Coach Prime
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I love both of them. Also maybe he was called “Sweetness “ because of his extra marital affairs.
Well, maybe. But anyone on that team could do as much philandering as he wanted.
I am not an anti-Sanders type, but your saying my opinion about Walter vs Sanders was "outrageous" is your opinion and got under my skin. Who would YOU take first Payton or Sanders if you had to choose as a NFL coach. What about the other posters on edgy chiming in. Who would you all pick first? Walter Payton or Deon Sanders?
Payton and it’s not even close. Sanders was good but I don’t care for his all about me personality. MO
I like them both. But if I'm building a team I'd take Walter to be the foundation of my offense for his 13 years.
I much prefer the high step over the dirty bird, LOL. If I were building a team I would prefer the walk the walk over the talk the talk. Now that being said, I think Deion walked the walk too. I'm in the camp of less said is better. Play on the field should speak for itself. Great debate!
For me, I am taking Payton for sure. It was like I said in my earlier post. I think he was the best all around player of all time. And we have to remember, he wasn't running behind the best OL early in his career. I do believe Payton could have been a DB if he chose to. But, I shudder at the thought of Sanders trying to be a RB. No way in hell Sanders could have taken the pounding Payton took over 13 years while only missing one game. End of story.
Can I take Jim Brown over both?!?! 😂 Deion and Payton are both incredible football players. Too hard to pick for me.
You'll have to check with Gene K. about Jim Brown. We want to keep things civil for a bit
None of this conversation is legit because WP played for the Bears and most Bears fans will choose WP. I am not a Bears fan and no matter what DS off the field personality was, his impact (shut down corner) is and was much greater for any given team. I love WP and bought his Roos back in the day however, there isn't a RB in the league that can't be duplicated in production. There has yet to be another "shut down" corner like DS was.
How do you know this? How can you make a totally far fetch claim on what a persons body can take? This is totally reaching. I'm sure most if not all Chicago fans will take WP but please keep it to facts. LOL. There is nothing that say WP can back pedal and cover. If it were that easy, anybody can do it.
You can make a legit argument Deion wasn’t even the best corner in the league while he played so there’s that working against him.
You can argue anything if you want to be technical.
Both are amongst the best to ever play, they just went about things a different way. Obviously, Deion rubbed some people the wrong way with his personality, but saying he makes it all about him after all he has done for his players the last few years is just a really bad take.
I usually agree with Gene 90+% of the time and I certainly would not characterize his opinion as outrageous. Nonetheless, I would pick Deion Sanders first. Subsequent to the 1970s the NFL quickly evolved into a passing league. Cornerbacks today, and for quite some time now, are simply more valuable than running backs. A top cornerback correlates to winning percentage and championships much more than a top running back. That is why so few running backs are taken in the first round of a draft these days, let alone the top ten picks of a draft. A shut-down cornerback provides tremendous flexibility to a defensive coordinator in how he structures the remainder of the defense for a particular game.
I think if this were a Missouri HS board nobody would care about Sanders being on Walter’s level.
No one can say whether Payton would have been an All Pro at CB. I think Payton was gifted and was very versatile and probably could have played that position better than Sanders at RB. Sanders was a good cover CB but not very physical. That is why I think he couldn't have taken the pounding Payton did. Payton was much more physical. That is inarguable. And there is no reach unless it's in your mind.
He played two professional sports at a high level and has elite speed. It is what it is.
