NFL best players by Uni number (per Mitchell & Ness)
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Champ fucking Bailey over Charles Woodson is a fucking travesty.
Art Shell should be in over Bruce Smith, but that is a closer argument.
Art Shell should be in over Bruce Smith, but that is a closer argument.
The Patriots homer in me thinks that #87 is up for grabs when this list is revisited in 10 years.
And let's just go ahead and give Rodney #37.
Edit - my mistake, 37 is assigned to Doak Walker, it's just a different style jersey. Hmm, his bio suggests he might be a hair more deserving than Rodney Harrison.
And let's just go ahead and give Rodney #37.
Edit - my mistake, 37 is assigned to Doak Walker, it's just a different style jersey. Hmm, his bio suggests he might be a hair more deserving than Rodney Harrison.
SidelineCameras said:
I don't think you need to be a homer for that one. He's building a resume as the greatest TE of all time. Longevity is the only real concern, but I think he's already proven that his prime is the best of any TE in NFL history.
Devizier said:
Funny, I came here to say it should be Terrell Owens.
EDIT: And when all is said and done, it'll probably be Megatron.
They must have forgotten Charlie Trippi who is the only player in the Hall of Fame with more than 1,000 career yards as a passer, runner and receiver.bsj said:
IHateDaveKerpen said:
I think Irvin over Page is a bigger "upset".
Looking over the list - there's a decent number of Vikings on there. Somehow this does not console me very much.
Anyways, this exercise got me thinking about other sports. Specifically, who were the best players (in any of the major US sports) by uniform number of all time? I figured that discussion doesn't belong here, so I posted it in the general sports forum.
M&S did Basketball recently, and there's a hockey version on the hockey board here.
A few years back we did this exercise here for New England players only
A few years back we did this exercise here for New England players only
#6 is surprisingly weak - considering that that's one of the potential QB numbers, it's kind of sad that the best QB to ever wear #6 might be Jay Cutler, and sad that the best #6 ever might be a kicker (Kevin Butler) that wouldn't feature on anyone's list of top 10 kickers of all time.
Vinatieri over Favre is a no brainer for me.
EDIT: That was tongue in cheek, but not even and honorable mention? That makes no sense.
EDIT: That was tongue in cheek, but not even and honorable mention? That makes no sense.
#99 Jerome Brown or JJ Watt are better picks but of course the NFL uses their fall guy.
Also #23 LOL! Brady should change his number to 23 just for trolling purposes.
Also #23 LOL! Brady should change his number to 23 just for trolling purposes.
shoebooty said:
?? In what world would Jerome Brown and his tragically-cut-short-career a better choice than Sapp? JJ Watt might - and quite likely too - get there some day, but for now Sapp has the best overall career for a #99.
And Troy Vincent really does seem to be the best choice for #23.
I'll agree my homerism came out with Jerome combined with the fact such a despicable player like Sapp made the cut. As for Watt he's already been a 3x Pro Bowl selection in his first 3 years so he's about halfway to Sapp's total and with his average numbers I agree that it is safe to expect he'll be the best #99 soon enough.singaporesoxfan said:
As for 23 my point was that it is an unusually weak number. They still could have given it to Marshawn Lynch but maybe number changes were considered by the play of the athlete under each number they used.
#28 belongs to Hall of Famer Darrell Green, IMHO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vykn16DAQ0I
That punt return gave the Redskins the lead and the win on the road at Chicago during the 1987 playoffs (Walter Payton's final game.) Three weeks later the Redskins destroyed the Broncos in Super Bowl XXII.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vykn16DAQ0I
That punt return gave the Redskins the lead and the win on the road at Chicago during the 1987 playoffs (Walter Payton's final game.) Three weeks later the Redskins destroyed the Broncos in Super Bowl XXII.
The Hall of Fame has a list of players by number. #32 is pretty good with Brown, Simpson, Harris, Marcus Allen, but doesn't match up to #12.
Because I'm a numbers nerd, I decided to look at the jersey numbers of the Superbowl starting quarterbacks.IHateDaveKerpen said:
1: Never worn
2: Never worn
3: Worn by 2 players, record 1-2
4: Worn by 1 player, record 1-1
5: Worn by 3 players, record 1-2
6: Never worn
7: Worn by 7 players, record 5-9
8: Worn by 5 players, record 5-2
9: Worn by 3 players, record 2-1
10: Worn by 2 players, record 2-3
11: Worn by 5 players, record 2-3
12: Worn by 11 players, record 15-12
13: Worn by 2 players, record 1-3
14: Worn by 4 players, record 1-4
15: Worn by 4 players, record 3-2
16: Worn by 4 players, record 7-2
17: Worn by 3 players, record 1-2
18: Worn by 1 player, record 1-2
19: Worn by 1 player, record 1-0
Some 'interesting' facts
Craig Morton is the only QB to wear more than one number in his Super Bowl appearances: 14 in SB V, 7 in SB XII
A QB wearing 12 won 9 consecutive superbowls (SB VI to SB XIV)
A QB wearing 12 lost 5 consecutive superbowls (SB XXV to SB XXIX)
A QB wearing 8 won 4 consecutive superbowls (SB XXVII to SB XXX)
There have been 3 superbowls where both QBs wore the same number: SB VI (12), SB X (12), SB XIII (12)
Otto Graham is interesting, wearing #60 until 1953 when the league started requiring number groupings by position. He then became #14. He didn't want a new jersey so he had his #60 converted, which you can see in the picture in the article. He accomplished most of his greatness in #60, but Bednarik got that one.
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/06/17/nfl-history-in-95-objects-otto-graham-jersey
http://mmqb.si.com/2014/06/17/nfl-history-in-95-objects-otto-graham-jersey
