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All Time Lions 52 Man Roster

Monday, August 12, 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
B.Layne   1952
M.Stafford
G.Landry

RB
D.Clark   1954
D.Walker
B.Sanders   1997
A.Taylor
B.Sims
D.Bussey

WR
C.Johnson   2012
H.Moore   1995
J.Morton
G.Cogdil

TE
C.Sanders  1970
D.Hill

C
A.Wojciechowicz
D.Raiola
K.Glover    1995

G
J.Gordy  1964
B.Kowalkowski
O.Emerson  1934

T
L.Creekmur  1952
L.Brown   1995
J.Backus
R.Freitas

DE
R.Porcher
L.Hand
D.McCord
B.Baker   1978


DT
A.Karras    1964
D.English
R.Brown      1962
N.Suh   2010
L.Bingaman

OLB
W.Walker   1965
P.Naumoff
C.Weaver
M.Cofer

ILB
C.Spielman   1991
M.Lucci
J.Schmidt  1957
D.Levy

CB
NT Lane   1962
D.LeBeau
L.Barney  1967
D.Slay
J.David

S
J.Christiansen  1953
B.Blades   1991
M.Weger

PK
J.Hanson  1997

P
Y.Lary   1962

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