Top 25 of last 25

Post by **wolfe** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:41 am

USA Today's Top 25 NFL players of the last 25 years
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football ... series.htm

1 Joe Montana Montana's Super success raised the bar
2 Jerry Rice Rice ran away from the field with grace
3 Walter Payton Payton did sweet work as rushing king
4 Lawrence Taylor The original L.T. brought QBs to their knees
5 Reggie White White administered rare level of play
6 John Elway Elway left NFL as a winner
7 Emmitt Smith Emmitt Smith surpassed all runners
8 Ronnie Lott Lott made waves with hard-hitting style
9 Tom Brady Brady climbed fast to Super heights
10 Barry Sanders Sanders left them wanting more
11 Dan Marino Marino re-wrote the NFL passing records
12 Peyton Manning Peyton's place secure in NFL annals
13 Anthony Munoz Munoz set standard on the O-line
14 Brett Favre Favre made Green Bay important again
15 Bruce Smith Smith sacked his way to the top
16 Deion Sanders Deion played his way into 'Prime Time'
17 Mike Singletary Singletary renowned for intimidating presence
18 Ray Lewis The ultimate defender — Ray Lewis
19 Marshall Faulk Faulk brought double threat to new level
20 Troy Aikman Aikman rescued 'America's Team'
21 LaDainian Tomlinson Tomlinson still climbing list of NFL greats
22 Rod Woodson Woodson set new standard in backfield
23 Terry Bradshaw Playoff success carried Bradshaw into Hall
24 Steve Young After wait, Young made lasting run into NFL history
25 Eric Dickerson Dickerson blazed early path to NFL immortality

Post by **wolfe** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:47 am

My quibble is with Bradshaw being on the list at all. His career was pretty much over before 1982 - so he should only be on the list if it covered the last 27 years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Bradshaw

Oompa Midgets · Post by **Oompa Midgets** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:54 am

what about Brian Bosworth???

Post by **wolfe** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:58 am

Joke.

Post by **wolfe** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:59 am

Take Bradshaw off and add Tim Brown or Thurman Thomas.

Oompa Midgets · Post by **Oompa Midgets** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:13 am

Curtis Martin is one of the most under-rated players to ever play in the NFL imo!!!

i mean 4th ALL-TIME in rushing yards and he can't even make a top 25 in the past quarter century???

Jonathan S. · Post by **Jonathan S.** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:29 am

Curtis Martin doesn't deserve to be on that list.

All those players, except for 3, played in a Super Bowl. The 3 who did not play in a Super Bowl did something special. Curtis Martin hasn't done anything special.

thechosenone · Post by **thechosenone** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:40 am

peyton doesnt deserve to be on their yet.

Jonathan S. · Post by **Jonathan S.** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:45 am

Touchdown passing record; Super Bowl victory. Why not?

woody · Post by **woody** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 11:59 am

Jonathan S. wrote:Curtis Martin hasn't done anything special.

4th ALL-TIME in rushing yards

Yeah - that's not special.