Jakuvious Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 52 minutes ago, mse326 said: "Anniversary" is misleading. It is the 100th year of the league. There is no year 0; 1920 is year 1. This. It's basically just misnamed, really. If a comparison helps anybody, a child that we would call 1 year old, is actually in the process of their second year of life. And that just progresses up. So the 99th anniversary is actually the start of the 100th year of league existence. Just like a 99th birthday would start the 100th year of someone's life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4L Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 11 hours ago, Pugger said: How can 2019 be the 100th when the league didn't form until 1920? 2020 would be the 101st year. Think about it. year 1999 is the 100th year since 1900 1900 = year 1 1991 = year 2 etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TecmoSuperJoe Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 4 hours ago, lancerman said: Here's how I look at it. Tom Brady- most accomplished QB ever, most Super Bowl's and Super Bowl appearances, owns most playoff stats, most playoff wins by a mile, is currently blowing the previous record for most wins off, is an elite top 5 in every stat and has the best combination of bulk stats and efficiency ever, sustained excellence throughout his career and was at one time the youngest player to win a Super Bowl and is now the oldest. Easily the biggest winner in NFL history. Peyton Manning- the best statistical QB ever. Owned every major stat record when he retired. Has the record for MVP's. Johnny Unitas- The most influential QB of all time. Changed the game on how the QB position was played and his influence is still felt today. These are the guys I think you MUST put in. Most accomplished, best stats, most influential. Those are the ultimate superlatives. The next is hard. Do you give it to Montana for at one time being the most accomplished? Do you look at Dan Marino for having the best stats once upon a time ago. Do you go with Otto Graham as the greatest of a day long since passed? Do you head to Baugh as the original innovator? Since I think you are kind of forced to put in two guys from the 2000's I think you probably need to put in someone older. If you add Montana you get a 50's 60's 70's 80's 90's (only early though), 00's and 10's representation. If you don't you pretty much lose the 80's from QB representation but you lose that really early era you could gain with Baugh. Honestly make it 5. Baugh, Unitas, Montana, Manning, Brady. You get pretty much every era represented. It's kind of weird looking at that group and saying Montana is probably the least important in it. Montana is number one. Don't get it twisted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iamcanadian Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 As far as QB's, only Brady gets added for me, the rest completely deserve to stay over today's QB's who play will rules, that completely favour throwing the ball. Not the case for past generations and each of the guys currently on the list were goats of their eras and Brady is our goat, end of story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAF-N72EX Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 You guys are taking this 1 year difference thing way too serious. If you wanna get technical the league was started in 1919 so time tables are correct.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INbengalfan Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Montana, Manning, and Brady are locks. My fourth would be Marino, despite his lack of titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddyboy Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 100th Anniversary team HC Halas, Lombardi, Belichick OC Bill Walsh, Clark Shaughnessy DC George Allen, Tom Landry QB Sid Luckman, Otto Graham, Roger Staubach, Tom Brady WR Raymond Berry, Paul Warfield, Jerry Rice, Lynne Swann TE Ditka, Gonzalez, Newsome RB Jim Brown, Paul Hornung, Frank Gifford, Walter Payton, Marcus Allen Offensive Line Jim Otto, Bruce Matthews, Jackie Slater, Gene Upshaw, John Hannah, Anthony Munoz, Forrest Gregg, Mike Webster Defensive Line Bruce Smith, Reggie White, Lawrence Taylor, Bob Lilly, Alan Page, Alex Karras, Deacon Jones, Dan Hampton Linebacker R Butkus, Sam Huff, Junior Seau, Mike Singeltary, Ray Nitschke, Ray Lewis, Chuck Bednarik DB Herb Adderly, Rod Woodson, Paul Krause, R Lane, Ellen Tunnell, John Lynch, Darrell Green Kickers Lou Groza, Mortem Andersen, Gary Anderson, Jan Stenerud Punter Bobby Joe Green, Ray Guy P/K Returns Gale Sayers College of Coaches Weeb, Ewbank, Chuck Noll, Don Shula, Marv Levy, Tony Dungy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddyboy Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 Top 5 QBs? Sid Luckman deserves all the credit for inventing the modern QB position. He took all the risk of learning a set of concepts foreign to the game in the late 1930s. 300+ bits of information fitted into a 3 second play with few rules to protect the QB. Without Luckman, Baugh wouldn't have tried it. He would be in Cooperstown as a pitcher. Because of Luckman and Baugh, Otto Graham and Paul Brown reinvented the position after WW II. That led to talent explosion of Layne, Blanda, Van Brocklin, Tittle, Starr and others. Unitas put the swagger, cool, timing on national TV in back to back title games vs the NYG. John Unitas had a durable, long career spanning 1957 to 1972. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted September 20, 2018 Share Posted September 20, 2018 I pray that's not the actual list because it's terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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