Who is your favorite non patriots player of all time?

[RobertWeathers]

My bad friend. In my old age it seems as though I have less control over my keyboard thumb... of course I don' the dislike that !

LOL.

 

[Sfpat]

Hard to pick just one. So many great players across the field to admire and respect.
Today and in the past.
I always liked Joe Kapp..BEFORE he came here..

I was real excited when the Pats acquired Kapp. I was also young and naive

 

[Thelonious]

Ray Nitschke. He was a guided missile in the shape of a madman. So much fun to watch. He'd lose his entire salary each year to fines under today's rules, of course, and he'd be single-handedly responsible for a major CTE epidemic.

 

[1960Pats]

There are too many to choose from so I'll have to name a few.

Jim Brown is the best but Gale Sayers was fun to watch. So was John Riggins.

Johnny U for QBs, but I also liked Len Dawson, Joe Namath, Starr and Staubach.

Lynn Swann, no, Paul Warfield, wait, Raymond Berry. Forget it, Randy Moss.

LT and **** Butkus because they were so nasty. Throw Mike Curtis and Jack Lambert in there too.

 

[Thelonious]

Ted Hendricks was fun. Then there's always Conrad Dobler for pure...uhhhh...competitiveness, let's call it.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Marshawn Lynch.... those press conferences before sb49

 

[TomPatriot]

Pat Tillman is mine. on and off the field. what an inspirational person he was. the world could use a lot more Pat Tillmans. he was a true patriot.

I came up with several, but there's no point in it after you named Tillman. I'm ashamed to say I forgot about him. Spot on.

 

[Thelonious]

Ray Lewis...but then someone told me he killed a guy.

Well, you know, it wasn't on the FIELD, so technically it was ok.

 

[patman52]

joe klecko

 

[scott99]

Walter Payton hands down.

 

[patriot1136]

Bo Jackson

 

[IndyKen]

Tough choice, but probably these 4:

Jim Taylor - Packers hard nosed FB
Gale Sayers - a gazelle of a running back
**** Butkus - perhaps the original "beast"
Jimmy Brown - an amazing combo of skill and power

 

[TB12TheGoat]

Peyton Manning and Marvin Harrison

 

[eternal]

Offense: Hines Ward
Defense: Brian Urlacher
Special teams: Devin Hester

 

[fnordcircle]

Bo Jackson and it ain't even close. Jason Taylor is a distant second.

 

[Captain Cool]

Barry Sanders.

 

[Charlotte Pats Fan]

Earl Campbell
Edit: already mentioned.
Rickey Jackson
Robert Brazille
Harry Carson

 

[Bertil]

Jack Youngblood....he was John Wayne and Clint Eastwood rolled into one person. Sure he played the SB on a broken leg. He also made the Pro Bowl nearly every year of his career and was the best player on a defense that carried that team through the 70s.

 

[WHPats]

Barry and Deion Sanders!

 

[Nikolai]

Barry Sanders for me too...amazing what that guy could do.

For current players, give me Breezus.