Top 100

NFL Network has just completed its top 100 best NFL players of all time. My honest assessment reveals that it is very hard to accomplish. They had a panel of 85 people choosing these top 100. I would like to get an analysis of who was on this panel. I sure there were many evaluators on this panel that never put a helmet on. Much of it is done on statistics rather than what the player meant to his individual team. For example, is Jerry Rice the greatest player of all time? I agree that he is a super talent but he had a great QB throwing to him in Joe Montana. Montana has big time football instincts, defensive recognition ability, and progressive skills from the QB slot that were off the chart. Does this come into account for Jerry Rice? What about Running Back Walter Payton who was unreal athletically and ran with reckless abandon, power, and quickness and speed. This guy name surfaces but not not enough and it my opinion was probably one the greatest players of all times if not the greatest in Mr. Dick Butkus, middle linebacker of the Chicago Bears. Butkus was a one man wrecking crew who was quick, powerful, and played with great passion, and really understood the complexities of the entire game. Fortunately, Butkus was number 10 on the list. A player that really got overlooked is RB Earl Campbell. He was a stud when he played for the Houston Oilers and ranked number 55 of all time. Tough job picking these guys in some semblance of order especially if you never saw them play. But someone has to do it.