Worthless "Top 50 Players" List: No Bears, Packers, or Lions
by Dane Noble on Jun 26, 2009 3:18 PM CDT
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Let me start out by saying that I have never heard of Pete Prisco, senior writer at CBSSports.com, and if I have ever read any of his articles, I have no idea. Let me also say that everyone is equally entitled to their own opinions, especially when trying to objectively put together a "rankings" article.
Now, let's get to this bozo's Top 50 NFL Players article.
You will scan my annual list of the top 50 NFL players in hopes of finding your favorite players, and then it will happen, coming on like a bad cold.
The rage will fill your entire body, the heat building inside like a small inferno. You will curse. You will use my name in vain.
You will hate me.
You will wonder how I got my job. You will wonder if my father is the head of CBS. And then you will vent.
I'm ready. Give it to me, because unlike a lot of scouts and football writers, I stand by my convictions.
Go ahead and peruse the list... you will find that he made a good case for some of his picks, and made terrible assessments of others. But what blew my mind was that the NFC North only had 4 players on his list, and they were all Vikings.
If I were to try and objectively put together a list like this, there is no way I could do it without giving some players from the Bears, Packers, and Lions any nods. I mean seriously, how did he leave off names like Jay Cutler, Matt Forte, Lance Briggs? And Aaron Rodgers, Calvin Johnson? Bueller? Bueller?
What do you think of his list? Any players from the NFC North you would have added?
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WHO'S THE ASSCLOWN THAT WROTE THIS PIECE OF GARBAGE?!?!?!
oh. Pete Prisco. the wonderboy himself
Not having any bears players is one thing, but Not having Calvin Johnson on this list, and putting Turner at 48 is just plain ludicrous.
Camp ifuwanna, we hold you in our heart...
by ifuwannacrownem on Jun 26, 2009 3:26 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
What did I do with it? Hmmmm...
Oh, here’s that grain of salt I was looking for.
Prisco is a tard. He makes cases for players based solely on their performance last season and then puts Brady at #2.
- Smudgers
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by smudgers on Jun 26, 2009 3:44 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i felt that way when i saw merriman...
let’s see how he plays football injury/steroid-free… this should be an interesting year for him…
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by windycity72 on Jun 26, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
well said… Merriman has to prove it!
by wiltfongjr on Jun 27, 2009 1:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
this guy
is as bad as a congressmen…neither know what the hell is going on..
no lance briggs? no urlacher? no bears period…what a donkey..i cant believe he put philip rivers on the list and missed cutler..and like smudgers said rating players on last year only and brady at no. 2 is a very bad choice
Bring back our honey bears...sick and tired of hearing about the dallas cowboy cheerleaders and the bars they go work at when they quit. cold weather + cheerleaders in skimpy outfits = lots of fun
by tomh115 on Jun 26, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Top 50 players
means an average of less than 2 players per team. The Bears were a very average team without stars last year. You could maybe make a case for Briggs being on the list, and perhaps Cal Johnson. But I don’t think it’s a glaring omission.
Cutler, Forte and Rogers don’t deserve to be on the list imo.
DEJESUS!!!
by tomas21 on Jun 26, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
and....
rivers and culpepper do?
Bring back our honey bears...sick and tired of hearing about the dallas cowboy cheerleaders and the bars they go work at when they quit. cold weather + cheerleaders in skimpy outfits = lots of fun
by tomh115 on Jun 26, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
scratch
no culpepper… McNabb
Bring back our honey bears...sick and tired of hearing about the dallas cowboy cheerleaders and the bars they go work at when they quit. cold weather + cheerleaders in skimpy outfits = lots of fun
by tomh115 on Jun 26, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How the heck?
Culpepper on an 0-16 team? This guy is absolutely off his rocker.
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer
by propheteer on Jun 26, 2009 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Culpepper didn't make the list.
Rivers absolutely. His qb rating was 105 last year. He seems like kind of a turd, but he’s very good at a premium position.
McNabb is a little sketchier of a choice. His qb rating (86) is the same as Cutlers, though he threw fewer picks and took his team to the playoffs. Maybe Cutler’s “antics” this off-season factored into giving the nod to McNabb over Cutler. Maybe McNabb’s history of success had something to do with it as well.
