My Top 201 football players

Sammy Baugh isn't on this list because I forgot him and started it and would have to spend another half hour correcting everything. So, my bad... and he would be top 10 had I not forgotten him, sorry.

201. Ricky Williams
200. Jim Plunkett (2 SB wins gets him on this list)
199. Champ Bailey
198. Henry Jordan
197. Kerry Collins
196. Tedy Bruschi
195. Harold Carmichael
194. Charlie Joiner
193. Jack Kemp
192. Doak Walker
191. Tom Jackson
190. Mel Renfro
189. Troy Aikman (3 SB's gets him in)
188. Archie Manning
187. Michael Dean Perry
186. Steve Tasker
185. Roger Wehrli
184. Tony Gonzalez
183. John Hadl
182. Willie Wood
181. Wes Chandler
180. L.C. Greenwood
179. Lester Hayes
178. Lem Barney
177. Tom Mack
176. Bo Jackson
175. Dwight Stephenson
174. Ken Houston
173. Len Dawson
172. Isaac Bruce
171. Lenny Moore
170. Yale Lary
169. Phil Villapiano
168. Ollie Matson
167. Torry Holt
166. Fred Dean
165. Lou Groza
164. Charlie Sanders
163. Troy Polamalu
162. Y.A. Tittle
161. Willie Davis
160. Len Ford
159. Mike Ditka
158. Rayfield Wright
157. Michael Strahan
156. Art Donovan
155. Andre Tippett
154. Randy Gradishar
153. Herb Adderley
152. Marion Motley
151. Joe Schmidt
150. Terrell Davis
149. Sam Huff
148. John Lynch
147. Jackie Smith (only that drop in the SB hurts his career)
146. Ronnie Lott
145. Larry Wilson
143. Jim Taylor
142. Nick Buoniconti
141. Billy Shaw
140. Gene Hickerson
139. Harry Carson
138. Jerry Kramer
137. Ottis Anderson
136. Ken Anderson
135. Carl Eller
134. Dan Hampton
133. Joe DeLamielleure
132. Anthony Munoz
131. Ricky Watters
130. Jim Ringo
129. Gene Upshaw
128. Jim Marshall
127. Mark Clayton
126. James Lofton
125. Jim Otto
124. Ozzie Newsome
123. Cliff Branch
122. Orlando Pace
121. [[|Lee Selmon|Lee Roy Selmon]]
120. Gary Zimmerman
119. Jim Parker
118. Ron Mix
117. Art Shell
116. John Hannah
115. Tom Brady (3 SB's gets him in)
114. Marcus Allen
113. Earl Campbell
112. Chuck Bednarik
111. Phil Simms
110. Elvin Bethea
109. Otto Graham (10 championships in 10 years)
108. George Blanda
107. Derrick Thomas
106. Bob Hayes
105. Shannon Sharpe
104. Mike Munchak
103. Rickey Jackson
102. LaDainian Tomlinson
101. Jan Stenerud
100. Randall Mcdaniel
99. Lynn Swann
98. Ken Stabler
97. Drew Bledsoe
96. Thurman Thomas
95. Steve McNair
94. Bobby Layne
93. Michael Irvin
92. Eddie George
91. Paul Hornung
90. Art Monk
89. Marvin Harrison
88. Jerome Bettis
87. Mel Blount
86. Sonny Jurgensen
85. Joe Namath
84. Barry Sanders
83. Deion Sanders
82. Franco Harris
81. Ray Nitschke
80. Doug Atkins
79. Rod Smith
78. Jackie Slater
77. Willie Lanier
76. Andre Reed
75. John Randle
74. Darrell Green
73. Ron Yary
72. Warren Sapp
71. Howie Long
70. Don Maynard
69. Bob Bell
68. Steve Young
67. John Riggins
66. Larry Little
65. Larry Csonka
64. Warren Moon
63. Kevin Greene
62. Willie Brown
61. Ted Hendricks
60. Bob Griese
59. Paul Warfield
58. Jim Langer
57. Bart Starr
56. Kellen Winslow Sr.
55. Bruce Smith
54. Mike Singletary
53. Marshall Faulk
52. John Mackey
51. Dave Casper
50. Tony Dorsett
49. Fred Biletnikoff
48. Tim Brown
47. Jack Youngblood
46. Randy White
45. Alan Page
44. Dan Fouts
43. Junior Seau
42. Emmitt Thomas
41. Randy Moss
40. Jim Kelly
39. Terry Bradshaw
38. Mike Webster
37. Bob Lilly
36. Bronko Nagurski
35. Emmitt Smith
34. Roger Staubach
33. Jack Lambert
32. Rod Woodson
31. Gino Marchetti
30. Emlen Tunnell
29. Peyton Manning
28. John Elway
27. Lance Alworth
26. Don Hutson
25. Jack Ham
24. Cris Carter
23. Paul Krause
22. Dick "Night Train" Lane
21. Joe Greene
20. Norm Van Brocklin
19. Eric Dickerson
18. Gale Sayers
17. Jim Thorpe - (Don't get mad: this is just where I think he deserves to be put)
16. Steve Largent
15. Merlin Olsen
14. Fran Tarkenton
13. Dan Marino
12. Brett Favre
11. Reggie White
10. Lawrence Taylor
9. Deacon Jones
8. Bruce Matthews
7. Walter Payton
6. Johnny Unitas
5. Raymond Berry
4. Dick Butkus
3. Jerry Rice
2. Jim Brown
1. Joe Montana

