My Top 5 Players EVER!

Hi, with lots of talk about if Tom Brady is the greatest of all time, lots of people have been talking about who really is. First some breaking news that the Giants release veteran WR Victor Cruz and veteran RB Rashad Jennings. Here are my top 5 players ever:

5. Randy Moss, WR, Vikings, Patriots, Raiders, Titans, 49ers 1998-2012
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Randy Moss

Moss was something that the NFL might never see again. He was a crazy athlete. The Vikings stole him 21st overall in the draft his year and he won Offensive Rookie of the Year. He had a few great seasons with the Vikings before being traded to the Raiders for a bunch of draft picks. Moss wasn't good on the Raiders and he didn't like being on the Raiders. He was traded to the Patriots where he was insane. He broke the NFL all-time record with Tom Brady catching 23 TD passes. He helped the Patriots become undefeated except for their insane loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl. He had some more great seasons with the Patriots before being traded back to the Vikings. The rest of his career wasn't really great. He finished his career with 15200 receiving yards and 156 receving TDs. We may never see such a crazy athlete again in the NFL.

4. Joe Montana, QB, 49ers, Chiefs 1979-1994:

Joe Montana

Montana was one of the best QBs ever. Everyone knows who the guy is. He lead the 49ers to 4 Super Bowl wins in which he won 3 Super Bowl MVPs. In his rookie year Montana was the backup QB but midway through his second season he became starter. in 1984, Montana lead the 49ers to a at the time league most wins ever 15-1. The Niners made it to the Super Bowl and beat the Dolphins 44-10 where Montana was named Super Bowl MVP by throwing for 330 yards and 3 TDs. Montana then had a few good seasons but they had some injuries in them and some question whether he should be the starting QB but he regained his starting spot and lead the 49ers to a crazy last minute Super Bowl win vs the Bengals. The next season the 49ers won the Super Bowl AGAIN lead by Joe Montana who had a great game and Montana won his 3rd Super Bowl MVP award. He wasn't that great the rest of his career due to injuries, he was traded to the Chiefs and was decent but got the Chiefs to the AFC Championship. One of the best QBs ever retired soon after. He finished his career with 40000 passing yards and 273 passing TDs.

3. Jerry Rice, WR, 49ers, Raiders, Seahawks 1985-2004:

Jerry Rice

Debatably the best player ever but I don't think he's quite there. He is the best receiver ever though and no one will likely ever be better than him and if there is it won't be for awhile. The 49ers traded up to draft Rice 16th overall in the 1985 draft over the Dallas Cowboys who wanted him too but had the 17th overall pick. In his rookie year he was great, he won Rookie of the Year and averaged 19 yards per catch which is pretty crazy. The next season Rice was great. He caught 15 TDs and 1500 yards. He was named Offensive Player of the Year by AP. The next season the 49ers won the Super Bowl against the Bengals and he was a big part of it. That season he averaged 20 yards per catch and he caught 1300 yards worth of balls and 9 TDs. In the Super Bowl he had 215 yards and a TD. He won Super Bowl MVP! The next season Rice caught 82 balls for 1400 yards and 17 Tds!!! Crazy...  
The 49ers made it back to the Super Bowl and in their SB win he had 3 TD catches and 148 yards. The next year he had 1500 yards, and 13 TDs on 100 receptions. The 49ers came just short of the Super Bowl losing to the Giants in the NFC Championship game. After a few more insane seasons including one with a league best 1800 receiving yards and he also helped the 49ers win another Super Bowl. After that Rice got injured the next season and then his next 2 seasons he failed to have 1000 yard seasons after his insane last few seasons. In 2001 Rice left the Niners to join the Raiders. Rice had 2 1000 yard seasons but in after his 3rd season he was frusturated with the team and requested a trade. He was traded to the Seahawks where he had a decent season and then retired. Over his long career, Rice racked up 22800 receiving yards and 197 receiving TDs. He is the greatest receiver ever.

Tom Brady

2. Tom Brady, QB, Patriots 2000-STILL PLAYING:
The best QB ever and arguably the best player ever, Tom Brady is number 2 on my all-time best list. Everyone knows Bradys crazy story about how he was a 6th round pick thrust into the starting role and later became the best QB ever to play football. Brady's first season he was the backup QB to Drew Bledsoe but the next season in week 2 the Jets Mo Lewis hit Bledsoe so hard that he had internal bleeding. Brady came in but the Pats still lost. Brady picked it up though and lead the then at the time 0-2 Patriots to a playoff berth with a first round BYE. Brady lead the Pats to a win vs the Raiders in the divisional round and then in the AFC championship he injured his leg but was back when the Patriots ending up winning and moving on to the Super Bowl vs the Rams. Brady had a Super Bowl MVP winning performance when the Patriots won by a field goal in the closing seconds of the game. At the start of the next season Drew Bledsoe was traded to the Bills so Tom Brady had the starting job all to himself. The next season the Patriots missed the playoffs with a 9-7 record, Tom Brady didn't have that good of a season. Tom Brady and the Patriots had a great year the next year going 14-2. Brady was a candidate for MVP but didn't win. The Patriots made it back to the Super Bowl that year and took down the Carolina Panthers where Brady won MVP again and the Patriots kicker Adam Vinateri had another last second game winning field goal to win the Super Bowl. The next season Brady lead the Pats to win ANOTHER Super Bowl vs the Eagles this time. The season after Brady was good again but in the postseason, the Broncos beat the Patriots. The year after THAT the Colts ending up beating Brady and the Patriots in the AFC Championship. Brady was good again. In his next few seasons, Brady won 2 more Super Bowls and won league MVP a few times. Brady will go down as the greatest QB ever when he retires (whenever that is). Brady currently has 61000 passing yards along with 456 passing touchdowns. Brady is insane!

Jim Brown, my best player of all time

1. Jim Brown, RB, Browns 1957-1965:
Some people may not even know who this is, but he is the greatest player of all time. Brown was 6th overall pick in the 1957 NFL draft by the Browns. Brown was insane. He had a 230 rushing yard game in his rookie year which was a single game record at the time. By the end of his first season, Brown racked up 942 yards and 9 TDs, he won rookie of the year. He was also selected to the pro bowl like he was every year of his 9 year career. When Brown retired, he had an amazing resume. Rookie of the Year, 3 time league MVP, Super Bowl champ and more. At the time when he retired he owned all of these records, Most single season rushing yards (1800), most career rushing yards (12300), the NFLs all time touchdown record at 106 rushing TDs, total TDs (127), and finally leader in all-purpose yards 15500. He owned ALL OF THOSE RECORDS AT THE TIME PLUS HIS
INSANE RESUME. Even though most of those records have been broken by now, at the time, Brown was so dominate to have all of those records its crazy. Back then the league was different and it was harder to dominate in all categories like he did. He also owns the record of 6 4 TD games which is still a record and he had one season a 5.4 average yards per carry which is an insane record that hasn't been broken. Brown is the best RB ever and in my opinion the best player ever!

Thanks for reading this huge long post...it took a really long time to write!!! :)

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