Best ever in each number all time team!!!

[ozbuc21]

I have been chatting with a couple of friends and we started thinking who is the greatest player to wear each number in NFL history. We are now up to the point where all the numbers are filled up with possible candidates.

Players in Bold text are now locked in to the team at their respective number

If you know any other worthy candidates for numbers not yet in bold please add your suggestion

#00 Jim Otto
#1 Warren Moon
#2 John "Paddy" Driscoll
#3 Bronislaw "Bronko" Nagurski/Jan Stenerud
#4 Brett Favre
#5 Paul Hornung
#6 Bubby Brister/Benny Friedman
#7 John Elway
#8 Steve Young
#9 Sonny Jurgenson
#10 Fran Tarkenton
#11 Phil Simms
#12 Terry Bradshaw
#13 Dan Marino
#14 Otto Graham
#15 Bart Starr
#16 Joe Montana
#17 Harold Carmichael
#18 Peyton Manning
#19 John Unitas
#20 Barry Sanders
#21 Deion Sanders
#22 Emitt Smith
#23 Mel Gray
#24 Lenny Moore
#25 Fred Biletnikoff
#26 Rod Woodson
#27 Steve Attwater
#28 Darrell Green
#29 Erick Dickerson
#30 Terrell Davis
#31 Jim Taylor
#32 Jim Brown
#33 Tony Dorsett
#34 Walter Paryton
#35 Aeneas Williams
#36 Jerome Bettis
#37 Lester Hayes
#38 Arnie Herber
#39 Larry Csonka
#40 Gale Sayers
#41 Charlie Waters/Matt Snell/Tom Matte
#42 Ronnie Lott
#43 Don Perkins/Fred Baxter/Steve Foley/Cliff Harris
#44 John Riggins/Chuck Foreman
#45 Emlen Tunnell/Homer Jones
#46 Lou Groza/Todd Christensen
#47 Mel Blount
#48 Daryl "Moose" Johnson
#49 Dennis Smith
#50 Mike Singletary
#51 **** Butkus
#52 Ray Lewis/Mike Webster
#53 Bill Romanowski/Shelton Quarles/Alex Wojciechowicz/Harry Carson
#54 Brian Urlacher/Zach Thomas/Randy White
#55 Derrick Brooks/Juniour Seau
#56 Lawrence Taylor
#57 Rickey Jackson
#58 Jack Lambert
#59 Jack Ham
#60 Chuck Bednarik
#61 Nate Newton
#62 Charley Trippi
#63 Lee Roy Selmon
#64 Randall McDaniel/Jack " Hacksaw" Reynolds
#65 Tom Mack
#66 Ray Nitschke
#67 Reggie McEnzie/Bob Kuchenberg
#68 Kevin Mawae/L.C. Greenwood
#69 Sherrill Headrick
#70 Sam Huff
#71 Tony Boselli
#72 Ed "Too Tall" Jones/Dan Deirdorf
#73 John Hannah/Larry Allen
#74 Bruce Matthews
#75 Deacon Jones
#76 Orlanro Pace
#77 Jim Parker/Red Grange
#78 Bruce Smith/ Anthony Munoz/Art Shell
#79 Bob St. Clair
#80 Jerry Rice
#81 Art Monk/ ****"Night Train" Lane
#82 Ozzie Newsome
#83 Andre Reed
#84 Shannon Sharpe/Randy Moss
#85 Jack Youngblood
#86 James Lofton
#87 Willie Davis/Dave Casper/Dwight Clark/Ben Coates
#88 Lynn Swann/Marvin Harrison/Michael Irvin
#89 Mike Ditka
#90 Julius Peppers
#91 Kevin Greene
#92 Reggie White
#93 John Randle
#94 Charles Haley/Dana Stubblefield
#95 Michael Carter/Richard Dent/William Fuller
#96 Cortez Kennedy/Sean Jones/Clyde Simmons
#97 Cornelius Bennett/Bryant Young
#98 Grant Wistrom/Eric Swann
#99 Warren Sapp/Jerome Brown/Jason Taylor

Once again these are open to discussion as we are working on memory alone. please feel free to question any of these decision or contribute to missing numbers thanks. Also trying to only have one player per number no ties so try and help me break up the close ones here

best thread idea I've seen in a while.........nice one man. some good choices in there as well.......kudos.

say what you want about the scum bag post football........ OJ belongs at #32 with Jim.

