NFL (since 2016)

[crystal falace]

"Free agency started last night and was pretty crazy some huge money being spent. Osweiler getting £18m a year for the Texans, leaving the Broncos without a QB, Giants have spent a fortune on good but not great players, Oliver Vernon has more guaranteed money than JJ Watt. lots more deals but cant be bothered to list them all."

[Grumpster]

Told you cousins would be joining the niners ;o)

[Far Cough]

Is Peterson being traded?

[Takashi Miike]

"the skins get more dysfunctional by the day not only have we fucked about with cousins, we've let our two best receivers walk and our general manager is AWOL, not turning up for the draft combine and still away from the club as free agency starts. rumours are he won't be coming back, absolute fucking shambles. the day that cսnt Snyder bought the franchise was the day it died. he is a disgrace"

[AKA ERNIE]

Cutler released by the bears fucking great news

[Grumpster]

Osweiller is shite. He's even worse than kaepernick.

[crystal falace]

"New nfl season has officially started, so many big koves already, too many to list, The baffling one thats just gone theough, texans have given a 2nd round pick to the browns for them to take osweiler off their hands. Looks like they'll be making a push for romo"

[Takashi Miike]

"I agree cough, a very modest bloke considering how talented he was"

[Far Cough]

Just a bit of Barry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKO_9iQs3l8 Not only a great running back but a humble person as well

[ooooh Morley Morley]

The Barry Sanders docu on Sky recently was a good watch. He played in the same OSU team as Thurman Thomas (who was a year older I think). Sanders was the back up in the beginning. Imagine that RB line up against you.

[El Scorchio]

"Sanders was so ridiculously elusive it's untrue. So many of his runs look like he's down for a loss, but then he changes direction and outruns everyone to make a huge gain. Sanders created so many of his yards for himself without good or any blocking- IIRC the rest of his team was so piss poor that the defence was expecting a run half the time as well. Dread to think what damage he'd have done behind the Dallas line of the Smith Era."

[kylay]

"Far Cough 5:06 Tue Feb 7 Sanders also retired in his prime basically stating that the only thing left he wanted to do was win a super bowl. he did not feel the lions owners would invest properly to accomplish it and knew they wouldn't trade him, so he retired."

[Grumpster]

I have a huge amount of time for Frank Gore. His numbers and 90 TD's while generally playing in a fucking diabolical Niners team are decent.

[Far Cough]

"Agree with Barry Sanders, the only RB that came close to Jim Brown's numbers, he could have been the all time best but for the shit team he was playing with"

[El Scorchio]

Far Cough 5:03 Which was the dumbest thing ever. That poll just happened to coincide with his hall of fame induction year. There's no way Jerry Rice is the greatest player in NFL history.

[El Scorchio]

"Emmitt Smith had an extraordinary line- on so many of his runs you'll see him get into the secondary without being touched, which obviously makes it easier to be an all time great. Of the era i always preferred Barry Sanders :)"

[Grumpster]

You missed out RGIII TK ;o)

[Far Cough]

I think it was Jerry Rice who pipped Jim Brown to the greatest ever NFL player?

[Takashi Miike]

"my ten favourite players........ Skins - Art Monk, Darrell Green, John Riggins, Dexter Manley, Sean Taylor Non Skins - Walter Payton, John Elway, Mike Singletary, Ronnie Lott, Thurman Thomas"

[Grumpster]

"Be a tough call, as in the days when the Niners were better, the coverage in England was pretty shit, especially back in around 1988 when we all picked out teams for life out of a hat after buying the Madden game for the first time. Jerry Rice was incredible, but the lucky fucker had both Montana and Young throwing him the ball. Young is maybe my favourite Niners player. 43 rushing TD's in 169 games back then for someone who was in Montana's shadow was class. Used to think that Emmitt Smith was quality."

[Far Cough]

Got to have Dick Butkus on defense

[El Scorchio]

"Pivotal role in Mars Attacks! as well.... Who is everyone's top players? For me: 1) Jim Brown 2) Lawrence Taylor 3) everyone else LT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWB9ia_ZPjk The video is just scary. The speed off the edge and the way he sheds or runs round blockers with ease before annihilating the quarterback, sometimes just carrying blockers with him. He's there before the QB can even finish his drop or get through any reads. The ferocity of the hitting combined with that hand chop is just brutal."

[Far Cough]

He was good in the Dirty Dozen

[ooooh Morley Morley]

Of course the Browns famously traded their draft pick to the Falcons which allowed Atlanta to pick up Julio Jones

[Grumpster]

"Way before my time Jim Brown, but it was brutal back then so his record is very impressive. Clearly his finest moment though is playing Fireball in The Running Man."

[Far Cough]

Only player to have a career over 100 rushing yards average per game