75th Anniversary team:
http://www.nfl.com/history/legends/75th
Just like the QB thread: I'll list the 75th Anniversary Team selections and we'll assume +1 spot per position (C, G and OT) for the next 25 years.
I am also assuming (though you need not) that the players chosen for the 75th Anniversary Team are the best representatives for the game's first 75 years... so I won't be trading off Mel Hein for Chuck Bednarik... but if I felt the need to add two centers of the last 25 years I would have to remove one from the previous 75.
C: Mel Hein and Mike Webster
+1: Dawson or Stephenson... tough call...
G: Gene Upshaw, John Hannah, Jim Parker
+1: Randall McDaniel ? Alan Faneca?
T: Anthony Munoz, Forrest Gregg, Roosevelt Brown
+1: no offense intended but none of those coming to mind (Stan Jones, Jonathan Ogden, Orlando Pace) seem to fit with the three above... maybe Art Shell??
What do you think?
75th -> 100th: OL
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Re: 75th -> 100th: OL
If forced to add a Center, I would choose Jim Otto. I would be fine with having only two C's on the 100th team (Hein & Webster).
The best "post 75th" G I saw was Larry Allen of the Cowboys. I would add him over Faneca, and if there are only three Gs on the 100th team then I would have Allen replace Upshaw (Hannah, Parker, Allen).
Ogden and Boselli were the best "post 75th" OTs I saw, and Boselli had a short career. I would have Ogden replace Rosey Brown on the team, with the three OTs being Munoz, Gregg, Ogden.
The best "post 75th" G I saw was Larry Allen of the Cowboys. I would add him over Faneca, and if there are only three Gs on the 100th team then I would have Allen replace Upshaw (Hannah, Parker, Allen).
Ogden and Boselli were the best "post 75th" OTs I saw, and Boselli had a short career. I would have Ogden replace Rosey Brown on the team, with the three OTs being Munoz, Gregg, Ogden.
Re: 75th -> 100th: OL
Joe Thomas could be interesting versus Ogden and Pace, I'd take him over the latter. Roaf not quite, Walter Jones has too short a peak - one person's view.
Re: 75th -> 100th: OL
Also hate the idea of knocking guys off but I suppose the 200 year team have 7 centers or something.
Re: 75th -> 100th: OL
I would choose Bruce Matthews as a versatile utility man. He made 14 Pro Bowls at guard and center. I know Pro Bowls are not always a true measure of a player's worth (Larry Allen was making Pro Bowls after he could barely move,) but Matthews was making 1st Team All Pro two seasons before he retired.