Bills Fan Aaron's Favorite Football Players

This is my brother Aaron's favorite football player line-up entry - I've bolded the guys I like enough to add to my honorable mention list - check out my list for updates. The players on Aaron's list higlighted in blue are on both of our 'favorites' list. Aaron didn't give his starters, he gave his 53 man roster... a full team of his favorites and then added honorable mention players too! As you can tell, Aaron knows football much better than I do.

C- Dwight Stephenson, Jim Otto
G- John Hannah, Larry Little, Gene Upshaw
T-Anthony Munoz, Art Shell, Jackie Slater, Roosevelt Brown
TE - Kellen Winslow I, Ozzie Newsome
WR- Steve Largent, Charlie Joiner, James Lofton, Don Hutson, Jerry Rice
QB- Dan Fouts, Jim Kelly, Warren Moon
FB - Jim Brown, Bronko Nagurski, Marion Motley
RB- Walter Payton, Barry Sanders, Gale Sayers, Herschel Walker
P-Sammy Baugh
DT- Alan Page, Mean Joe Greene, Bob Lilly
DE- Bruce Smith, Deacon Jones, Reggie White, Carl Eller
ILB/MLB - Mike Singletary, Chuck Bednarik,Dick Butkus, Ray Nitschke
OLB - Lawrence Taylor, Jack Ham, Bobby Bell, Derrick Thomas
S- Ronnie Lott, Emlen Tunnell, Ken Houston, Rod Woodson
CB - Dick "Night Train" Lane, Darrell Green, Mel Blount, Lem Barney
K - Morten Andersen
KR/PR - Brian Mitchell
Sp. Teams- Steve Tasker
Head Coach - Marv Levy

Now here are some of my honorable mentions. A few of these names may not be recognizable because they played before we were aware in the mid '70s. Many are hall of famers from the 30's through 60's that you might be scratching your head about.

C- Jim Ringo, Mike Webster, Mick Tinglehoff, Jeff Van Note

G- Randall McDaniel, Billy Shaw, Joe DeLamielleure, Bruce Matthews, Tom Mack, Reggie McKenzie

T- Ron Mix, Chris Hinton, Forrest Gregg, Gary Zimmerman, Mike McCormack, Ron Yary, Rayfield Wright

TE - John Mackey, Charlie Sanders, Steve Jordan, Mike Ditka, Russ Francis, Ron Kramer, Jackie Smith, Dave Casper

WR - Andre Reed, Tim Brown, Art Monk, Lance Alworth, Anthony Carter, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison, Irving Fryar, Don Maynard, Raymond Berry, Charley Taylor, Paul Warfield, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch, Bobby Mitchell, Harold Jackson, Fred Biletnikoff, Harold Carmichael, John Stallworth, Art Powell, Lionel Taylor, Otis Taylor, Tom Fears, Pete Pihos, Dante Lavelli, Charley Hennigan, Cliff Branch, Henry Ellard, Isaac Bruce, Stanley Morgan, Tommy McDonald, Torry Holt

QB - Randall Cunningham, Johnny Unitas, Otto Graham, Joe Montana, Sammy Baugh, Fran Tarkenton, Dan Marino, Sonny Jurgenson, YA Tittle, Brett Favre, Steve Young, Terry Bradshaw, Len Dawson, Bobby Layne, Sid Luckman, Drew Bledsoe, George Blanda, Bart Starr, Flutie

FB- Jim Taylor, Joe "the Jet" Perry, John Henry Johnson, Larry Csonka, Clarke Hinkle, Ernie Nevers, Larry Centers, Chuck Muncie, Cookie Gilchrist, Jim Nance, Paul Younger, Bill Brown (Vikings), Billy Cannon, Mike Alstott, Dan Towler, Christian Okoye, Sam Cunningham, Lorenzo Neal

RB- Earl Campbell, Marcus Allen, Eric Dickerson, Red Grange, Jim Thorpe, Thurman Thomas, Tony Dorsett, Emmitt Smith, Marshall Faulk, Franco Harris, Ollie Matson, Steve Van Buren, Hugh McElhenny (Vikings 2 yrs), Curtis Martin, Ottis Anderson, Lenny Moore, Ladainian Tomlinson, Bo Jackson, Jerome Bettis, Roger Craig (vikes), Shaun Alexander, Leroy Kelly, John Riggins, Terrell Davis, Robert Smith (vikes), James Brooks, Eddie George, Mercury Morris, Rickey Watters, Gerald Riggs, Floyd Little, Chuck Foreman, William Andrews, Earnest Byner, Freeman McNeil, Joe Cribbs, Priest Holmes

P- Reggie Roby, Ray Guy, Yale Lary, Sean Landeta, Tommy Davis, Paul Maguire, Jerrel Wilson.