[ozbuc21]

Thanks for the kudos PG
This idea has been hard work so far

And I tottally agree on the O.J. statement. Unfortunately I am only allwoing for one player per number so i still have to trim quite a few players off.
With this in mind i had no room for O.J. as in the long run it is Jim's spot

#52-mike webster, best center to ever play the game

#83 - Andre Reed

#90 - Julius Peppers

#57 - Ricky Jackson

#54 - Brian Urlacher

That is some pretty sweet work. I did notice some multiple names per number, so I think another #99 that deserves some consideration is Dan Hampton. But then again, I guess there is a ton of truly greats that would have to left off the list.

[BucFan9720]

Originally Posted by BucsFanFromLA

#83 - Andre Reed

#90 - Julius Peppers

#57 - Ricky Jackson

#54 - Brian Urlacher

Peppers? Not even. Same with Urlacher.

[Sapp is God300]

put Deacon Jones with Mean Joe Greene man....

http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/me...?player_id=108

[JustMeAdrian]

# 2

Charley Trippi

Edit: GO DAWGS

75-howie long
64-jack reynolds
34-earl campbell
84-mark clayton
32-franco harris

[OnTheGrind]

#64 Randall McDaniel

[OnTheGrind]

#84 Randy Moss

[Clayton80future]

#74 - Bruce Matthews/Merlin Olsen

Like I said earlier, many have to be left off, as he only wants to use one name per number. That makes it really tough, with many coming down to, strictly opinion.

With respect to the hard work ozbuc 21 put into his list, maybe oz could do a "Buc fan's choice, all time numbers team". Might have to be in off topic, I don't know, but you could start by starting a thread for #1. Everyone votes for ONE, and only one #1. Then say after 50-75 votes or whatever, you close the thread and the top vote getter wins the number. Then go to #2, then so on and so on! When it's all said and done, we'd have a pretty cool list, thats totally based on a Bucs fans majority vote, which is a heck of a lot better than having one or many lists simply based on ones opinion.

oz, not trying to hijack your thread. I think you're on to something really cool. Just trying to offer a suggestion that I think could be really successful for you, in terms of post counts, interest and fun for all!
What does everyone else think?

[UMBrynn]

Gale Sayers wore 40, not 30.

Stats at a Glance:
Born 05/30/1943, Wichita, KS
High School: Central (Omaha, NE)
Drafted: 1st round (4th overall) by Chicago Bears in 1965.
Also drafted in 1st round of 1965 AFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs
1965-1971, Chicago Bears. Uniform Number: #40
HALFBACK 6-0, 200 Enshrined in 1977

Originally Posted by UMBrynn

Gale Sayers wore 40, not 30.

Stats at a Glance:
Born 05/30/1943, Wichita, KS
High School: Central (Omaha, NE)
Drafted: 1st round (4th overall) by Chicago Bears in 1965.
Also drafted in 1st round of 1965 AFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs
1965-1971, Chicago Bears. Uniform Number: #40
HALFBACK 6-0, 200 Enshrined in 1977

Nice catch Brynn!

[19bucs19]

#2 chris simms...

[Pewterslimsme]

I would take Sapp off and replace with Jerome Brown if the idea is to allow no ties.

[UMBrynn]