For a little extra here is the top 10 coaches:
10.Mike Ditka
9. Don Shula
8. Tom Landry
7. Bill Cowher
6. Bill Parcells
5. Tony Dungy
4. Hank Stram
3. Joe Gibbs
2. Chuck Noll
1. Vince Lombardi

Anonymous Fanatic #1

126 days ago

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this is cool

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SSreportersLegend

126 days ago

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Ummm...do you mean football figures? I'm confused here. Your entire top 10 consists of guys noted for their hall-of-fame coaching.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

125 days ago

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Someone is a Patriots hater. Tom Brady at 194 (Steve Tasker is a better football player?), and no Bill Belichick in the top 10 coaches. Even Al Davis, who coached for 3 years, is apparently better than Belichick.

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RomiezzoLegend

125 days ago

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Not to mention that Tom Brady holds the record for the most touchdown passes in a season, the second best passing rating of all time, a former MVP, a two-time Superbowl MVP, and has had two "good" seasons as a QB so far in his career; the rest of them were [what I consider] either "very good" or amazing.

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False ProphetAll-Star

125 days ago

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and appearantly Peyton is 29th, making him better than Steve Young, Larry Csonka, Bo Jackson, and Warren Moon, to name a few. And Polomalu and Bledsoe are better than Brady? This list is crazy.

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JuTMSY4Legend

120 days ago

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Peyton is/might be better than everyone you named except Bo

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Sj-hypocycloidAll-American

125 days ago

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If the Steelers won 4 Super Bowls, shouldn't at least one of them (HOFers such as...Lambert, Ham, Greene, Bradshaw, Harris, Swann, Stallworth) be in the top 10? And yet, there are two 49ers in the top three. The highest a 70s Steeler gets is Ham at 25?

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Sj-hypocycloidAll-American

125 days ago

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Oops - Greene at 21, my bad. Still - I think its pretty lame that Bruce Matthews is in the top 10, but nobody from the Steelers is. Or the 70s Cowboys or 80s Skins for that matter.

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

123 days ago

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i think the reason belechick isnt in the top 10 is because he was a cheater

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SSreportersLegend

123 days ago

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I wonder what responses this comment will get. ;-)

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

123 days ago

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i hope good ones

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SSreportersLegend

123 days ago

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Well I'd start off by saying Belichick isn't a great football player but he is a great coach.

We're all over the cheating thing now that the Pats aren't winning anymore. ;-)

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SSreportersLegend

123 days ago

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Unless you're the same person then you shouldn't change the person who wrote this article's opinion.

If he thinks Tom Brady is #194 then leave it that way and don't fiddle around.

If it is you who wrote this.....well then you just changed your mind. ;-)

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Anonymous Fanatic #3

121 days ago

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What kind of crap is this? Drew Bledsoe and Phil Simms are ranked ahead of Brady? Just because you don't like him I mean it's your list. That gives the list NO creditbilty none. I mean where is Jeff Hostetler???? he has as many rings as Simms. What a joke!!!! How is BOBBY HERBERT not in the top 10 are you kidding me???? Another Glaring admission where is Daunte Culpepper he helped a team have a perfect season and he's not on the list???? What a JOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Anonymous Fanatic #4

121 days ago

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Where is megan fox? or giselle oh sorry wrong list my bad

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Anonymous Fanatic #5

120 days ago

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number 3 this is my list and ive got news for u. brady is a fag. matt cassel is better than him, hes just on a great franchise built by bill belechick. im gonna guess u want proof, so heres ur proof. cassel has started 1 year and has had 2, 400 yard passing games. brady has started several years and that fag has only put up one.2 culpepper sucked and will never get a spot in the top 500. hostetler showed up for big games but sucked otherwise. bledsoe may not have been a great leader, but he guided his team to the SB and always seemed to screw up in big games. simms is higher than freaking brafy because he was down right a better QB and didnt have 5 great receivers around him. HE, BY HIMSELF had to make plays or give it to the quickly aging ottis anderson in the regular season AND the super bowl. brady, however, has always had good receivers all around him. in my opinion wes welker is the best receiver in the NFL right now. he used to have the great deion branch. he has randy moss. i mean gosh, belechick has built this team with serious talent. even his 3rd and 4th string receivers have serious talent in jabar gaffney and chad jackson. that is why i put simms and bledsoe above that fag brady. hes lucky hes on such a good team. i will give it to u, bobby herbert put up good numbers for some really awful teams, JUST LIKE SIMMS, but that doesnt get him a spot in the top 300 because there are so many that were better than him. so number 3, u can keep your mouth shut because u obviously know very little about how to compare players.

