CorkScrewHill Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/ranking-the-best-nfl-draft-picks-ever-peyton-manning-headlines-list-of-best-no-1-overall-picks-in-history/ it is amazing to think we had one of the all-time greats who started out rather rough .. but as the article states “In the 13 seasons from 1986 to 1998, Smith hit the double-digit sack mark a total of 12 times and the only reason he didn't make it a perfect 13 is because he missed 11 games in 1991 due to a knee injury. ” the season he was suspended he got 12 sacks in 12 games. Favorite Bruce story not mentioned in the article was a comment from an opposing quarterback who was lamenting how he hated playing Bruce as Bruce would eat raw Garlic before the game and if he sacked the qb he would lay on him and breath into the quarterbacks face mask .. that will make someone nervous Edited April 28, 2021 by CorkScrewHill 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwhit34 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Definitely one of the top, well deserved. I would think that OJ Simpson would merit a lot of consideration but with the stuff after his playing days he is not given much thought for a lot of "best of" lists. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Any list that does not have OJ as one of the top 10 best first overall draft picks is just wrong. He is still in the argument for top 5 RB of all time. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Best DE of all time, best Buffalo Bill of all time. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 OJ deserves to be on that list. Prime example of being the victim of the increasing cancel culture in today's society. 2 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Joe Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 What a talent Bruce Smith was.. Imagine him arriving on the scene these days... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah John Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I have no idea how good Chuck Bednarik was so I have no opinion on ranking him there. But Bradshaw ahead of Simpson? NO WAY. As the article mentions, it was the tremendous Steelers defense that won all those championships. Bradshaw (the original TB12) was a good QB, but there is NO WAY he surpassed what Simpson did. There's far too much emphasis on winning championships in ranking individual players. 53 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: OJ deserves to be on that list. Prime example of being the victim of the increasing cancel culture in today's society. You can make the case that OJ was the first victim of cancel culture. His football achievements were conspicuously ignored due to the fact that he was a vicious, brutal knife murderer. There is even talk that his name should come off the Bills' ring of honor. Not recognizing his achievements -- the only RB to get 2000 yards in a 14 game season, dominating the league for three or four years as the obvious MVP -- can only be due to people not wanting to honor a killer that way. But that's not what this list was about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: OJ deserves to be on that list. Prime example of being the victim of the increasing cancel culture in today's society. He was considered in the honorable mention category. 1 hour ago, Ethan in Portland said: Any list that does not have OJ as one of the top 10 best first overall draft picks is just wrong. He is still in the argument for top 5 RB of all time. The list is only the Top 5. Did you read it? Edited April 28, 2021 by Jauronimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 35 minutes ago, Jauronimo said: He was considered in the honorable mention category. I saw that. Always safe to include him. I'm surprised Ed "too tall" Jones and Ron Yary weren't mentioned. Meanwhile Eli Manning was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punching Bag Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 I''d say Chuck Bednarik was underrated but the other 3 ahead of him were so good hard to raise him. I have seen old film and I love ironman football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victory Formation Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 8 hours ago, LeGOATski said: Best DE of all time, best Buffalo Bill of all time. There will never be another one like him. No one will ever break his all time sack record. No one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 8 hours ago, Aussie Joe said: What a talent Bruce Smith was.. Imagine him arriving on the scene these days... Bruce would be asking for a billion dollars ...lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMAKCruiser Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 17 minutes ago, HOUSE said: Bruce would be asking for a billion dollars ...lol Would he show up for camp? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, SMAKCruiser said: Would he show up for camp? Nope and the board would melt down saying he isn't a team player and should be traded. Edge guys aren't needed when the qb gets rid of the ball in under 2 seconds etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushypeaches Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Bad things, man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royale with Cheese Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 13 seasons with double digit sacks. At age 39 and Bruce's last year starting.....he had 9 sacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dma0034 Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 Elway has always been over-rated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said: 13 seasons with double digit sacks. At age 39 and Bruce's last year starting.....he had 9 sacks. and yet he never lead the NFL in sacks in a single season. Edited April 28, 2021 by The Jokeman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 9 minutes ago, The Jokeman said: and yet he never lead the NFL in sacks in a single season. In his best season (1996), he not only led the entire league in AV (Average Value; PFR's equivalent of WAR for football), he had a ridiculous 54 pressures, dwarfing every other pass rusher in the league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jokeman Posted April 28, 2021 Share Posted April 28, 2021 2 minutes ago, dave mcbride said: In his best season (1996), he not only led the entire league in AV (Average Value; PFR's equivalent of WAR for football), he had a ridiculous 54 pressures, dwarfing every other pass rusher in the league. This says Kevin Greene lead the NFL in sacks in 1996, https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1996/defense.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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