Maybe I will try to alter your list a bit


#00 Jim Otto
#1 Warren Moon + Jim Thorpe
#2 Charley Trippi
#3 Jan Stenerud + BRONCO NAGURSKI !!!
#4 Brett Favre
#5 Paul Hornung
#6 Bennie Friedman
#7 John Elway + George Halas
#8 Steve Young/Troy Aikman
#9 Sonny Jurgenson (way better than the other 2 listed here, gets the spot to himself)
#10 Fran Tarkenton
#11 Norm Van Broklin (sorry but no Phil Simms here IMO)
#12 Joe Namath/Terry Bradshaw + Jim Kelly, Bob Greise, Roger Staubach (very popular #)
#13 Dan Marino
#14 Otto Graham/Dan Fouts + YA Tittle and Don Hutson
#15 Bart Starr
#16 Joe Montana + Len Dawson, George Blanda
#17 Harold Carmichael/Don Meredith/Dave Krieg/Billy Kilmer
#18 Peyton Manning + Charlie Joiner
#19 John Unitas + Lance Alworth
#20 Barry Sanders
#21 Deion Sanders
#22 Emmitt Smith + Mike Haynes
#23 Mel Gray (Guess it isn't basketball...No HOF'er ever wore 23.)
#24 Willie Brown
#25 Fred Biletnikoff
#26 Rod Woodson
#27 Steve Atwater
#28 Darrell Green stands alone at this spot
#29 Erick Dickerson
#30 Icky Woods?
#31 Jim Taylor
#32 Jim Brown+ OJ Simpson was the first to break 2000, Franco Harris, Marcus Allen
#33 Tony Dorsett + Sammy Baugh
#34 Walter Payton (the NFL should retire 34) + Earl Campbell
#35 Alan Ameche/Aenaes Williams tough number here too...none of the others had a good enough career
#36 Jerome Bettis
#37 Lester Hayes + Doak Walker
#38 Arnie Herber, the first real passing tandom with Don Hutson
#39 Larry Csonka
#40 Gale Sayers
#41 Charlie Waters/Matt Snell/Tom Matte
#42 Ronnie Lott + Paul Warfield, Sid Luckman
#43 toughie... Fred Baxter (another number without a HOF'er)
#44 John Riggins
#45 Emlen Tunnel (the first defensive back that was a threat to score)
#46 Lou "the Toe" Groza
#47 Mel Blount I like John Lynch, but not compared to Blount at all
#48 Daryl "Moose" Johnson + Stephen Davis
#49 Bobby Mitchell
#50 Mike Singletary
#51 Richard Butkus
#52 Ray Lewis + Mike Webster
#53 Marvcus Patton
#54 Randy White
#55 Derrick Brooks/Junior Seau
#56 Lawrence Taylor
#57 Dwight Stephenson
#58 Jack Lambert + Derrick Thomas
#59 Jack Ham
#60 Chuck Bednarik
#61 Nate Newton + Bill George
#62 Jim Langer
#63 Lee Roy Selmon + Mike Muchak
#64 [b]Dave Wilcox{/b}
#65 Tom Mack
#66 Ray Nitschke / Karl Meklemberg
#67 Reggie McEnzie/Bob Kuchenberg
#68 Kevin Mawae
#69 Jason Fabini
#70 Sam Huff + Jim Marshall, Art Donovan
#71 Tony Boselli
#72 Ed "Too Tall" Jones/Dan Deirdorf
#73 John Hannah
#74 Bruce Matthews
#75 "Mean" Joe Green + Deacon Jones
#76 Orlando Pace
#77 Jim Parker/Red Grange
#78 Bruce Smith/ Anthony Munoz/Art Shell = Jackie Slater
#79 Bob St. Clair
#80 Jerry Rice + STeve Largent
#81 Art Monk/"Night Train" Lane + Henry Ellar
#82 Ozzie Newsome + Raymond Barry
#83 Ted Hendricks -- the original superstar from the U
#84 Shannon Sharpe + Sterling Sharpe was better
#85 Jack Youngblood + Nick Bounocouni
#86 Buck Buchannon
#87 Dave Casper (only real career superstar out of yours)
#88 John Mackey and Alan Page
#89 Mike Ditka + Gino Marchetti
#90 Not many good players here...Julius Peppers maybe?
#91 Kevin Greene
#92 Reggie White
#93 John Randle
#94 Charles Haley
#95 Richard Dent
#96 Cortez Kennedy/Sean Jones/Clyde Simmons
#97 Bryant Younh
#98 Don't think Wistrom is worthy, but I can't think of anyone else
#99 Warren Sapp + Jerome Brown, Danimal Hampton

[england]