I’m not saying the list is perfect, but if people are up in arms that Briggs, Urlacher, Forte and Cutler aren’t on the list, they need to do the math. Less than 2 guys per team, and we have a team without superstars.
DEJESUS!!!
by tomas21 on Jun 26, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If the list had been done adhering to the averages,
then it would be totally different. But it wasn’t. And we certainly do have superstars… you named them. Cutler, Forte, and Briggs are definitely better players than some of those listed.
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by Dane Noble on Jun 26, 2009 5:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
How doesn't Forte deserve to be on that list...
just wondering what your reasoning is? He had basically no talent around him last year and still dominated. The only case you could make against him was that he has only had one good year, he needs to show that kind of production over time. But then he put D-Will and Turner on the list, so their does that argument.
by chase17 on Jun 26, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
dominated?
he averaged under 4 yards a carry.
He was a verastile, durable rookie rb who got all the offense.
I like the kid a lot, hope to get him on my fantasy football team, but i in no way think he’s one of the top 50 players in the league.
DEJESUS!!!
by tomas21 on Jun 26, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Agree with Tomas
There are players on the list that I don’t think should be there, but Briggs is the only Bear I would argue to put on the list. After this season may be a different story. I think Cutler, Forte, and Harris have the potential to be in the running next year, but they’ve gotta prove it for another season first, at least IMO.
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by JerBear50 on Jun 28, 2009 3:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
If Brian Westbrook missed the list
I don’t see how any Bear would have deserved to get on. I really have no problem with this guy’s opinions. Gonna be a lot of tough breaks making a list like this.
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by Just Dave on Jun 26, 2009 4:03 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Has any other team won 40 games the past 4 seasons
Without any of the top 75 players? Jay Cutler is in his honorable mentions, but he didn’t win any of those games.
I guess the Bears lucked into all those wins against opponents with superior talent.
Is Clint Hurdle fired yet? YES
Is Ralph Friedgen fired yet?
Is Vinny Del Negro fired yet?
by ES46NE10 on Jun 26, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
+1
"I'm not so mean. I wouldn't ever go out to hurt anybody deliberately - unless it was, you know, important, like a league game or something." - Dick Butkus
"Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked! I’ve seen teams suck before, but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked!" - Homer
by propheteer on Jun 26, 2009 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Or...
they could’ve been in a weak division and won with depth over starpower.
DEJESUS!!!
by tomas21 on Jun 26, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the bears have depth?
really? at which position?
Camp ifuwanna, we hold you in our heart...
by ifuwannacrownem on Jun 26, 2009 6:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We brought in a couple of backup punters to have a look at not long ago!
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by Spongie on Jun 27, 2009 5:44 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think, personally,
The biggest Bears snub was Olsen. He is one of the best young TEs in the league and I think a lot of coaches would love to build an offense around him. I can understand his case for the rest I guess, but yeah how is there no Calvin Johnson, Aaron Rodgers, Lance Briggs, Eli Manning, Ronnie Brown? Those are some good players.
by GallopingGhost on Jun 26, 2009 11:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
IMO
Dudes like Prisco makes lists like these to generate a ton of blog response traffic. Cowherd makes a living doing this type of stuff, often hyping a guy only to bag on him a few weeks later. Bottom line for me; the Bears had a mediocre season last year and still finished 9-7, second in the North, and one loss out of a wildcard spot. Vikings fans act as if they won the North by 16 games. Good! On NFLN, most of the anchors think the Bears will finish BEHIND Minnie and the Packers. Good! The year the Bears went to the Supebowl, noone had ANYTHING good to say about them until they be the Aints. Good! I think I’d be more worried if half the team was on the list. Blue Collar teams don’t shine; they just get’er done!
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by Fly1965 on Jun 28, 2009 11:21 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Change of heart
When I first looked at this, I thought no way. Same guys everybody mentioned deserved to be on there. After looking at the list though, I can at least see why he put the players on the list that he did. Nobody on the bears team last year had amazing stat years and they missed the playoffs. That should change this year though……
by Rbmann21 on Jun 29, 2009 5:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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