Inspired by the Gronk thread and which teams have the most GOATs at their respective positions...I know YMMV here. There's no way that any two of us will agree on all these positions, never mind hundreds of us agreeing. But here's what I got (note that I'm only picking one RB, one WR, one OT, one OG, one DE, one DT, one OLB, one ILB, and one CB, and I'm distinguishing between WR and slot WR because that has become a different position):
QB - Tom Brady, New England
RB - Jim Brown, Cleveland
WR - Jerry Rice, San Francisco
SWR - Julian Edelman, New England
TE - Rob Gronkowski, New England
OT - Anthony Munoz, Cincinnati
OG - John Hannah, New England
C - Dwight Stephenson, Miami
DE - Reggie White, Philadelphia/Green Bay
DT - Joe Greene, Pittsburgh
NT* - Joe Klecko, NY Jets (NT is a different position than DT)
OLB - Lawrence Taylor, NY Giants
ILB - Ray Nitschke, Green Bay
MLB - Ray Lewis, Baltimore
CB - Deion Sanders, Atlanta/Dallas
FS - Ed Reed, Baltimore
SS - Ronnie Lott, San Francisco
K - Adam Vinatieri, New England/Indianapolis
P - Shane Lechler, Oakland
I'm only splitting allegiances for the players for whom, to me, it makes sense, given their success with multiple franchises. So here are my totals:
NE - 4.5
SF - 2
Bal - 2
GB - 1.5
Cle - 1
Cin - 1
Mia - 1
Pit - 1
NYJ - 1
NYG - 1
Oak - 1
Atl - 0.5
Dal - 0.5
Ind - 0.5
Phi - 0.5
Edelman over Welker simply due to his unbelievable postseason success. Welker's regular season production has been better, but who knows how much longer Edelman will play. But that's my pick and you may think otherwise, which is fine.
QB - Tom Brady, New England
RB - Jim Brown, Cleveland
WR - Jerry Rice, San Francisco
SWR - Julian Edelman, New England
TE - Rob Gronkowski, New England
OT - Anthony Munoz, Cincinnati
OG - John Hannah, New England
C - Dwight Stephenson, Miami
DE - Reggie White, Philadelphia/Green Bay
DT - Joe Greene, Pittsburgh
NT* - Joe Klecko, NY Jets (NT is a different position than DT)
OLB - Lawrence Taylor, NY Giants
ILB - Ray Nitschke, Green Bay
MLB - Ray Lewis, Baltimore
CB - Deion Sanders, Atlanta/Dallas
FS - Ed Reed, Baltimore
SS - Ronnie Lott, San Francisco
K - Adam Vinatieri, New England/Indianapolis
P - Shane Lechler, Oakland
I'm only splitting allegiances for the players for whom, to me, it makes sense, given their success with multiple franchises. So here are my totals:
NE - 4.5
SF - 2
Bal - 2
GB - 1.5
Cle - 1
Cin - 1
Mia - 1
Pit - 1
NYJ - 1
NYG - 1
Oak - 1
Atl - 0.5
Dal - 0.5
Ind - 0.5
Phi - 0.5
Edelman over Welker simply due to his unbelievable postseason success. Welker's regular season production has been better, but who knows how much longer Edelman will play. But that's my pick and you may think otherwise, which is fine.