NFL.com has announced they will do a countdown of the 100 greatest football players of all time.
http://top100.nfl.com/?module=HP_spotlight
I think the top of the list will be mostly QBs. What player at a different position do you think cracks the top 10 QBs?
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Top 10 QBs |
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1 |
John Elway 1983-1998 |
HOF |
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2 |
Joe Montana 1979-1994 |
HOF |
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3 |
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4 |
Dan Marino 1983-1999 |
HOF |
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5 |
Steve Young 1985-1999 |
HOF |
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6 |
Troy Aikman 1989-2000 |
HOF |
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7 |
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8 |
Johnny Unitas 1956-1973 |
HOF |
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9 |
Terry Bradshaw 1970-1983 |
HOF |
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10 |
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List of Possbile Players to crack top 10 (Not all inclusive)
Non HOF RBs
Tomlinson
Faulk
| HOF RBs |
| Larry Csonka (FB) 1968-1979 |
| Frank Gifford (HB-FL) 1952-1960, 1962-1964 |
| Franco Harris (RB) 1972-1984 |
| Paul Hornung (HB) 1957-1962, 1964-1966 |
| Hugh McElhenny (HB) 1952-1964 |
| John Henry Johnson (FB) 1954-1966 |
| Charley Trippi (HB) 1947-1955 |
| Doak Walker (HB) 1950-1955 |
| Lenny Moore (HB) 1956-1967 |
| John Riggins (RB) 1971-1979, 1981-1985 |
| Thurman Thomas 1988-2000 |
| Jim Taylor (FB) 1958-1967 |
| Joe Perry (FB) 1948-1963 |
| Ollie Matson (HB) 1952, 1954-1966 |
| Walter Payton (RB) 1975-1987 |
| Barry Sanders (RB) 1989-1998 |
| Marion Motley (FB) 1946-1953, 1955 |
| O.J. Simpson (RB) 1969-1979 |
| Eric Dickerson (RB) 1983-1993 |
| Jim Brown (FB) 1957-1965 |
| Earl Campbell (RB) 1978-1985 |
| Tony Dorsett (RB) 1977-1988 |
| Gale Sayers (HB) 1965-1971 |
| Leroy Kelly (RB) 1964-1973 |
| Marcus Allen (RB) 1982-1997 |
| Floyd Little (RB) |
| Emmitt Smith 1990-2004 |
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Non HOF WRs Moss Owens Holt Harrison Carter |
| HOF WRs |
| Fred Biletnikoff 1965-1978 |
| Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch (also HB) 1946-1956 |
| Steve Largent 1976-1989 |
| James Lofton 1978-1993 |
| Don Maynard 1958, 1960-1973 |
| Tommy McDonald 1957-1968 |
| Paul Warfield 1964-1977 |
| Charlie Joiner 1969-1986 |
| Art Monk 1980-1995 |
| Raymond Berry 1955-1967 |
| Tom Fears 1948-1956 |
| John Stallworth 1974-1987 |
| Lynn Swann 1974-1982 |
| Pete Pihos 1947-1955 |
| Charley Taylor (also HB) 1964-1975, 1977 |
| Dante Lavelli 1946-1956 |
| Michael Irvin 1988-1999 |
| Bob Hayes 1965-1975 |
| Bobby Mitchell (also HB) 1958-1968 |
| Lance Alworth 1962-1972 |
| Jerry Rice 1985-2000 |
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NON HOF TEs Sharpe Gonzalez |
| HOF TEs |
| John Mackey 1963-1972 |
| Ozzie Newsome 1978-1990 |
| Jackie Smith 1963-1978 |
| Kellen Winslow 1979-1987 |
| Charlie Sanders 1968-1977 |
| Mike Ditka 1961-1972 |
| Dave Casper 1974-1984 |
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NON HOF OL Ogden Pace |
| HOF OL |
| Jackie Slater (T) 1976-1995 |
| Ron Yary (T) 1968-1982 |
| Rayfield Wright 1967-1979 |
| Joe DeLamielleure (G) 1973-1985 |
| Dan Dierdorf (T) 1971-1983 |
| Gary Zimmerman (T) 1986-1997 |
