Bronc24 Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 This was a topic of discussion in the forum and I would hope intelligence will prevail and Ronnie Lott will win in a landslide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 This was a topic of discussion in the forum and I would hope intelligence will prevail and Ronnie Lott will win in a landslide. I voted for Ronnie, but I'll say this, Atwater was one tough SOB. Great player. I wouldn't complain one bit if we had an Atwater on our team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punch Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 LOL, great thread, Marauder24. Hey, this one time... at band camp... Atwater tackled Christian Okoye! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronc24 Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 I voted for Ronnie, but I'll say this, Atwater was one tough SOB. Great player. I wouldn't complain one bit if we had an Atwater on our team. I would love an Atwater on our team too...but I'd prefer Lott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Is this for real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Ronnie was better but Steve was right there behind him. Does anyone know what happened to our avatars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lets_go_bills Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Can't go wrong with either guy, really. But Lott is far and away the superior player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bronc24 Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Is this for real? It's for real.....Joe_6_Pack was adamant that Atwater was better. I think the numbers for Lott are 65 INTs and 5 TDs.....Atwater = 24 INTs and 1 TD... LOL, great thread, Marauder24. Hey, this one time... at band camp... Atwater tackled Christian Okoye! And he knocked him down! He's gotta be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 I'd kill to get a guy like Steve Atwater on the Bills, but it's a little unfair to compare him to one of the 2 or 3 best to ever play the position. But the difference between Lott and Atwater is smaller than between Atwater and Louis Oliver, who was also a first rounder pick in the same draft. IIRC there was a lot of debate at the time over whether Denver chose the right guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLynchTrain Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Ronnie was better but Steve was right there behind him. Does anyone know what happened to our avatars? They went back to Pandora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punch Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 And he knocked him down! He's gotta be good! I think it sounded something like this: KABOOM!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kkspike Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Lott had his ring finger crushed between two helmets.doctors said they wanted to put some pins in it and he would be on I.R for the rest if the year.Ronnie chose to have the finger cut off above the knuckle and did miss a game. I always wanted him during our superbowl years,except he went to the jets.could you imagine Lott and Lenard Smith as your saftey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punch Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 The count at this point in time: Lott 27 Atwater 3 Pretty decisive. For the record, the full extent of the "Pro-Atwater, Anti-Lott" argument that the Atwater booster was making in the shoutbox was thus: -Ronnie Lott's reputation was made by the 49ers "hype machine" alone. -Steve Atwater once hit Christian Okoye very hard and knocked him down. -Steve Atwater forced a (admittedly decisive) fumble in a Super Bowl -Ronnie Lott's play declined when he was with the Raiders & Jets. Our "Pro-Lott" (albeit not Anti-Atwater) argument: -Ronnie Lott was a 1st team All-Pro at Cornerback, Strong Safety, and Free Safety -had 63 interceptions and 5 return TDs to Atwater's 24 ints and 1 TD -was 4-0 in Super Bowls as opposed to Atwater's 1-2 (a team stat to be sure, but a point made as a counter) -the "fingertip amputation" at halftime, which is really just a colorful anecdote. -the fact that although he maintained a high level of play and in fact was an All-Pro and lead the NFL in interceptions in his first year with the Raiders, his play did not noticeably decline until 34 years old (and he played 2 more seasons after that)... whereas Atwater was forced into retirement at age 33. -the final and perhaps most decisive point is that the near consensus view of Ronnie Lott is that he is one of the Greatest Players in the History of the NFL... and Atwater, although very good, simply falls much much short of that status. Anyway, the shoutbox is overflowing with a global warming debate, so I felt the need to clarify the point of this thread for my own edification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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