He never really had a line or management that would build a winning team around him but that never held him back from producing. I also liked the way he went out too; he marched to his own drum.

I have always really liked Brett Favre too. I don’t think there has ever been another player with just a pure love for the game as him. I think he’d pay the NFL to let him play if he had his choice. The game he played where his father passed and he lit it up was nothing less than inspirational. Whether you like him or not, you have to at least give him that!

I think he is a good person

I had the pleasure of seeing both Jim Brown and Gayle Sayers play, and there is no doubt in my mind that, had he not had the knee injury, Sayers would’ve been the greatest RB of all time. The man was pure poetry in motion.
 With that said, no player was more fun to watch than the late Walter Payton. There is no nickname more appropriate for an athlete than Sweetness, because he was just sweet to watch.

When I say I have been a Cardinals fan forever, I mean forever. I was given an autographed football the day I was born. It has ever player from the 1969 Cardinals. It was given to my Grandfather, for me, by Larry Wilson. They were cousins.

I am very proud of what Larry did and represented as a player and a Cardinal.

I’ll narrow it down to two (excluding Cardinals’ players b/c they should probably get thier own story):

- Derrick Thomas – I always loved that guy and maybe his tragic ending puts it over the top. I still remember the game when he had seven sacks in one game.
- Jerome Bettis – How can you not like the Phat Back? The Bus just got the job done, not flashy, just effective.

Favorite player because of pure passion for the game (even before the military) has to be Pat Tillman. I imagine he will be a trendy pick. The dude was good on and off the field. Also although he may not be my favorite player Bertrand Berry is a very genuine person.

One day I pulled into Best Buy in Mesa behind him and followed him into the store (not in a stalker type of way because that were I was headed to). I was walking behind him and said out loud “Berry”. He turned around and we started talking. This was right after he took the big pay cut before last year so as not to get cut and my stupid self said “I’m glad you took a pay cut in order to stay a Cardinal” to which he said “yeah, you know it was worth it. I like it here and we have a bright future”. We talked a little longer and I gave him a business card. Every so often I get invitations in the mail to his charities activities.

KURT WARNER. He’s a class-act and won the Walter Peyton Man of the Year award this year. What else can you say about him? Great guy. Very religous. Helps the community. There’s really not a lot of negatives you can point out about his personality. Not to mention he’s a great player. As we all know, he took 3 teams to a Super Bowl and won it once. He took the Cardinals more importantly. And he’s a 2 time MVP. Oh yeah and he’s coming back to lead us again.

Aeneas Williams? Bill Ring? Scott McCready? Joe Montana? Jerry Rice? Neil Lomax? OJ Anderson? Ray Guy? Stabler? Man, that’s hard.

Williams would have to be my favourite Cardinal of all-time but not necessarily my favourite football player of all time since I had to watch a lot of non-Cardinal games over the years before Sunday Ticket. I’ll say “Earl Campbell” but that could change.

the shifty little running back that played w Lawrence Taylor in NY? Always liked him (maybe just because of Super Tecmo Bowl)

Enough said!!

That was the era when I first started watching football and playing Tecmo Bowl. To me they seemed larger than life stars. This was before I had any allegiance and just liked watching highlights.

LT invented a position we are talking about drafting! He was the man! I forgot to add him.

Man I used to love the excitement he brought to every game. A bit like KW now with Fitz and Q, Marino had Duper and Clayton coming up with spectacular catches and no game was ever over. He was a pure pocket passer and it sucks that he never won a SB. Got to see him live in Miami v Cardinals game in 99 and while I was screaming for the Cards that day, he still had enough to pull out the win.

Jerry Rice. Made every QB he played with look great and helped two of them into the HoF.

I used to pretend to be Stump Mitchell all the time as a youngster. Dad was Neil Lomax and my brother was Roy Green. Those were the days.

My favorite present day player, issues aside, is Anquan Boldin. I just love the way the guy can catch a 5 yard pass and run through the entire defense.