Part 7 is here.
Denver Broncos
1. John Elway
2. Randy Gradishar
3. Rod Smith
4. Louis Wright
Kansas City Chiefs
1. Bobby Bell
2. Johnny Robinson
3. Len Dawson
4. Buck Buchanan
Oakland/LA Raiders
1. Gene Upshaw
2. Jim Otto
3. Willie Brown
4. Tim Brown
San Diego Chargers
1. Dan Fouts
2. LaDainian Tomlinson
3. Junior Seau
4. Lance Alworth
Mt. Rushmore: AFC South
Part 6 is here.
Houston Texans
1. Andre Johnson
2. Matt Schaub
3. Arian Foster
4. Owen Daniels
Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts
1. Peyton Manning
2. Johnny Unitas
3. Gino Marchetti
4. Marvin Harrison
Jacksonville Jaguars
1. Jimmy Smith
2. Mark Brunell
3. Fred Taylor
4. Maurice Jones Drew
Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans
1. Bruce Matthews
2. Warren Moon
3. Steve McNair
4. Ray Childress
Houston Texans
1. Andre Johnson
2. Matt Schaub
3. Arian Foster
4. Owen Daniels
Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts
1. Peyton Manning
2. Johnny Unitas
3. Gino Marchetti
4. Marvin Harrison
Jacksonville Jaguars
1. Jimmy Smith
2. Mark Brunell
3. Fred Taylor
4. Maurice Jones Drew
Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans
1. Bruce Matthews
2. Warren Moon
3. Steve McNair
4. Ray Childress
Mt. Rushmore: AFC North
Part 5 is here.
Baltimore Ravens
1. Ray Lewis
2. Ed Reed
3. Jonathan Ogden
4. Hiloti Ngata
Cincinnati Bengals
1. Anthony Munoz
2. Ken Anderson
3. Ken Riley
4. Boomer Esiason
Cleveland Browns
1. Jim Brown
2. Len Ford
3. Lou Groza
4. Dick Schafrath
Pittsburgh Steelers
1. Jack Ham
2. Joe Greene
3. Jack Lambert
4. Ernie Stautner
Baltimore Ravens
1. Ray Lewis
2. Ed Reed
3. Jonathan Ogden
4. Hiloti Ngata
Cincinnati Bengals
1. Anthony Munoz
2. Ken Anderson
3. Ken Riley
4. Boomer Esiason
Cleveland Browns
1. Jim Brown
2. Len Ford
3. Lou Groza
4. Dick Schafrath
Pittsburgh Steelers
1. Jack Ham
2. Joe Greene
3. Jack Lambert
4. Ernie Stautner
My Favorite Athlete: Barry Bonds
The great Joe Posnanski has a project where writers are submitting 100 word biographies of their favorite athlete.
I decided to write one:
You missed the show.
The Bad Guy said that in 2001, previewing the first line of
a Hall of Fame induction speech he’d never get to give.
He wore Ruth’s swag. Mays’s
magic. Williams’s surly. And Better than all of them.
All that purple prose about homers for sick kids and stickball
in the street once turned ballplayers into Gods, sold papers like the
Spanish-American War. Mantle was Batman;
his card in your wallet like DC Comics on your shelf.
None of that now. Nope. More homers than Babe? Than the
Hammer of Hank? Nope. Not The Bad Guy. He
ain’t Jeter.
They saw the magic pills and not the 688 intentional
walks. They saw the condescending and
not the 1.994 World Series OPS. They saw
what they wanted. Or not at all. It was an out of town show.
The Bad Guy’s the best who ever lived. You should have watched.
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