#2 Steve Christie
#6 Sean Landeta
#8 Larry Wilson should be considered
#11 Norm Van Brocklie
#12 Bob Griese
#14 Dan Fouts
#17 Doug Williams
#36 Marlon Motley
#43 Don Perkins
#53 Mike Webster
#54 Randy White
#55 Juniour Seau
#61 Nate Newton
#62 Jim Langer
#68 Russ Grimm
#75 Deacon Jones
#82 Raymond Berry
#88 Tony Gonzalez
#90 Neil Smith
#98 Eric Swann
#99 Jason Taylor should be considered

[ozbuc21]

Some great ideas guys i will be editing list shortly just wondering. some of theses for instance are multiples on top of numbers. For instance Lance Alworth was on the list in the Past with Jonny Unitas but with only one player per number the ultimate goal i took him off same with O.J. Simpson/Howie Long/Jim Kelly and so on......

Should we just do multiple per number now and then later start a new thread to vote off for each number??????

Any suggestions welcome and thanks again guys for the help so far

#6 Bubba Brister- Greatest Backup QB to never be a starter

[UMBrynn]

I don't know who Bubba Brister is, but Bubby Brister started from 88-90 with the Steelers.
"The soft-spoken Brister played the first seven years of his career in Pittsburgh and posted his best NFL season in 1990 when he started all 16 games and set career highs for attempts (387), completions (223), passing yards (2,725), and touchdown passes (20).

But the Steelers managed just one playoff win in Brister's tenure in Steel City and eventually, he moved on to brief stints with Philadelphia and the New York Jets before settling in Denver in 1997. There, he was able to cap his career with two Super Bowl rings and the chance to be a part of NFL history with the Broncos before retiring after the 1999 season. "

From NFL.com

Not exactly a "great" player.

Originally Posted by ozbuc21

Some great ideas guys i will be editing list shortly just wondering. some of theses for instance are multiples on top of numbers. For instance Lance Alworth was on the list in the Past with Jonny Unitas but with only one player per number the ultimate goal i took him off same with O.J. Simpson/Howie Long/Jim Kelly and so on......

Should we just do multiple per number now and then later start a new thread to vote off for each number??????

Any suggestions welcome and thanks again guys for the help so far

oz,
I'm sorry brutha I don't have a clue what your talking about. Maybe you can elaborate for those of us that are a little slow.

[ozbuc21]

Thanks For the correction on the Gale Sayers thing boys and Also on the mike Webster bit. My apologies I am only an Austrailian(ozzie) who doesnt get too much coverage over here doing my best and i will be adding your other suggestions too.

By the way I have Charlie Trippi in #62 not sure bout #2

[ozbuc21]

Well I saw your earlier suggestion saying it should not just be one persons opinion but a voting system.

So with this in mind i have asked should we allow multiple entries per number for now and vote off at a later point in a new thread???

Hope this clears it up a bit mate

By the way is Bill Romanowski worhty i feel like adding him but i am hesitant for some reason

Originally Posted by ozbuc21

Well I saw your earlier suggestion saying it should not just be one persons opinion but a voting system.

So with this in mind i have asked should we allow multiple entries per number for now and vote off at a later point in a new thread???

Hope this clears it up a bit mate

By the way is Bill Romanowski worhty i feel like adding him but i am hesitant for some reason

Gotcha! My idea was only hoping that everyone would get involved and have some fun. But this is your deal, run with it brutha!
Definitly NOT on ROMO though! Such a jerk and not worthy!

[ozbuc21]

Hey I liked your idea mate.

So for now we can have as many entries per number as we are deemed worthy by the people (except for any Chris Simms Or Bubby Brister suggestions)

I do dtill think there are some exceptions to the rule where there is no contest like the numbers #13 #16 #56 #20 #80

And we will all vote and tidy it up later

I was also hesitant on Andre Reed but i did add him

Can you think of a better 53 to keep romo off the list then???

Originally Posted by ozbuc21

Hey I liked your idea mate.

So for now we can have as many entries per number as we are deemed worthy by the people (except for any Chris Simms Or Bubby Brister suggestions)

I do dtill think there are some exceptions to the rule where there is no contest like the numbers #13 #16 #56 #20 #80

And we will all vote and tidy it up later

I was also hesitant on Andre Reed but i did add him

Can you think of a better 53 to keep romo off the list then???

Laugh if you want but I'll take Shelton Quarles before Romo, everytime! There we go! Put it to vote!