Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations. George Bernard Shaw

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

More Fun with Debatable Rankings

For more giggles, let's take a look at the best of each decade over the last fifty years or so in the NFL. Second place in ( ). As always, I am sure you will tell me where you disagree!

Decade QB/RB/Coach

2000's
Tom Brady (Peyton Manning)
LaDanian Tomlinson (Larry Johnson)
Bill Belichek (Tony Dungy)

1990's
Brett Favre (John Elway)
Barry Sanders (Emitt Smith)
Jimmy Johnson (Marv Levy)

1980's
Joe Montana (Dan Marino)
Walter Payton (Eric Dickerson)
Bill Walsh (Joe Gibbs)

1970's
Terry Bradshaw (Roger Staubach)
Earl Campbell (O.J. Simpson)
Chuck Noll (Don Shula)

1960's
Johnny Unitas (Bart Starr)
Jim Brown (Paul Hornung)
Vince Lombardi (Hank Stram)

1950's
Otto Graham (Bobby Layne)
Frank Gifford (Hugh McElhenny)
Paul Brown (George Halas)

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