[CBFF] Best #4 pick of all time

[Jason Cetina]

Zing. I also hate freedom and don't support our troops. :)

In all seriousness, I think Payton was a better player and athlete, but that
the position is not quite as important as QB. That being said, Montana, is
the only player that I'd ever draft ahead of Payton in whatever all universe
fantasy football league I could draft them in.


On 4/26/07, Steve Behrens <steve.behrens at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I obviously was responding off the cuff.  Still I believe Payton had
> plenty less to work with that Montana for the length of their respective
> careers, and Vic's comments about number of touches is also valid.
>
> Hey, if you got more, throw 'em out...  Don't let my apparently misguided
> attempt to defend Sweetness's honor stop you....
>
> -Behr
>
>
>
>
>
> On 4/26/07, Jim Ferolie <ferolie at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > Behr, there are plenty of arguments for Payton, but you're not making
> any
> > of
> > them.
> >
> > Montana won two Super Bowls before Rice was drafted. His team was
> > consistently elite, always because of its offense. Nobody, nobody was
> more
> > dangerous in the clutch. He never threw an interception or a fumble in
> > four
> > Super Bowl wins. And his team was downright AWFUL when he was drafted
> > (2-14
> > while he sat behind DeBerg as a rookie).
> >
> > Third round, by the way.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Behrens" <steve.behrens at gmail.com>
> >
> >
> > > Montana had Rice for his whole career, plus a decent RB and line for
> > much
> > > of
> > > it.  Payton had nobody for most of his.  The score would not have been
> > 46
> > > to
> > > 10 in the SB had the Pats decided that the one guy they had to stop to
> > > have
> > > any kind of a chance to win the game was Payton.  They threw
> everything
> > at
> > > Payton and neglected the rest of the Bears offense.
> > >
> > > Let Montana wallow with a team as thin on talent as Payton did and
> then
> > > let's see if he puts up HOF numbers....
> > >
> > > -Behr
> > >
> > >
> > > On 4/25/07, Jason Cetina <jason at cetinas.org> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Joe Montana?
> > >>
> > >> Being a fan, I'd always pick Payton for my team, but my head tells me
> > >> that
> > >> Montana did just a bit more for his team.
> > >>
> > >> Please don't hurt me.
> > >>
> > >> On 4/24/07, Victor Waldron <victor19 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > Can you seriously think of a #1 that would have been better??
> > >> >
> > >> > V
> > >> >
> > >> > On 4/24/07, Jason Cetina <jason at cetinas.org> wrote:
> > >> > > #34. Love it.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/draft07/news/story?id=2847606
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