Greatest NFL Player Tournament - (14) Deacon Jones vs (20) Tom Brady

[iowajerms]

This Week

11th seed - DB Ronnie Lott vs 21st seed - RB Gale Sayers
14th seed - DE Deacon Jones vs 20th seed - QB Tom Brady

Seeds are based on a ranking from NFL.com. I did not include the two offensive linemen that are in the top 24.

This will be double elimination. Allowed to change votes until deadline. Higher seed advances in case of a tie.

Bracket

Spoiler: ”First Round Matchups”

Barry Sanders vs Ray Lewis thread
Don Hutson vs Bob Lily thread
Joe Greene vs Gale Sayers thread
Deacon Jones vs Brett Favre thread
Ronnie Lott vs John Elway thread
Dick Butkus vs Dan Marino thread
Otto Graham vs Bronko Nagurski thread

Spoiler: 2nd Round Championship Bracket

Jerry Rice vs Barry Sanders thread
Peyton Manning vs Don Hutson thread
Walter Peyton vs Joe Green thread
Joe Montana vs Sammy Baugh thread
Lawrence Taylor vs Deacon Jones thread
Johnny Unitas vs Ronnie Lott thread
Reggie White vs Dan Marino thread
Jim Brown vs Otto Graham thread

Spoiler: Consolation Round 2

Otto Graham vs Ray Lewis thread
Dan Marino vs Bob Lilly thread

 

[HammerDown]

Deacon Jones.

Please people. Post honestly here.

 

[Southieinnc]

Deacon Jones.

Please people. Post honestly here.

Your vote was expected. Everybody else? Seriously?

"What separated Jones from every other defensive end..... was the first pass rusher to use the head slap, a move that he said was, "...to give myself an initial head start on the pass rush, in other words an extra step. Because anytime you go upside a man's head … or a woman"

Deacon Jones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[sonnyblack65]

Deacon Jones.

Please people. Post honestly here.

he was good in The Ugly Dachshund. Hammer glad your not to proud to beg. Please please people

 

[Southieinnc]

he was good in The Ugly Dachshund. Hammer glad your not to proud to beg. Please please people

 

[NWPATSFAN]

I'd be willing to bet half the SportsHoopla posters never saw Deacon play.

 

[BF4L]

Tough choice...Had to be a homer though.

 

[HammerDown]

Deacon Jones was the definition of total domination in the pattern of LT.

Tom Brady is a product of the talent and coaching surrounding him. Deacon Jones would probably leave Tom Terrible dead if he played in the same era.

This one isn't even close.

 

[sonnyblack65]

Deacon Jones was the definition of total domination in the pattern of LT.

Tom Brady is a product of the talent and coaching surrounding him. Deacon Jones would probably leave Tom Terrible dead if he played in the same era.

This one isn't even close.

Yeah sure? your boy Merriman tried, Suggs,Harrison, Lewis etc and they cant hurt the man, Brady is tough as they come and Deacon would be carried off after Brady slammed him. When people speak of QB's they mention Montana and Brady Deacon was really good, but name hardly brought up . This one isn't even close Keep begging and using your alias id's to vote against Brady

 

[Rex Racer]

Deacon Jones was the definition of total domination in the pattern of LT.

Tom Brady is a product of the talent and coaching surrounding him. Deacon Jones would probably leave Tom Terrible dead if he played in the same era.

This one isn't even close.

David Givens & Deion Branch made Tom Brady great.

signed,

Hammerdown

 

[Southieinnc]

Deacon Jones was the definition of total domination in the pattern of LT.

Tom Brady is a product of the talent and coaching surrounding him. Deacon Jones would probably leave Tom Terrible dead if he played in the same era.

This one isn't even close.

Deacon Jones would slap you in the head!

 

[iowajerms]

1 more day

 

[iowajerms]

I think Brady is extremely underranked. I think he was 1 of 2 QBs who really defined this generation of QBs.

 

[Money]

Yeah sure? your boy Merriman tried, Suggs,Harrison, Lewis etc and they cant hurt the man, Brady is tough as they come and Deacon would be carried off after Brady slammed him. When people speak of QB's they mention Montana and Brady Deacon was really good, but name hardly brought up . This one isn't even close Keep begging and using your alias id's to vote against Brady

Good one Sonny

 

[Battlelyon]

El Cheato Brady

 

[Shanemansj13]

*Brady

I had to

 

[iowajerms]

Cheater or not, for the past 15 years, he and Manning have been the 2 QBs that have defined their era. For the longest time (until Manning won the SB), the comparison was Manning's records vs Brady's rings.

 

[Tgann69]

Yeah sure? your boy Merriman tried, Suggs,Harrison, Lewis etc and they cant hurt the man, Brady is tough as they come and Deacon would be carried off after Brady slammed him. When people speak of QB's they mention Montana and Brady Deacon was really good, but name hardly brought up . This one isn't even close Keep begging and using your alias id's to vote against Brady

C'mon Sonny.

Suggs couldnt hurt Brady? More like the refs wont "allow" Suggs to hurt Brady which I agree.

 

[SonnyCID]

Deacon Jones would slap you in the head!

"When you slap a man upside the head... or a woman... they become disoriented." - Deacon Jones

Greatest quote by an athlete ever. A true equal rights champion.

 

[HammerDown]

Deacon Jones got a 3:1 vote ratio here which I find preposterously low but SportsHoopla has become a halfway house for recovering Pats fans so I understand it.