had a pretty good debate

Was chatting with a guy at work and thought I would get some opinions. we were talking about who you would take ben or terry. I said terry. it got us talking. if you had to choose, I know its meaningless, who would you take if you were drafting knowing what you know now and they were in there prime.


ben or terry
hines or stallworth
shell or troy
webster or pouncey
woodson or blount
harrison or lambert
greg loydd or woodley
jerome or franco

 

BUS better numbers tougher and was the only thing on alot of teams where Franco was great but on a Team Fulll of HOFs! and was soft

 

Ben
Stallworth
Webster
Lambert
Troy (But only if he can stay healthy)
Bettis
Mean Joe Green
Whiz
Cowher!

 

terry
hines
troy
webster
woodson
lambert
greg loydd
jerome

 

Roethlisberger
Stallworth
Troy
Pouncey (Too young to really know much about Webster)
Woodson
Lambert
Loydd
THE BUS!

 

ben or terry BEN
hines or stallworth HINES
shell or troy TROY
webster or pouncey POUNCEY
woodson or blount WOODSON
harrison or lambert HARRISON
greg loydd or woodley WOODLEY
jerome or franco THE BUS

 

Might be a generation gap at quarterback. Both tough as nails, wish Ben had Bradshaw's arm and legs.

 

Some of these choices are obvious but on the other hand some are too close to choose.But it does make you appreciate all the talent that we have had over the years.

 

I am surprised people are taking jerome. I thought franco would be the pick easily.

 

ben
hines
troy
webster
woodson
lambert
greg loydd
jerome

 

I would take the BUS too and I watched them both play. Franco had more speed than Jerome but the power belongs to the BUS!!!

 

- Franco- Fast,Powerful,Better than most give credit to.

 

thanks for the feedback. we got a little heated on a few of them. I took terry, stallworth, webster(he thinks pouncey is the best in the nfl), I took blount because i think he is one of the best to ever play. I know woodson was too but mel was just better I think. donnie shell and troy was tough. he ask me that one and I had a tough time choosing. Troy is one of a kind. I finally said troy. the linebackers also were tough. lambert, ham, and russell are all good. I think harrison is better. he thinks woodley is better than harrison. i said greg was better just to tick him off. as for jerome and franco, I may be wrong but I put franco in top ten all time. I dont think jerome is in that class. I am old enough to remember him play and I know some of you are not. believe me franco takes a back seat to very few

 

Ditto

 

I have seen them all play. My picks are:
ben (toughness)
hines (toughness)
troy (assuming healthy)
webster
blount (assuming another good returner is on the team)
harrison (close)
greg loydd
jerome (tougher)

 

I can see it being heated. A lot of the younger fans may not have seen Terry play but he had better physical tools than Ben and was tough as nails. Bradshaw was faster and thought nothing of taking off with the ball. Lambert could do everything Woodley and Harrison can do but he was much better in coverage.

 

I wonder if jerome had not got his ring if people would think he was better

 

Franco was great but soft Bus would get u those tough yards! where as Franco would run out of bounds not lower his head get that little extra

 

Didn't grow up in the PGH area, but was very familiar with the Steelers of the '70s

BEN over Terry. Bradshaw was very inconsistent over his first 5 yrs, Ben was great. Bradshaw was far more reckless with the ball. Ben wins too.
STALLWORTH over Hines . Stallworth was rightly considered one of the top WR of his time, Hines rarely.
TROY over Shell. Ones an HOFer, the other one isn't. One was Def Player of the year, the other one wasn't, not close.
BLOUNT over Woodson. Close call, two great players, But Blount changed the position.
WEBSTER over Pouncey. Is there any question?
LAMBERT over Harrison. At the age that Harrison finally won a starting job, Lambert was a HOFer.
Lloyd vs Woodley. i'll call this a tie, between two overrated LBs
FRANCO over Jerome . The core offensive component of a dynastic team is an easy choice over a guy who had lots of weak playoff games.

 

Check Bettis playoff statistics, then check Francos. The Bus had A LOT of crappy playoff games, Franco has few. Night/Day. Had the Steelers lost to Indy after Bettis' fumble, I really wonder how different his legacy would be.

 

I have no doubt pouncey will be good, but u guys are right webster is better. I wonder who you all think the best lineman to ever play for the steelers would be. I think webster might be the best. I know some will say the big red head(faneca) dawson was good as well. I wonder if anyone remembers jon kolb. I was to young to really understand line play then. was he pretty good?

 

he would still be better IMO Franco was great but like i said he was Soft would never make the hit like Bus would! playoff statistics? thats nite and day Bus for alot of years WAS the ONLY thing they had on O while Franco had a HOF O so of coause he would have better playoff numbers! Ds would game plan Bus! not Slash Maddox ect ect while Franco you had to game plan Terry Swann Stallworth Blier ect ect! Bus 5. Jerome Bettis - 13,653 GREAT for a big back who took MANY hits! and like i said the only thing the Steelers had on alot of there teams!
11. Franco Harris - 12,120 still great but like i said was on a team full of HOFs and was soft DIDNT like hits! so who cares if he had playoff numbers!