30 left. 30! Approximate value, games, value/game are the
numbers.
30. Emmitt Smith 169 226 .748, between Ken Anderson and
Ronnie Lott, #18 overall, knocks, coincidentally, Aikman right off the list.
29. Doug Atkins 171 205 .834, between Walter Payton and Drew
Brees, #5 overall, knocks Dave Robinson off the list
28. Steve Young 171 169 1.012, only 27 left, and we have a
new number one. Torry Holt gets bounced
27. Tony Gonzalez 172
254 .677, between Leo Nomellini and
Terrell Owens, #24 overall, Harry Carson is off the list
26. Bob Lilly 172 196 .878, between Bednarik and Faulk, #4
overall, Jack Pardee is out
25. Anthony Munoz 177 185 .957, only 24 left, and we have a
new number one. Larry Little is gone.
24. Tom Brady 178 177
1.006, only 23 left and we have a new number one. Sam Mills is out
23. Jim Brown 179 118 1.517, Brown runs, just runs away with
it. Tiki Barber’s out
22. Bill George 179 173 1.035, new number two – Rich
Gannon’s out
21. Andy Robustelli 179 175 1.023, new number three –
Shannon Sharpe is out.
A heavy reworking of the top of the list with just 20 to
go. Here’s where we sit.
1.
Jim Brown
2.
Bill George
3.
Andy Robustelli
4.
Tom Brady
5.
Anthony Munoz
6.
Steve Young
7.
Jack Ham
8.
Chuck Bednarik
9.
Bob Lilly
10.
Marshall Faulk
11.
Walter Payton
12.
Doug Atkins
13.
Drew Brees
14.
Mean Joe Greene
15.
Dan Fouts
16.
Barry Sanders
17.
Joe Montana
18.
Joe Schmidt
19.
Mike Singletary
20.
Gino Marchetti
21.
LaDainian Tomlinson
22.
Ted Hendricks
23.
Warren Moon
24.
Marvin Harrison
25.
Ken Anderson
26.
Emmitt Smith
27.
Ronnie Lott
28.
Jack Lambert
29.
Leo Nomellini
30.
Tony Gonzalez
31.
Terrell Owens
32. Jack
Youngblood
33.
Emlen Tunnell
34.
Nick Buoniconti
35.
Ernie Stautner
36.
Jim Ringo
37.
Bobby Bell
38.
Brian Urlacher
39.
Randy Moss
40.
Herb Adderly
41.
Michael Strahan
42.
Lem Barney
43.
Yale Lary
44.
Isiah Robertson
45.
Alex Karras
46.
Zach Thomas
47.
Julius Peppers
48.
Jimmy Johnson
49.
Willie Davis
50.
Rickey Jackson
51.
Norm Van Brocklin
52.
Willie Brown
53.
Chris Hanburger
54.
Edgerrin James
55.
Larry Grantham
56.
Randy White
57.
Deion Sanders
58.
Sam Huff
59.
Ron Yary
60.
Henry Jordan
61.
Champ Bailey
62.
Johnny Robinson
63.
Night Train Lane
64.
Warren Sapp
65.
Roger Staubach
66.
Rosey Brown
67.
Bob Griese
68.
Ray Nitschke
69.
Paul Warfield
70.
Chuck Howley
71.
Donovan McNabb
72.
Mel Blount
73.
Mel Renfro
74.
Jason Taylor
75.
Ronde Barber
76.
Chris Doleman
77.
Terry Bradshaw
78.
Bobby Boyd
79.
Dick Butkus
80.
Ed Reed
81.
Randall Cunningham
82.
Raymond Berry
83.
Tony Dorsett
84.
Reggie Wayne
85.
Jim Otto
86.
Jim Taylor
87.
Len Dawson
88.
Gene Upshaw
89.
Ron McDole
90.
Mike Haynes
91.
Bobby Layne
92.
Buck Buchanan
93.
Ricky Watters
94.
Franco Harris
95.
Jim Kelly
96.
Thurman Thomas
97.
John Hannah
98.
Willie Wood
99.
Lee Roy Jordan
100.
Maxie Baughan
101.
Derrick Thomas
102.
Michael Irvin
103.
Willie Lanier
104.
Steve Largent
105.
Sonny Jurgensen
106.
Ken Houston
107.
John Hadl
108.
John Brodie
109.
Mick Tingelhoff
110.
Drew Bledsoe
111.
Deacon Jones
112.
Boomer Esiason
113.
Jim Parker
114.
Bill Bergey
115.
Dan Hampton
116.
Marcus Allen
117.
Cornell Green
118.
Joe Fortunato
119.
Lance Alworth
120.
YA Tittle
121.
Steve McNair
122.
Curtis Martin
123.
Russ Washington
124.
Jim Hart
125.
Lemar Parrish
126.
Vinny Testaverde
127.
Dave Krieg
128.
Willie Roaf
129.
Roman Gabriel
130.
Charley Taylor
131.
Don Maynard
132.
Randall McDaniel
133.
Tim Brown
134.
Mike Webster
135.
Mike Kenn
136.
James Lofton
137.
Brian Dawkins
138.
Gary Zimmerman
139.
Aeneas Williams
140.
Darrell Green
141.
Charles Woodson
142.
Isaac Bruce
143.
Bart Starr
144.
Art Shell
145.
Ken Riley
146.
Lenny Moore
147.
Antonio Gates
148.
Richie Petitbon
149.
Jim Tyrer
150.
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