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Agreed. I don't think you would pick Cook (off one season) over a presumably healthy Namath.JohnH19 wrote:I would switch out Cook for Namath since he did win THE biggest game in AFL history.
Rich Jackson over Mays, Ernie Ladd over BuchananBryan wrote:What if you had to win one game with AFL players, how differently would your team look when compared to an "all-time" team? Here is who I would have:
QB: Greg Cook
HB: Clem Daniels
FB: Cookie Gilchrist
WR: Lance Alworth
WR: Don Maynard
TE: Fred Arbanas
OT: Jim Tyrer
OT: Ron Mix
OG: Billy Shaw
OG: Gene Upshaw
C: Jim Otto
DE: Earl Faison
DE: Jerry Mays
DT: Buck Buchanan
DT: Tom Sestak
OLB: George Webster
OLB: Bobby Bell
MLB: Willie Lanier
CB: Willie Brown
CB: Emmitt Thomas
SS: Ken Houston
FS: Johnny Robinson
K: Jan Stenerud
P: Jerrell Wilson
My first thought was to go with Namath, but then what if the opposing team had Tommy Janik in their secondary?JohnH19 wrote:I would switch out Cook for Namath since he did win THE biggest game in AFL history.
Forgot about Jackson (guess I should pay more attention to earlier posts in this thread). Buchanan was dominant in the latter part of the decade when AFL competition was stronger, but I haven't seen much of Ladd in his prime. How do his sack numbers compare to Buchanan?JohnTurney wrote:Rich Jackson over Mays, Ernie Ladd over Buchanan
Obscure reference, but very apropos ....Excellent!Bryan wrote:My first thought was to go with Namath, but then what if the opposing team had Tommy Janik in their secondary?JohnH19 wrote:I would switch out Cook for Namath since he did win THE biggest game in AFL history.