Mosca
02-02-2006, 11:27 AM
It's a game I've been playing with some fan friends up here; most agree that there are a couple easy calls and a lot of tough ones. And you can kind of say (for example) that Hines Ward would beat out Randy Reutershan, but that's not the spirit of the game! who would play a SIGNIFIGANT part ot the team that won 4?
The easy ones:
Polamalu, of course. And Alan Faneca. All due respect to Kolb and Davis, Faneca is as tough as they come. Maybe you could make the case of players being better suited for trapping vs. drive blocking, but my opinion is that Faneca could do whatever you asked him to.
Tough calls:
The Curtain was a 4/3, the Steelers now play a 3/4. That gives you and extra linebacker, but makes it tough for a lineman to squeeze into Greene/Greenwood/White. So, let's play the 4/3 for linemen and the 3/4 for linebackers, and see who makes it.
Casey Hampton over Fats Holmes/John Banaszak... I'd give Hampton and Holmes a tossup, but pick Casey over Banaszak.
No one is getting picked over Ham and Lambert of course. But I'll take Joey Porter over Robin Cole. Would I take him over Andy Russell? Maybe.
Would I take Farrior over either of those two? Maybe.
Franco Harris, or Willie Parker? Harris all the way, but would you rather have Harris or The Bus in his prime? Oh man. How could you pick one over the other? I think it's fair to say that either player could replace the other. It's easy to forget how great Franco was, because he always looked so soft getting those hard yards. The guy was phenomenal.
Rocky Bleier or ??? Dan Kreider? Verron Haynes? Maybe Bus? I dunno, I'd figure that there weren't many guys as tough as Bleier. I mean, here's your blocking back getting between 500 and 1000 yards each year.
Brad or Ben? Ben has a ways to go yet. Does anyone remember, Bradshaw called his own plays? Those were the last of those days. Most plays were being sent in by the end of the '70s.
Heath Miller or Bennie Cunningham/Randy Grossman? I'll take the rookie, Miller, but I've always thought Bennie Cunningham was underrated. The guy awas a monster blocker who could catch. But I really believe in Heath Miller.
Where would Hines Ward fit in? Would he play ahead of Swann and Stallworth? Jeez. Swann made every catch over the middle that Hines has made. I'd have to say that you put him ahead of Frank Lewis and Theo Bell, and then we can argue over which two of the three (Ward, Swann, Stallworth) get the most catches.
OK, the floor is open for discussion!
Tom
The easy ones:
Polamalu, of course. And Alan Faneca. All due respect to Kolb and Davis, Faneca is as tough as they come. Maybe you could make the case of players being better suited for trapping vs. drive blocking, but my opinion is that Faneca could do whatever you asked him to.
Tough calls:
The Curtain was a 4/3, the Steelers now play a 3/4. That gives you and extra linebacker, but makes it tough for a lineman to squeeze into Greene/Greenwood/White. So, let's play the 4/3 for linemen and the 3/4 for linebackers, and see who makes it.
Casey Hampton over Fats Holmes/John Banaszak... I'd give Hampton and Holmes a tossup, but pick Casey over Banaszak.
No one is getting picked over Ham and Lambert of course. But I'll take Joey Porter over Robin Cole. Would I take him over Andy Russell? Maybe.
Would I take Farrior over either of those two? Maybe.
Franco Harris, or Willie Parker? Harris all the way, but would you rather have Harris or The Bus in his prime? Oh man. How could you pick one over the other? I think it's fair to say that either player could replace the other. It's easy to forget how great Franco was, because he always looked so soft getting those hard yards. The guy was phenomenal.
Rocky Bleier or ??? Dan Kreider? Verron Haynes? Maybe Bus? I dunno, I'd figure that there weren't many guys as tough as Bleier. I mean, here's your blocking back getting between 500 and 1000 yards each year.
Brad or Ben? Ben has a ways to go yet. Does anyone remember, Bradshaw called his own plays? Those were the last of those days. Most plays were being sent in by the end of the '70s.
Heath Miller or Bennie Cunningham/Randy Grossman? I'll take the rookie, Miller, but I've always thought Bennie Cunningham was underrated. The guy awas a monster blocker who could catch. But I really believe in Heath Miller.
Where would Hines Ward fit in? Would he play ahead of Swann and Stallworth? Jeez. Swann made every catch over the middle that Hines has made. I'd have to say that you put him ahead of Frank Lewis and Theo Bell, and then we can argue over which two of the three (Ward, Swann, Stallworth) get the most catches.
OK, the floor is open for discussion!
Tom