1. 12-08-12 01:47 PM #36
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    Quote Originally Posted by meader99 View Post
    To go along with this, when I think about passion, the last thing that comes to mind is money. Favre admits playing the last year for the Vikings because "the money was to good to pass up." That being said, in todays era, Ray-Ray gets my vote.
    in today's era, ray lewis is at or near the top. but that tells you all you need to know, he routinely shakes hands and chats with guys on the other team before and after games.

    the guys i mentioned would probably try to stab you after the game if you were on the other team
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  2. 12-08-12 02:33 PM #37
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    Jack Youngblood comes to mind, not only did he play the Superbowl with a broken leg, he played in the ProBowl the following week with that broken leg. That's passion for the game!
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  3. 12-08-12 02:34 PM #38
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    Jason Taylor as well.
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  4. 12-08-12 02:48 PM #39
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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    in today's era, ray lewis is at or near the top. but that tells you all you need to know, he routinely shakes hands and chats with guys on the other team before and after games.

    the guys i mentioned would probably try to stab you after the game if you were on the other team
    I dont have a problem with guys that talk before or after the game. I know Ray talks plenty during the game when he smacks his opponent in the mouth. In the 60 minutes that count, Ray isnt chatting it up with anyone.
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  5. 12-08-12 02:52 PM #40
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    Rocky Bleier- if you read all what he endured just to stick around on the Steelers practice squad for years before actually playing in the NFL again.

    Hines Ward- loved/loves the game with big hits and smiles

    george blanda

    Ronnie Lott

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  6. 12-08-12 02:59 PM #41
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    Quote Originally Posted by meader99 View Post
    I dont have a problem with guys that talk before or after the game. I know Ray talks plenty during the game when he smacks his opponent in the mouth. In the 60 minutes that count, Ray isnt chatting it up with anyone.
    true

    but doesn't it seem like football players are all one big fraternity, vs when i was a kid and they really did want to kill each other. part of that comes with free agency/trades/etc, hard to be truly loyal
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  9. 12-08-12 03:46 PM #44
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bostongambler View Post
    Jack Lambert. He was so mean he hated himself.
    You're all to young. Start here fine, but if the name Butkus/Nitschke isn't in the conversation then it's mute. Check out some 60's. 70's FB these current guys are a bunch of wimps. I'll give you R Lewis though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Madison View Post
    You're all to young. Start here fine, but if the name Butkus/Nitschke isn't in the conversation then it's mute. Check out some 60's. 70's FB these current guys are a bunch of wimps. I'll give you R Lewis though.
    you can never be too young, too rich, or too thin
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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    you can never be too young, too rich, or too thin
    Yeah ok you win on that one.

    The point though...
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    Quote Originally Posted by milwaukee mike View Post
    true

    but doesn't it seem like football players are all one big fraternity, vs when i was a kid and they really did want to kill each other. part of that comes with free agency/trades/etc, hard to be truly loyal
    Well, I think a lot of these guys are "buds" off the field. Perhaps we have left out the most passionate of all.......Charles Martin.
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    This guy had more heart and passion for the game than anyone

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    I'd like to know the average age of guys saying Butkus or nitschke.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Told You So! View Post
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  22. 12-09-12 11:58 AM #57
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    Gotta give JJ Watt a mention as well!
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  25. 01-02-15 12:15 PM #60
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    how do you remember what threads you created 2 years ago lol
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  26. 01-02-15 12:19 PM #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by You mad bro View Post
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  27. 01-02-15 12:20 PM #62
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    not anywhere near the best player but as far as passion I'm gunna mention

    Pat Tillman

    even though it was friendly fire, he gave his life for all of us, like anyone who serves

    except he didn't need to, he wasn't hurting for money, he died because he was passionate to be an American

    props Pat, may you never be forgotten.
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    Ronnie Lott for sure

    At the end of the 1985 season in a game against the Cowboys, Ronnie Lott, then in his glory days with the 49ers, mangled his left pinky in a brutal collision with running back Timmy Newsome. Bone fragments and parts of Lott's finger lay somewhere in the turf. Lott came out of the game briefly -- a game his team won to gain a wild-card berth in the NFC playoffs. He bore the agony of his dismembered member in the manner of all Top Guns and Terminators of sports. Enduring the pain was a religion -- or at least a line-item entry in the game's Iliad of make-believe war.
    Singletary would probably make the top 10 list as well.
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    Jack Tatum-no question
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    Quote Originally Posted by darkhat View Post
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    If he would have made it to the NFL, it would shave been this guy.

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