the game has ever seen.

Spoiler: Show

Barry Sanders kickoff touchdown returns of 100 yards plus in OSU's first possession in each of the opening games of the 1987 and 1988 seasons is a remarkable feat to say the least.

I think he would have been the all-time rushing leader had he played behind an offense line worth a shit.

[j2k4]

Barry was superb.

Saw him play many times-the best place to watch him was from the end zone.

He and Gale Sayers were easily the most shifty and elusive players ever, period.

[Skiz]

Barry was superb.

Saw him play many times-the best place to watch him was from the end zone.

He and Gale Sayers were easily the most shifty and elusive players ever, period.

I was pretty young when I saw most of my pro football games/players, but I remember them well.

I secretly have a little Columbian Blue left in me, and always will.

[soad2k4]

CHRISTIANO RONALDO the best player