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SSreportersLegend

120 days ago

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brady is a fag. matt cassel is better than him, hes just on a great franchise built by bill belechick.

Cassel hasn't played a down in the NFL outside of the Patriots and neither has Brady and you conclude that?

I think Brady is overrated but that's a god-awful argument you made.

I won't waste my time picking apart this argument full of gigantic holes.

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False ProphetAll-Star

120 days ago

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oh yeah because having Troy Brown and David Patten as starting WRs with Kevin faulk as RB and Jermaine Wiggins at TE is such a start-studded team. Brady has the 4th highest career passer rating. Yards in one game is a horrible metric because it generally means that the team is trailing/they have no running game if they're throwing 400+ yards a game multiple times in a season. Also on the list of 400+ yard games are Matt Leinart, Chris Weinke, Brian Greise, Jon Kitna, Joey Harrington, Billy Volek, Marc Bulger, Tim Rattay, Tommy Maddox, Charlie Batch, Brad Johnson Aaron Brooks, Gus Ferotte, and Jake Plummer. Long story short, it's a meaningless stat unless you've done it several times.

Oh and Jackson was cut before the regular season. Plus Bledsoe's sole Super Bowl team had 6 Pro Bowlers, 4 of which were on offense. And Glenn had one of the best seasons for a rookie WR in NFL history that year. And they had Milloy and Bruschi as Rookies. In fact, the pats were second in offense in the NFL that season. Don't even think of trying to say that Bledsoe never had talent because that's complete crap.

And Welker isn't even the best WR on the pats roster, much less in the NFL.

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False ProphetAll-Star

120 days ago

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and while simms didnt have a spectacular offensive supporting cast in his super bowl season, he did have the infamous Parcels/Belichick defense led by Lawrence Taylor. I feel having LT on your roster kinda makes your job a bit easier regardless of your position

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Anonymous Fanatic #6

120 days ago

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If I was a pro football player, I would definitely think you all sound pretty stupid.

But since I'm me, you are definitely stupid. This is someone's list, not yours. Don't like it? grow up and get over it.

Apparently the "powers that be" at AGM are too narrow minded to let people be themselves for their own reasons.

FP, SSR... you are ADMINS here. You should be encourageing, NOT discouraging this. You should be ASHAMED of yourselves for reacting to this list as you have. In fact, I am ASHAMED for you.

Meaningless Facts that you decide to scramble to support your argument should never get in the way of someone else's personal tastes.

Kudos to whoever assembled this list and please, please, please disregard the haterism of the loud minority! Keep typing and Eff the morons who don't have the balls to let you be you!

Long live anonymous fanatics!

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

120 days ago

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Jabar Gaffney? Chad Jackson? These guys are nobodies without Brady. And what's Deion Branch done lately? How about David Givens? If Wes Welker is the best WR in the NFL, how come in 2006 he had 687 receiving yards and 1 TD. How come Miami let him go for a 2nd round pick?

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SSreportersLegend

119 days ago

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Sorry.

• Ahem*

Right you are anon fanatic #5. My opinion? A lowly pile of dog****. You are most definitely not to be questioned despite your flawed arguments for a friggin opinion.

Deion Branch is Deion Branch. Great when he wants to be. Injured all the time.

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JuTMSY4Legend

119 days ago

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Since when is the measuring stick for QBs 400 yard games?

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Anonymous Fanatic #3

120 days ago

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Obviously I was being a bit sarcastic with BOBBY HERBERT and CULPEPPER. And I did say it's your list you can rank how you want. I'm not even a pats fan but the man can play and has done it with a mutlitude of receivers and different offense cordinators. Has won superbowls and let me remind you drove his team down the field to get in field goal range in the last minute in two of them, and the one he lost drove his team down and gave them the lead with under 2 min. He might or might not be a "fag" as you claim although his wife is pretty hot. Again I'm not a pats fan I hate Brady but he is top 20 all time the wins don't lie he's also clutch. And he has 5 or 6 good years left. And please don't bring up the "cheating" it's tired boring and irreverent.

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Anonymous Fanatic #7

118 days ago

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u can not deny he was on a cheating team though number 3.

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Anonymous Fanatic #7

118 days ago

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try picking it apart ssreporters. this is my list and honestly I HATE BRADY but him winning 3 bowls, i have to give him some credit. cassel has done a better job than him INDIVIDUALLY, dont bring up brady's 50 TDS 07 because he just threw it to moss or welker. cassel was CHEATED from a spot in the playoffs. who knows what he could have done. in SB 42 brady threw it to benjamin or welker repeatedly. that SB or SB 3 was the biggest upset of all time.

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Anonymous Fanatic #4

117 days ago

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No I don't they broke a rule but there tittles are not getting ripped so there is no use in really complaining about it. I do like Cassel he really came on at the end of last season when the coaches seem tohave more faith in him and let him run the offense instead of babying him like they did early in the year. I think he'll do well in KC

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