Who are the best quarterbacks in NFL history? How about running backs?
Wide receivers? How can we objectively rate the performance of
individual defensive players? And how can we make reasonable judgments
about players at different positions and from different eras? Who is the
greatest football player of all time? Jerry Rice? Lawrence Taylor? Jim
Brown?
Such are the questions pondered by pro football writer Steve Silverman
late at night (and during the day). As statistician Elliott Kalb did
with baseball, basketball, and golf, Silverman now takes the next step
with Who's Better, Who's Best in Football?. Taking the analytical
methods he developed over his years as a senior editor at Pro Football
Weekly, he applies them to an evaluation of players going back to the
earliest days of the NFL. The result is a fascinating ranking of the
best of the gridiron, from legendary old-timers like Dick Butkus to
present-day superstars like Peyton Manning.
Throughout, Silverman discusses the many considerations that must be
made when comparing modern players with players of past eras and players
at different positions. Including biographical essays on those top 65
players and detailed statistics for their playing careers, Who's
Better, Who's Best in Football? is a must-have for anyone who considers
football to be more than just a game.
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