DD to Break Sterling's Catch Record. Best WR EVER in GB?

[The Leaper]

I know this: Driver is really good, and I think we all underapreciate him still.

I don't think anyone underappreciates him. Driver simply disappears in the red zone...which is one reason why we can't score down there. He's probably one of the 5 best receivers currently in the NFL between the 20s...but he is a liability in the red zone.

Hutson or Sharpe...those guys were a threat anywhere on the field at any time. They exhibited dominance that Driver has never achieved, despite a very high level of play.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I have a hard time believing there are a dozen guys this year you would take over Driver.

Lets see, maybe Moss... and who? Driver has been studly this season. Has yet another probowl trip ont he radar.

Larry Fitzgerald
Q
Reggie Wayne
Brandon Marshall
Dwayne Bowe
Greg Jennings
Andre Johnson
Steve Smith
Lee Evans
Roddy white
Wes Welker
Santonio Holmes
Hines Ward
Housh
Ocho Cinco
Marques Colston
Desean Jackson
Calvin Johnson

About 5-10 more i could list that are perhaps debatable. I listed 18 right off the top of my head.

[sharpe1027]

Over about 10 years, Hutson lead the league in receiving touchdowns 9 times, receptions 8 times, yards 7 times and yards/catch 2 times. Nobody has ever come close to being so consistently dominate.

Those that want to argue that players are just better today...what is the point in making these types of comparisons? All sports change over time so I think the only fair comparison is against the guys on the field at the same time and how much better you are compared to them.

Give Hutson the benefit of today's training and other advantages in the rules and the pass-happy offenses and who knows? Maybe he would still have been dominate today. No way to know or even to make a solid argument about it.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Hutson and frankly, it's not really close.

[Badgerinmaine]

The argument for Hutson is a bit like the argument of why Babe Ruth was a superior baseball player to either Hank Aaron or Willie Mays when you are comparing players across eras. The margin between Hutson and his contemporaries is far larger than the gap between any of the more recent Packers receivers, just as Ruth was so far ahead of nearly all of his contemporaries. That's a sign that you are a game changing player, and I think it fits for Ruth and Hutson.

Incidentally, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an online poll on this topic. 3,462 votes are in, and here are the results:

Don Hutson 35%
Sterling Sharpe 25%
Donald Driver 23%
James Lofton 13%
Boyd Dowler 2%
"Someone else": 2%

That looks about right, though I would have Lofton quite a bit higher. I wonder who the "someone else" voters had in mind: Carroll Dale? Gary Knafelc? Antonio Freeman?

[Tyrone Bigguns]

DD over lofton.

[sharpe1027]

The argument for Hutson is a bit like the argument of why Babe Ruth was a superior baseball player to either Hank Aaron or Willie Mays when you are comparing players across eras. The margin between Hutson and his contemporaries is far larger than the gap between any of the more recent Packers receivers, just as Ruth was so far ahead of nearly all of his contemporaries. That's a sign that you are a game changing player, and I think it fits for Ruth and Hutson.

Incidentally, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an online poll on this topic. 3,462 votes are in, and here are the results:

Don Hutson 35%
Sterling Sharpe 25%
Donald Driver 23%
James Lofton 13%
Boyd Dowler 2%
"Someone else": 2%

That looks about right, though I would have Lofton quite a bit higher. I wonder who the "someone else" voters had in mind: Carroll Dale? Gary Knafelc? Antonio Freeman?

From a popularity standpoint, I would guess that Driver gains lots of votes and Lofton loses a lot of votes.

Someone else...Kitrick Taylor?

[Pugger]

The argument for Hutson is a bit like the argument of why Babe Ruth was a superior baseball player to either Hank Aaron or Willie Mays when you are comparing players across eras. The margin between Hutson and his contemporaries is far larger than the gap between any of the more recent Packers receivers, just as Ruth was so far ahead of nearly all of his contemporaries. That's a sign that you are a game changing player, and I think it fits for Ruth and Hutson.

Incidentally, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an online poll on this topic. 3,462 votes are in, and here are the results:

Don Hutson 35%
Sterling Sharpe 25%
Donald Driver 23%
James Lofton 13%
Boyd Dowler 2%
"Someone else": 2%

That looks about right, though I would have Lofton quite a bit higher. I wonder who the "someone else" voters had in mind: Carroll Dale? Gary Knafelc? Antonio Freeman?

From a popularity standpoint, I would guess that Driver gains lots of votes and Lofton loses a lot of votes.

Someone else...Kitrick Taylor?

I would've put Lofton at #2 behind Hutson and Sharpe at #3.

[Bretsky]

Bretsky is not old enough to see Hutson play

But Sharpe is hands down the best WR Bretsky has witnessed
After that I'd definitely say James Lofton is the next best

[Bretsky]

Where is Ruvell Martin

[MichiganPackerFan]

Where is Ruvell Martin

Yeah, doesnt team chemistry count for anything anymore?

[SnakeLH2006]

I have a hard time believing there are a dozen guys this year you would take over Driver.

Lets see, maybe Moss... and who? Driver has been studly this season. Has yet another probowl trip ont he radar.

Larry Fitzgerald
Q
Reggie Wayne
Brandon Marshall
Dwayne Bowe
Greg Jennings
Andre Johnson
Steve Smith
Lee Evans
Roddy white
Wes Welker
Santonio Holmes
Hines Ward
Housh
Ocho Cinco
Marques Colston
Desean Jackson
Calvin Johnson

About 5-10 more i could list that are perhaps debatable. I listed 18 right off the top of my head.

Normally I would never agree with a Ty post, but glad I didn't have to make a list. That suffices and agree there's even more WR's I would take over DD in 2009 (not on age but on game ability).

Despite it all, he's a nice guy and a good player, but not even close to being a dominate WR. Consistent guy you can count on...but 2nd fiddle with a better WR and worthless in the redzone for TD's.

I agree with Bretsky. Sharpe was the most dominate WR by far I've EVER seen. I never saw Hutson...but I'm sure he was well ahead his time, but doubt he could hold a candle to the stars at WR today with his sleight frame/speed with today's standards. He'd be Wes Welker.