Do people forget Ted Hendricks and Jim Otto payed here?
My vote is always for The Mad Stork. Jim might actually be the GOAT NFL Cane but our newer players are hard to beat. If you didn't see Ted play, if is hard to understand why he is above guys like Ed Reed, ST,rip, and Ray. The guy was a over sized T-rex with unbelievably long arms and gear like hands on the field. You could not run away from him, your ONLY choice was to run straight at him and pray. In the NFL he was the only player that Jimmy the Greek would give one point to the team he was on just because he was on it. Reason? It was hard to find a game where did not block a punt, field goal and extra point. Remember we are not talking about some modern QB being worth points regardless of team. Ted is our GOAT.
Now, Mr Ed Reed was frigging unbelievable difference maker and but for Ted, a clear GOAT. Heck I will give him GOAT 1A, because he made the difference on the field on a team with greats everywhere. ST, rip, was not human. He was like a si fi creature. BUT he failed to be the difference in the biggest game of his life (college) when he let some smuck steal his pick 6. Score that 100 yard six and ST would be the untouchable GOAT. Ask yourself, does Ed Reed get stripped that night? **** no. But at Miami, the GOAT is a matter on a second or two because we have guys like Ray Lewis, maybe GOAT of entire NFL, Jim Kelly, Playmaker, Tez, JB, two Heisman winners, several number one picks, a guy like Edge, and the QB who gave us that first NC against all odds, sitting on the sideline trying to get into the discussion.
We have some many who are so great that GOAT does not suffice but there can be only one. For a me, Ted gets the nod in a photo finish with about a dozen guys. He was a CANE before there was THE U. He in many ways is the OC so to speak. The dude was, lets say quirky. It was a very white straight lace time in CG when he was here but Ted could have rolled into any team in the glory years and been the ring leader of all things fun. Heck, I am not if sure a lot of "guys" could have rode with Ted. Ask, Mike. Playmaker as much as said so.
