Lunchtime Open Thread: Who Is Your Favorite Non-Cardinals Player?

probably A. Rodgers. I love watching that guy play. He is just incredible. (Also had him on my fantasy team the last couple years. I’m sure that has a lot to do with it!). I would also have to say Drew Brees. Fun to watch.

This is tough because some of my favorite non-Cardinals are on teams that are traditional rivals so I know I’m supposed to despise them. But alas…..

Jason Witten – I used to play tight end so I’ve always had a man-crush on guys who excel at the position. Witten is a complete tight end with the toughness yet lack of ego that I love.

Patrick Willis – What can I say, I hate the team but love watching this guy do his thing. He’s an absolute beast yet doesn’t have the Ray Lewis “look at me” type of vibe.

Also, one of my favorite spare players of all time was Gilbert Brown (Packers NT). It seems like he was only really good for a couple years but I loved his “gravedigger” celebration dance and he was a beast in the trenches the year the Packers won the SB in the late 90’s.

Too bad I can’t pick Derek Anderson. Oh well.

I guess I’ll go with Terrell Suggs, Kyle Kosier, Kyle Williams and all other former Sun Devils in the NFL. I also like Drew Brees just because he is a humble and outstanding QB that came back from a gruesome injury to be great.

Von Miller – Second favourite player from last years draft(I think we all know the favourite), and should become one of the best defensive players in the NFL.

JPP – Same deal as Miller. I used to play as a pass rusher, so I really like DEs and OLBs. Pierre-Paul has all the makings of an perennial 13+ sack guy

Aaron Hernandez – Were it for for injuries early this season, he would have been battling with Gronk and Graham for the TE record. Great versatility, and I see Housler becoming the same kind of mismatch.

Brett Favre – Really liked him in his Packer days. He played the game the right way and was so unpredictable. I love those old school gunslingers.

I can’t bring myself to like any player on a rival team. I’ll respect them, and wish they were a Cardinal, but i could never call them a favourite.

Eric Berry, Ryan Clady, Alex Mack, Darelle Revis, AJ Green, Charles Johnson, Mike Thomas, Jake Locker, Lesean McCoy, etc

no doubts

Back in the day, if some one would have asked me the same question, I would have jumped in immediately with Kurt Warner. I was a huge Warner fan prior to his Cardinals debut so was very happy when they signed him.

so I guess that’s a +1

Mike Tolbert is just awesome because of all the dances he does.

For all time players, I’ll go with Walter Payton.

After watching the Colts fall apart without Manning I have to give Peyton the nod now as my favorite player in the league. Apparently, he can load an entire below average team on his back and take them into the playoffs numerous times and all they way to the SB champs. I just hope he heals enough to play again somewhere at a high level and proves how dominate he can be.

Patrick Willis, Justin Smith, Ray Lewis, Ray Rice, Megatron, Jared Allen (ever seen his Cribs? Weird dude, haha), Troy Polamalu, Tom Brady (pre-Justin Bieber Haircut/Model days), Peyton Manning, Julius Peppers, Charles Woodson, Champ Bailey (sooo underrated, one of the best CB’s to ever play), and I’ll stop before I name half the NFL’s best players.

While I would never consider this guy my favorite player for numerous reasons (bad person, poor work ethic, don’t think he maximizes potential and at least to some extent cares more about the himself than the team), if there is one guy in the league that I would consider the most watchable (ie I will stop down at any moment and pay to see this guy take the field) it would be Mike Vick.

I wouldn’t want him on my team necessarily but when he’s on, there is no one like him and I’m sucked into watching that game like a tractor beam.

Anyone else have players like this?