drinkwine732Posts: 20,418destroyer of motherfuckers
edited July 2010
Made great by Rice...
The only other ones that I think merit mention are Barry Sanders, Gale Sayers and Joe Montana. No one else really is close if you ask me.
I can name five, four of which are not Niners:
1. Jim Brown 2. Johnny Unitas 3. Walter Payton 4. Lawrence Taylor 5. Barry Sanders (This is a bias, but fuck it)
Others: John Elway, Dan Marino, Dick Butkus....
Jim Brown had fewer TD's as a more instrumental part of the team than Rice. It's hard to put a dent into Brown's legacy, but Rice put up better stats with fewer opportunities. Unitas isn't even the best QB of all time (guess...). Taylor is probably the best defensive man of all time, but never was the instrumental part of the team Rice was. Sanders and Payton both are good mentions.
The only other ones that I think merit mention are Barry Sanders, Gale Sayers and Joe Montana. No one else really is close if you ask me.
I can name five, four of which are not Niners:
1. Jim Brown 2. Johnny Unitas 3. Walter Payton 4. Lawrence Taylor 5. Barry Sanders (This is a bias, but fuck it)
Others: John Elway, Dan Marino, Dick Butkus....
Jim Brown had fewer TD's as a more instrumental part of the team than Rice. It's hard to put a dent into Brown's legacy, but Rice put up better stats with fewer opportunities. Unitas isn't even the best QB of all time (guess...). Taylor is probably the best defensive man of all time, but never was the instrumental part of the team Rice was. Sanders and Payton both are good mentions.
Jim Brown played a 12 game schedule for most of his career, yet put up over 12,000 yards and averaged over 5 yards a carry. He's the standard by which all running backs are measured. Who knows what he could have done had he not retired at his peak.
Unitas played in a different era than Montana, so who's greater is definitely debatable. Plus, Montana wasn't the original master of the two minute drill. Guess who was? Johnny Unitas.
Lawrence Taylor single-handedly invented the art of sacking the quarterback.
In the end, there's too much gray area to argue that Rice is the absolute best.
drinkwine732Posts: 20,418destroyer of motherfuckers
"Lawrence Taylor single-handedly invented the art of sacking the quarterback."
Coining the term and inventing the tackling of a specific player are not by any means the same thing.
"Unitas played in a different era than Montana, so who's greater is definitely debatable. Plus, Montana wasn't the original master of the two minute drill. Guess who was? Johnny Unitas."
Joe Montana was so dependable, you just have to look at those post-season stats. He is the anti-choke machine. If I could have one man under center on my team, it's Joe Montana.
Invention of a tactic and perfection of the tactic are different.
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9/8 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's Night Club 9/10 Oakland, CA @ The Uptown 9/11 San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club 9/13 Portland, OR @ Dante's 9/15 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market 9/16 Vancouver, BC @ Venue 9/18 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Ballroom 9/19 Calgary, AB @ Dickens Pub 9/21 Casper, WY @ Downtown Grill 9/23 Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse 9/24 Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre 9/25 San Diego, CA @ the Casbah 9/26 Redondo Beach, CA @ Brixton
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Cowboys have their shit together as of now.
I was supposed to see Troy's induction
Now that I have a license, maybe I'll drive my goddamn self to see Emmitt's.
1. Jim Brown
2. Johnny Unitas
3. Walter Payton
4. Lawrence Taylor
5. Barry Sanders (This is a bias, but fuck it)
Others: John Elway, Dan Marino, Dick Butkus....
The only other ones that I think merit mention are Barry Sanders, Gale Sayers and Joe Montana. No one else really is close if you ask me. Jim Brown had fewer TD's as a more instrumental part of the team than Rice. It's hard to put a dent into Brown's legacy, but Rice put up better stats with fewer opportunities. Unitas isn't even the best QB of all time (guess...). Taylor is probably the best defensive man of all time, but never was the instrumental part of the team Rice was. Sanders and Payton both are good mentions.
I also give you this.
He has the first half record ZOMG
Unitas played in a different era than Montana, so who's greater is definitely debatable. Plus, Montana wasn't the original master of the two minute drill. Guess who was? Johnny Unitas.
Lawrence Taylor single-handedly invented the art of sacking the quarterback.
In the end, there's too much gray area to argue that Rice is the absolute best.
Coining the term and inventing the tackling of a specific player are not by any means the same thing.
"Unitas played in a different era than Montana, so who's greater is definitely debatable. Plus, Montana wasn't the original master of the two minute drill. Guess who was? Johnny Unitas."
Joe Montana was so dependable, you just have to look at those post-season stats. He is the anti-choke machine. If I could have one man under center on my team, it's Joe Montana.
Invention of a tactic and perfection of the tactic are different.
9/8 Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's Night Club
9/10 Oakland, CA @ The Uptown
9/11 San Jose, CA @ The Blank Club
9/13 Portland, OR @ Dante's
9/15 Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
9/16 Vancouver, BC @ Venue
9/18 Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Ballroom
9/19 Calgary, AB @ Dickens Pub
9/21 Casper, WY @ Downtown Grill
9/23 Tempe, AZ @ The Clubhouse
9/24 Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre
9/25 San Diego, CA @ the Casbah
9/26 Redondo Beach, CA @ Brixton