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Old 05-28-2007, 12:22 AM   #1
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Default The Best Player You Have Ever Seen Not Make It To The Super Bowl

In your opinion who is the best player you have ever seen that never made it into playing in the Super Bowl - Not to have won it but just to even make it there.

Your Opinion should be based on 4 things to make this credible

1) The player must be officially retired / no longer a player in the NFL
2) The player must have been in the league at least 4 years or more
3) The player could have been on multiple teams but never made it with any of the teams he was on
4) The earlier league counts as well (AFL)

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My Vote: Barry Sanders - Took a lousy Lions football team and made the team competitive almost by himself - How much worse would this team have been without Barry during the 80s? - Too bad he never saw SB glory,Or at least played in it - There will never be a runner with the type of style like Sanders again,many try but I have yet to see a runner of his type come about in the past 20 years.
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Old 05-28-2007, 02:19 AM   #2
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Difficult to argue with that choice.
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Sanders is an excellent choice. I would add Derrick Thomas.
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Hard to know all the greats that never made it, but Gale Sayers comes to mind.. and my all time fave, Jim Brown is also a consideration, but not sure if he fits your criteria.
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Old 05-28-2007, 05:52 AM   #5
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I think it would be fair to say the player had to play in the Super Bowl Era 66-present. Sanders is probably the top pick but here's two.

1. OJ Simpson.

2. L.Tomlinson. Hopefully, we can keep him out if it the next couple of years.
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Barry Sanders with no doubt..had he had the team (which in turn would have given him a bigger heart) around him..I believe he'd be the best RB ever.
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The man was a beast possesed when you gave him the rock.
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(1). Dick Butkus

(2). Gale Sayers
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Barry Sanders for me too
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This is an easy question.

I say without a doubt it has to be Barry Sanders.
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