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Surf-Bat
09-02-2009, 03:29 AM
16 is a nice, even number.

Tackles, No Order:

Roosevelt Brown
Anthony Munoz
Forrest Gregg
Art Shell
Ron Mix
Jackie Slater
Dan Dierdorf
Ron Yary
Bob Brown
Gary Zimmerman
Bob St. Claire
Stan Jones
Jim Covert
Rayfield Wright
Orlando Pace
Willie Roaf

Guards, No Order:

Jim Parker
Mike Munchak
Bruce Matthews
John Hannah
Jerry Kramer
Russ Grimm
Tom Mack
Dennis Harrah
Gene Upshaw
Bob Kuchenberg
Joe Delamielleure
Bob Young
Steve Wisniewski
Gene Hickerson
Larry Little
Randall McDaniel

Opinions/suggestions are welcome.

Heck, I'll toss in a dozen centers, just to make things interesting:

Mike Webster
Dwight Stephenson
Jim Ringo
Mel Hein
George Trafton
Jim Langer
Jim Otto
Mick Tingelhoff
Jeff Van Note
Jay Hilgenberg
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner
Chuck Bednarik
CaptainComeback
09-03-2009, 09:43 AM
I would throw Larry Allen in with the guards, Ogden in with the tackles, and Dawson in with the centers. I also like Boselli as an honorable mention - he was the best tackle I ever saw play, but obviously, longevity will keep him off most of these types of lists.
Surf-Bat
09-03-2009, 11:47 AM
I would throw Larry Allen in with the guards, Ogden in with the tackles, and Dawson in with the centers. I also like Boselli as an honorable mention - he was the best tackle I ever saw play, but obviously, longevity will keep him off most of these types of lists.

Good picks.

Re: Boselli. He was kind of the offensive line equivilant of Rich "Tombstone" Jackson. Both were utterly dominant and if they'd only had that one missing ingredient- longevity- probably could have been the greatest the game ever saw at their respective positions. Maybe Bo Jackson falls into that category as well.
CaptainComeback
09-03-2009, 09:55 PM
Re: Boselli. He was kind of the offensive line equivilant of Rich "Tombstone" Jackson. Both were utterly dominant and if they'd only had that one missing ingredient- longevity- probably could have been the greatest the game ever saw at their respective positions. Maybe Bo Jackson falls into that category as well.

Agreed on all counts.
football junkie
10-02-2009, 07:46 PM
I'd recommend Kent Hull at one of the centers.