Here is the defense and special teams honorable mention team:

DT - Buck Buchanan, Merlin Olsen, Leo Nomellini, Curley Culp, Art Donovan, Rosey Grier, John Randle (Vikings), Gene "Big Daddy" Lipscomb, Houston Antwine, Jerome Brown, Alex Karras, Randy White, Fred Smerlas, Ted Washington, Cortez Kennedy, Henry Thomas (Vikings), Wally Chambers, Gary "Big Hands" Johnson, Keith Millard (Vikings), Pat Williams (Bills and Vikings), Kevin Williams (Vikings), Sam Adams, Tom Sestak, Jim Duniway, Marcus Stroud

DE - Jim Marshall (Vikings), Bubba Smith, Jack Youngblood, Andy Robustelli, Coy Bacon, Michael Strahan, Al "Bubba" Baker, Howie Long, Willie Davis, Doug Atkins, Chris Doleman (Vikings), Lee Roy Selmon, Fred Dean, Elvin Bethea, Ed "too tall" Jones, Len Ford, Sean Jones, Greg Townsend, Richard Dent, Dan Hampton, Harvey Martin, Jason Taylor, Claude Humphrey, Otis Sistrunk, Cedric Hardman

MLB/ILB - Sam Mills, Tommy Nobis (Falcons), Jack Lambert, Willie Lanier, Sam Huff, Harry Carson, Joe Schmidt, Bill George, Chris Spielman, Randy Gradishar, Mike Curtis, Jessie Tuggle, Jeff Siemon (Vikings), Vaughan Johnson, Nick Buonticonti, Hardy Nickerson, Shane Conlan, Lee Roy Jordan, Bill Bergey, Levon Kirkland, Scott Studwell, Pepper Johnson, Harry Jacobs, London Fletcher

OLB - Junior Seau, Clyde "Bulldog" Turner, Rickey Jackson, Derrick Brooks, Dave Wilcox, Dave Robinson, Tom Jackson, Matt Blair, Andre Tippett, Ted Hendricks, George Connor, Reggie Williams, Chris Hanburger, Clay Matthews, Darryl Talley, Chuck Howley, Mike Stratton, E.J. Holub, Seth Joyner, Chad Brown, Kevin Greene, Tim Harris, Bryce Paup, Pat Swilling, Charles Haley, Cornelius Bennett, Isiah Robertson, Robert Brazile, Andy Russell, George Webster, Donnie Edwards, Greg Lloyd, Jason Gildon, Phil Villapiano, Simon Fletcher, Willie McGinest, Mike Merriweather (Vikings), Ken Harvey, Jesse Armstead, Jerry Robinson, Joey Porter, Jim Youngblood, Michael Cofer, Lavar Arrington, Carl Banks, Mike Croel, Chip Banks, Wilber Marshall, John Mobley, Otis Wilson, Hugh Green, E.J. Junior, Jamir Miller, Wally Hilgenberg (vikings), Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson, Peter Boulware, Rod Martin, Takeo Spikes, Robin Cole, Jesse Armstead

S - Larry Wilson, Paul Krause (Vikings), Yale Lary, Jack Christiansen, Donnie Shell, Willie Wood, Jack Tatum, Joey Browner (Vikings), Johnny Robinson, Cliff Harris, Jake Scott, Dick Anderson, Bill Bradley, George Saimes, Eugene Robinson, Deron Cherry, Kenny Easley, Bill Thompson, Rodney Harrison, Mark Kelso, Tony Greene, Brian Dawkins, Henry Jones

CB - Mel Renfro, Willie Brown, Herb Adderley, Aeneas Williams, Dick LeBeau, Mike Haynes, Jimmy Johnson, Ken Riley, Everson Walls, Dave Brown, Emmitt Thomas, Dave Grayson, George "Butch" Byrd, Bob Boyd, Lester Hayes, Lemar Parrish, Deion Sanders, Pat Fischer, Kermit Alexander, Troy Vincent, Ty Law, Eric Allen, Champ Bailey, Carl Lee (Vikings), Robert James

K - Gary Anderson (Vikes), Jan Stenerud (Vikes), George Blanda, Lou Groza, Nick Lowery, Norm Johnson, Steve Christie, Eddie Murray, Jason Hanson, Jim Turner, Jim Bakken, Gino Cappelletti, Fred Cox (Vikes), John Carney, Chris Bahr, Matt Bahr, Matt Stover, Pat Leahy, Adam Vinatieri, Mark Moseley, Tom Dempsey, Jason Elam, John Kasay, Al Del Greco, Ryan Longwell (Vikings), Garo Yepremian, Scott Norwood, Rian Lindell, Jim Breech, Efren Herrera, Don Cocroft

KR/PR - Gale Sayers, Mel Gray, Billy "White Shoes" Johnson, Abe Woodson, Rick Upchurch, Jack Christiansen, Emlen Tunnell, Speedy Duncan, Travis Williams, Ron Smith, Lyn Chadnois, Deion Sanders, Jermaine Lewis, Claude "Buddy" Young, Terry Metcalf, Eric Metcalf, Desmond Howard, Lionel "Little Train" James, Dante Hall, Terrence McGee, Devin Hester

Special Teams - Elbert Shelley, Michael Bates, Reyna Thompson, Fredd Yound, Rufus Porter, Bill Bates, Mark Pike, Fred McAfee

Head Coach - Bud Grant (Vikings), George Halas, Vince Lombardi, Joe Gibbs, Paul Brown, Hank Stram, Tom Landry, Chuck Knox, Tony Dungy, Jim Mora, Weeb Ewbanks, Don Coryell, Chuck Knoll, Bum Phillips