Time for a discussion while waiting for the big game. What's your all time Starting 25, we're looking for 11 on offense 11 on defense a punter, kicker, and return man.
QB - Brady - Easy pencil in, he owns basically every record there is.
RB - Barry Sanders - Hard debate here, lots of quality players here but Barry gets the edge because he played on miserable teams that he carried.
WR1 - Randy Moss - No more talented player in NFL history. Cannot convince me otherwise, fast, strong, big tall and hands like glue. Only fault, he wasn't great at running routes.
WR 2- Jerry Rice - Hard to argue against him, he's an all timer. I almost put Megatron here. But it's kind of redundant with Moss.
WR 3 - TO - There's no better after the catch man than TO. I would imagine him ruining people as a slot receiver.
TE - Tony Gonzalez - No real debate here, Gronk was probably the more dominant TE but Tony was a legend.
LT - Anthony Munoz - You can have a debate between where you play him and Matthews but they're the 2 greatest
LG - Randall McDaniel - I think there's 3 guys you have a debate at guard, the 2 I picked and Larry Allen.
C - Jason Kelce - Risk of recency bias, dont' care.
RG - Will Shields - He was a rock.
RT - Bruce Matthews
DE - Reggie White - Those who know, know, white was a beast and a half.
DT - Alan Page - not many defensive players have an MVP award.
DT - Aaron DOnald - COntroversial pick, I don't care, he's a beast. Best defensive player of the last decade
DE - Bruce Smith.
OLB - LT - The GOAT
MLB - Ray Lewis - Ok controversial for sure. Almost anyone else puts Butkus here, especially since Ray Lewis was a 3-4 MLB.
OLB - Derrick Thomas - Spicy pick, but I loved him. Derrick Brooks was my other, but I loved Thomas, he was a freak even if he was more of a passrusher than anything else
CB - Deion - Legendary.
CB - Rod Woodson - So good he slowed down from corner and became an elite Safety.
S - Ronnie Lott
S - Ed Reed - Lott and Reed get the overall nod, other guys like Dawkins and Polamalu just lose out, I'm sure there's some old timers I'm neglecting, but Football didn't really get good until the 70s and 80s so of course I"m skewing that way.
K - Adam Vinatieri - IMO he and Anderson (Morten) are the most likely picks. But you could argue others in here. Current guys like Tucker are building impressive resumes. L
ts of options here, but to me it's either the most clutch kicker in NFL history or the most prolific in the lower scoring eras.
P - Shane Lechler - I'm sure there's an old head who could be discussed here, but I'm going with Lechler, he's a beast.
Returner - Devin Hester - THis one I struggled with, there's lots of options. But Hester is GOAT at punt returning and it came down to which you value more, in the modern NFL most kicks go deep in the endzone so I'd rather have a strong punt returner.
