Best ever player to wear jerseys #0/#00 - #99

[ChrisBabcock]

My all time best players at every uniform number list.....

00 - Jim Otto
1 - Warren Moon
2 - Matt Ryan
3 - Bronko Nagurski
4 - Brett Favre
5 - Donovan McNabb (Paul Hornung close 2nd)
6 - Jay Cutler
7 - John Elway
8 - Steve Young
9 - Drew Brees
10 - Fran Tarkenton
11 - Norm Van Brocklin
12 - Tom Brady
13 - Dan Marino
14 - Don Hutson
15 - Bart Starr
16 - Joe Montana
17 - Philip Rivers
18 - Peyton Manning
19 - Johnny Unitas
20 - Barry Sanders
21 - Deion Sanders (LaDainian Tomlinson close 2nd)
22 - Emmitt Smith
23 - Troy Vincent
24 - Willie Brown (Jack Christiansen close 2nd)
25 - Fred Biletnikoff
26 - Rod Woodson (Herb Adderley close 2nd)
27 - Steve Atwater (Ken Houston close 2nd)
28 - Marshall Faulk (Yale Lary close 2nd)
29 - Eric Dickerson
30 - Clarke Hinkle (Terrell Davis close 2nd)
31 - Jim Taylor
32 - Jim Brown
33 - Sammy Baugh
34 - Walter Payton
35 - Pete Pihos (Aeneas Williams close 2nd)
36 - Jerome Bettis
37 - Jimmy Johnson
38 - Arnie Herber
39 - Larry Csonka
40 - Gale Sayers (Elroy Hirsch close 2nd)
41 - Eugene Robinson (Charlie Waters close 2nd)
42 - Ronnie Lott
43 - Troy Polamalu
44 - John Riggins
45 - Emlen Tunnell
46 - Todd Christensen
47 - Mel Blount
48 - Les Richter
49 - Bobby Mitchell
50 - Mike Singletary
51 - Dick Butkus
52 - Ray Lewis
53 - Mick Tingelhoff
54 - Randy White (Brian Urlacher close 2nd)
55 - Junior Seau (Derrick Brooks close 2nd)
56 - Lawrence Taylor
57 - Rickey Jackson (Dwight Stephenson close 2nd)
58 - Jack Lambert
59 - Jack Ham
60 - Chuck Bednarik
61 - Bill George
62 - Jim Langer
63 - Gene Upshaw (Willie Lanier close 2nd)
64 - Randall McDaniel
65 - Gary Zimmerman (Tom Mack close 2nd)
66 - Ray Nitschke
67 - Bob Kuechenberg (Grady Alderman close 2nd)
68 - Will Shields
69 - Jared Allen
70 - Sam Huff
71 - Walter Jones
72 - Dan Dierdorf
73 - John Hannah
74 - Merlin Olsen (Bob Lilly close 2nd)
75 - Joe Greene (Deacon Jones close 2nd)
76 - Lou Groza
77 - Red Grange
78 - Bruce Smith (Anthony Munoz close 2nd)
79 - Roosevelt Brown
80 - Jerry Rice
81 - Dick “Night Train” Lane (Andy Robustelli close 2nd)
82 - Raymond Berry
83 - Ted Hendricks (Andre Reed close 2nd)
84 - Randy Moss
85 - Jack Youngblood (Nick Buoniconti close 2nd)
86 - Buck Buchanan (Hines Ward close 2nd)
87 - Willie Davis
88 - Alan Page
89 - Gino Marchetti
90 - Julius Peppers
91 - Kevin Greene
92 - Reggie White
93 - John Randle
94 - DeMarcus Ware
95 - Richard Dent
96 - Cortez Kennedy
97 - Simeon Rice (Bryant Young close 2nd)
98 - Robert Mathis
99 - Jason Taylor (Warren Sapp close 2nd)

[rhickok1109]

McNabb over Hornung ... really?

McNabb was never MVP, never a first-team All-Pro, never played for a championship team, and will never be elected to the HOF.

[ChrisBabcock]

McNabb over Hornung ... really?

I figured this would be one of the tough choices I'd get flak over. I do think McNabb is underrated. Certainly not a HOFer but easily HOVG. He gets the nod for me for overall team success (other than he did lay an egg in the Super Bowl), excellent TD/INT (even adjusted for era). I believe he had the first ever more than 30 TDs, less than 10 INTs season. I docked Hornung a bit for the suspension and horrendous FG%. He split ball carrying duties for a lot of his career. But of course that was by design because of the offense being run.

I do get what you're saying though.

[JohnH19]

Adrian Peterson would be a reasonable choice at 28.

[JWL]

80 - Jerry Rice
81 - Dick “Night Train” Lane (Andy Robustelli close 2nd)
82 - Raymond Berry
83 - Ted Hendricks (Andre Reed close 2nd)
84 - Randy Moss
85 - Jack Youngblood (Nick Buoniconti close 2nd)
86 - Buck Buchanan (Hines Ward close 2nd)
87 - Willie Davis
88 - Alan Page
89 - Gino Marchetti

Seven of your ten selections in the 80s were defensive players. Like I noted some days ago, I like numbers in the 80s worn by defensive players more than I like them on wide receivers. Numbers 80 through 89 look bigger and are larger than most other two-digit numbers. They should be on the tougher players- the players whose job it is to tackle ball carriers and sack quarterbacks and prevent scoring and stuff.

[LJP]

5 - George McAfee
23 - Devin Hester
35 - Rick Casares
42 - Sid Luckman
56 - Bill Hewitt

[BD Sullivan]

5 - George McAfee
23 - Devin Hester
35 - Rick Casares
42 - Sid Luckman
56 - Bill Hewitt

I'm sensing a connection...