2024 the best in the nfl review
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A veteran football writer ranks the top 75 players in NFL history.
Who are the best quarterbacks in NFL history? How about running backs? Wide receivers? How can we objectively rate the performance of individual defensive players? And how can we make reasonable judgments about players at different positions and from different eras? Who is the greatest football player of all time? Jerry Rice? Lawrence Taylor? Jim Brown?
Such are the questions pondered by pro football writer Steve Silverman late at night (and during the day). As statistician Elliott Kalb did with baseball, basketball, and golf, Silverman now takes the next step with Who’s Better, Who’s Best in Football?. Taking the analytical methods he developed over his years as a senior editor at Pro Football Weekly, he applies them to an evaluation of players going back to the earliest days of the NFL. The result is a fascinating ranking of the best of the gridiron, from legendary old-timers like Sammy Baugh to present-day superstars like Peyton Manning. Throughout, Silverman discusses the many considerations that must be made when comparing modern players with players of past eras and players at different positions.
Including biographical essays on those top 75 players and detailed statistics for their playing careers, Who’s Better, Who’s Best in Football? is a must have for anyone who considers football to be more than just a game.
Reviewer: Martin O'hagan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Comparing Who's The Best In American Football
Review: Some very interesting facts on statistics for American Football teams, and which teams have the best records.
Reviewer: Andy T
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A little dissappointed
Review: I expected some more stats and comparisons, but an okay read.
Reviewer: South2Midwest
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: great book!
Review: My husband really loved this book! Great gift idea for football lovers. Can't go wrong with this purchase!!!!!! !!!! !!!!
Reviewer: doctorpar
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Dull book for a great subject
Review: This book is very similar in subject matter to the better known books by Elliott Kalb with the same title concerning baseball, basketball, and golf. The difference unfortunately is in the rather pedestrian manner by which Mr. Silverman writes about his subject, namely football. Kalb takes an almost confrontational stance in his ratings, and is certainly not afraid to hold back on his opinions, some of which are somewhat outrageous to many, I suspect, such as his rating Shaq as the all time best basketball player, ahead of Wilt -# 2, and Jordan, # 3. This, together with his detailed opinions and reasoning, makes Kalb's books very interesting. He also had an interesting, often peculiar way of comparing the athlete to someone in another sport or even totally other field. Again controversial, but interesting. Silverman's book, however, somehow makes a great story far too bland. He really, for the most part, spends no time explaining his ratings, which would have made the book much more interesting. I would also have enjoyed more details about the really great ones, such as for example Jim Brown, including more about specific great games and performances. He might have also spent more time going over some of the players he left out of the top 60, as Kalb did in his baseball book, and might have listed the best players, or all pro teams for the decades. I have no problem with his selections or ratings, as there will always be differences of opinion on that.
Reviewer: Shane Toland
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Don't buy
Review: Needs way more detail. Who's better who's best in basketball is way better.
Reviewer: Douglas Cavanaugh
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Seems like it was a rushed project.....
Review: In my opinion there were too many greats not considered. The author does an admirable job of breaking down the players and is reasonable on many fronts. But the ommissions were SO glaring that it became all I could do to not throw the book down at times, dismissing it altogether.Exhibit A- No Jack Ham...but Ted Hendricks? This is the first list I have EVER seen where Hendricks outranks Ham. I have read countless interviews from coaches, players and owners from that era(1970s) and every one I can remember had Ham ranked as their number one all-time outside linebacker. Not just of the 70s but of ALL-TIME. His position wasn't even questioned until Lawrence Taylor came along(who by the way, was more comparable to Deacon Jones than Jack Ham, Taylor playing more like a standing defensive end than a true outside linebacker).Dwight Stephenson over Mike Webster?? So a guy who started a mere 87 games, was all decade(80s)played in 5 pro bowls and was named all-pro 5 times somehow outranks a man who started 217 games(yes, durability IS a factor in determining greatness), played in nine pro bowls, was named all-pro nine times, was named to the NFL 75th all-anniversary Team, was all-decade for TWO decades(70s and 80s) and has 4 super bowl rings?I can handle opinions contrary to my own, but to ignore the towering credentials of certain individuals(Ham and Jim Langer not even making the honorable mentions list being just one example) hurts the credibility of the book.But it does make good arguments for certain players' placements, so I give it three stars.