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All Time Bears 52 Man Roster

Sunday, August 11, 2024

 This is a pretty simple project; career regular season value only as reflected in the Approximate Value metric (no peak, no playoffs, no adjustments, no rate stats, it's super basic).  AV started in 1960, so for the pre 60s players I looked to the Hall of Fame, that's it.  Not complicated.  


It's a roster, not a ranking, so I'm not taking 5 quarterbacks, I'm filling out positions.  Also, I don't have starters, I don't really think this type of ranking facilitates that so well - at some point, I'll cut out the middle part and choose starters solely based on top seasonal performances (maybe)

25 offense, 25 defense.  Kicker.  Punter.  I didn't pick a 53rd person for the roster, figuring that needs to be a long snapper or some other type of special teams specialist.  

Okay - I'm doing starters, they're in bold, based on their top seasons.  And...I'm fudging a tick on the straight AV ranking, using some All Pro nods as leavening 

This is all through 2023. 



QB 
S.Luckman    1943
J.Cutler
J.McMahon

RB
R.Grange
B.Nagurski  1934
W.Payton   1977
M.Forte
N.Anderson
G.Sayers     1965

WR
J.Morris      1964
D.Hester
H.Hill        1956
C.Conway

TE
M.Ditka   1961
E.Moorehead

C
B.Turner
J.Hilgenberg  1989
O.Kreutz

G
S.Jones      1956
G.Musso
D.Fortmann  1941

T
J.Stydahar   1940
K.Van Horne
J.Williams
J.Covert  1985

DE
E.Sprinkle
D.Atkins  1963
D.Hampton
R.Dent       1985
M.Hartenstine

DT
S.McMichael    1986
J.Osborne
T.Harris

OLB
G.Connor
L.Briggs      2005
D.Buffone
J.Fortunato   1963
O.Wilson

ILB
B.George         
M.Singletary   1985
D.Butkus
B.Urlacher        2005

CB
P.Tillman   2012
B.McRae
D.Woolford  1993
T.Schmidt

S
G.Fencik   1981
R.Petitbon  1963
R.Taylor
M.Brown

PK
K.Butler   1985

P
BJ Green  1961

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