| Bob (Boomer) Brown (T) 1964-1973 |
| Roosevelt Brown (T) 1953-1965 |
| Frank Gatski (C) 1946-1957 |
| Forrest Gregg (T-G) 1956, 1958-1971 |
| Lou Groza (T) (Also PK) 1946-1959, 1961-1967 |
| Gene Upshaw (G) 1967-1981 |
| Jim Langer (C) 1970-1981 |
| Art Shell (T) 1968-1982 |
| Mike Webster (C) 1974-1990 |
| Mike McCormack (T) 1951, 1954-1962 |
| Mike Munchak (G) 1982-1993 |
| Jim Otto (C) 1960-1974 |
| Jim Parker (G-T) 1957-1967 |
| Jim Ringo (C) 1953-1967 |
| Billy Shaw (G) 1961-1969 |
| Dwight Stephenson (C) 1980-1987 |
| Gene Hickerson 1958-1973 |
| Lou Creekmur (T-G) 1950-1959 |
| Tom Mack (G) 1966-1978 |
| Larry Little (G) 1967-1980 |
| Ron Mix (T) 1960-1969, 1971 |
| Bob St. Clair (T) 1953-1963 |
| Randall McDaniel 1988-2001 |
| Anthony Muñoz (T) 1980-1992 |
| Bruce Matthews (G, T, C) 1983-2001 |
| John Hannah (G) 1973-1985 |
| Stan Jones (T-G, also DT) 1954-1966 |
| Chuck Bednarik (C-LB) 1949-1962 |
| Russ Grimm (G) 1981-1991 |
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Non HOF DL Dwight Freeney Maichael Strahan |
| DL |
| Joe Greene (DT) 1969-1981 |
| Dan Hampton (DT-DE) 1979-1990 |
| David (Deacon) Jones (DE) 1961-1974 |
| Howie Long (DE) 1981-1993 |
| Gino Marchetti (DE) 1952-1964, 1966 |
| Jack Youngblood (DE) 1971-1984 |
| Randy White (DT) 1975-1988 |
| Arnie Weinmeister (DT) 1948-1953 |
| Lee Roy Selmon (DE) 1976-1984 |
| Junious (Buck) Buchanan (DT) 1963-1975 |
| Willie Davis (DE) 1958-1969 |
| Len Ford (DE) 1948-1958 |
| Henry Jordan (DT) 1957-1969 |
| Ernie Stautner (DT) 1950-1963 |
| Leo Nomellini (DT) 1950-1963 |
| Bill Willis (MG) 1946-1953 |
| Merlin Olsen (DT) 1962-1976 |
| Reggie White (DT-DE) 1985-1998, 2000 |
| Carl Eller (DE) 1964-1979 |
| Bob Lilly (DT) 1961-1974 |
| Fred Dean (DE) 1975-1985 |
| Bruce Smith 1985-2003 |
| Andy Robustelli (DE) 1951-1964 |
| Art Donovan (DT) 1950-1961 |
| Elvin Bethea (DE) 1968-1983 |
| Doug Atkins (DE) 1953-1969 |
| Alan Page (DT) 1967-1981 |
| John Randle 1990-2003 |
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Non HOF LB Ray Lewis |
| HOF LB |
| Willie Lanier 1967-1977 |
| Ted Hendricks 1969-1983 |
| Dave Wilcox 1964-1974 |
| Andre Tippett 1982-1993 |
| Nick Buoniconti 1962-1974, 1976 |
| George Connor (also DT, OT) 1948-1955 |
| Bill George 1952-1966 |
| Joe Schmidt 1953-1965 |
| Sam Huff 1956-1967, 1969 |
| Ray Nitschke 1958-1972 |
| Mike Singletary 1981-1992 |
| Jack Lambert 1974-1984 |
| Harry Carson 1976-1988 |
| Jack Ham 1971-1982 |
| Derrick Thomas 1989-1999 |
| Dick Butkus 1965-1973 |
| Lawrence Taylor 1981-1993 |
| Bobby Bell (also DE) 1963-1974 |
| Rickey Jackson LB (also DE) 1981-1995 |
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Non HOF DBs Bailey Sanders |
| HOF DB |
| Mike Haynes (CB) 1976-1989 |
| Paul Krause (S) 1964-1979 |
| Ronnie Lott (CB-S) 1981-1994 |
| Willie Wood (S) 1960-1971 |
| Jimmy Johnson (CB) 1961-1976 |
| Larry Wilson (S) 1960-1972 |
| Emmitt Thomas (CB) 1966-1978 |
| Lem Barney (CB) 1967-1977 |
| Mel Blount (CB) 1970-1983 |
| Jack Christiansen (S) 1951-1958 |
| Ken Houston (S) 1967-1980 |
| Dick (Night Train) Lane (CB) 1952-1965 |
| Mel Renfro (S-CB) 1964-1977 |
| Emlen Tunnell (S) 1948-1961 |
| Roger Wehrli 1969-1982 |
| Yale Lary (S) 1952-1953, 1956-1964 |
| Willie Brown (CB) 1963-1978 |
| Rod Woodson 1987-2003 |
| Darrell Green (CB) 1983-2002 |
| Herb Adderley (CB) 1961-1972 |
| Dick LeBeau (CB) 1959-1972 |
| HOF Kicker |
| Jan Stenerud 1967-1985 |
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