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Elway's already in the HoF, Shannon Sharpe will certainly join him (it's pretty ridiculous that he hasn't already), and I personally think that Terrell Davis will eventually make it in, too.Warner and Faulk will both make the Hall, and while I don't think either Holt or Bruce will join them, they're both borderline and I'm of the opinion that two borderline HoFers is better than one sure-fire HoFer.I think there's a good chance that Favre/Peterson/Moss will eventually all be enshrined, but I think that's a case of right players, wrong times. If we were talking about Favre 10 years ago and Moss 3 years ago, Favre/Peterson/Moss would be up there with the best in NFL history. As it stands, though, Favre and Moss aren't playing anywhere near well enough right now to merit consideration.Bradshaw/Harris/Stallworth (or Bradshaw/Harris/Swann) all meet the HoF criteria, which just goes to show you that the HoF isn't really all it's cracked up to be. In the 9 seasons from 1974 to 1982, Pittsburgh featured Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, Lynn Swann, John Stallworth, and Mike Webster. That's 5 Hall of Famers, almost half of the freaking offense. During that span, Pittsburgh only finished higher than 5th in scoring ONCE. Their average finish during that span was 6th in scoring and 7th in yardage. Personally, I'd expect a teensy bit more from an offense with 5 Hall of Famers. It's a pretty compelling argument why the Hall of Fame isn't all it's cracked up to be when measuring the best triplets of all time.
Anyone who claims that any triplets were better than Aikman, Emmitt and Irvin, quite frankly either didn't watch them play or are biased in their analysis. Of course i've never seen Johny Unitas play, so perhaps it works both ways, lol.Seriously, Aikman is a top 15 of all time QB (at least), Emmit is a top 5 of all time back and we will give Irvin a top 20 of all time WR (at least). That's just sick, and most importantly, their results show it. How many superbowls did they win again, 3? Sorry, but Peyton only has 1.
Damn, forgot about these three....Of course Young/Waters/Rice wasn't too shabby either. I think Young has more TD passes to Rice than Montana. I'd give it to Montana/Rice/Craig over Aikman/Emmit/Irvin, so i'm backtracking on my prior statement, but it is close.
Does anyone else remember that Tecmo Bowl play with Craig that was simply unstoppable? It was a glitch in the system, and the computer would actually push the defender down 2 inches on the screen as Craig ran accross the middle, lol. Our friends had a rule that no one could play with the 49rs.
Agree!!!
Another for the best trips in pro football history.- Dante Lavelli- Marion Motley- Otto GrahamAll original members of the Hall of Fame.Dante Lavelli, just passed last year RIP. Known as 'Glue Fingers' and won rookie of the year in 46 in the AAFC and caught the winning TD in the championship game and in the championsihp game of 1950. Oh and he landed at Omaha beach and faught in Batone at the Battle of the Bulge. Hadn't seen that on Lynn Swan's or Jerry Rice's or Michael Irvin's resume.Graham left with the higest QB passer rating till Joe Montana came along decades later. He went to the championship game every year he played. No other QB in the history of the game can say they went to the championship game every year and left with the top QB passer rating and was inducted into the HOF. Hadn't seen that on Troy Aikman's or Terry Bradshaw's or Joe Montanna's resume.Marion Motley not only is in the HOF and played both on offense and defense but he and OG Bill Willis broke the color line a year before MLB HOFer Jackie Robinson did with the Dodgers. Had't seen that on Emmit Smith's or Rodger Craig's or Franco Harris' resume.No question, the best trips in NFL history.
What's interesting about these three is that they are all overrated as individuals but together became more than the sum of their parts. They were also fortunate enough to have one of the best offensive supporting casts in history.Talent-wise I don't think those three touch some of the other combinations here.
/end thread.
you forgot to add...= Lethal
Darrell Green.
Awesome post.Another for the best trips in pro football history.- Dante Lavelli- Marion Motley- Otto GrahamAll original members of the Hall of Fame.Dante Lavelli, just passed last year RIP. Known as 'Glue Fingers' and won rookie of the year in 46 in the AAFC and caught the winning TD in the championship game and in the championsihp game of 1950. Oh and he landed at Omaha beach and faught in Batone at the Battle of the Bulge. Hadn't seen that on Lynn Swan's or Jerry Rice's or Michael Irvin's resume.Graham left with the higest QB passer rating till Joe Montana came along decades later. He went to the championship game every year he played. No other QB in the history of the game can say they went to the championship game every year and left with the top QB passer rating and was inducted into the HOF. Hadn't seen that on Troy Aikman's or Terry Bradshaw's or Joe Montanna's resume.Marion Motley not only is in the HOF and played both on offense and defense but he and OG Bill Willis broke the color line a year before MLB HOFer Jackie Robinson did with the Dodgers. Had't seen that on Emmit Smith's or Rodger Craig's or Franco Harris' resume.No question, the best trips in NFL history.
No, he's right. Roy Green started his NFL career as a CB.
No disrespect intended, but there were only 8 teams in the league some of those years. He still had to win the titles, yeah... but it's nothing like doing it with 32 teams.
Wow, that is HORRIBLE spelling of "Bradshaw, Harris, Stallworth"...
I actually had originally typed out their names, but I'd already bashed them once in this thread, so I figured I'd spread the hate around a bit.I also considered going with McMahon, Payton, and Gault, but I couldn't bring myself to badmouth any trio that included Sweetness, no matter how bad the other two pieces were.
Garner was awfully close and he only had one less catch than craig that year 91 vs 92.Plus Larry Centers had more catches than each at 101.
I was coming here to post this as well...
Nice research.Do you have this on your computer in an excel file or somesuch?
There is only one "Triplets" ...all HOF'ers2005 IND Peyton Manning-Edgerrin James-Marvin Harrison2004 IND Peyton Manning-Edgerrin James-Marvin Harrison2000 MIN Daunte Culpepper-Robert Smith-Randy Moss2000 IND Peyton Manning-Edgerrin James-Marvin Harrison1999 STL Kurt Warner-Marshall Faulk-Isaac Bruce1999 IND Peyton Manning-Edgerrin James-Marvin Harrison1996 NWE Drew Bledsoe-Curtis Martin-Terry Glenn1994 SFO Steve Young-Ricky Watters-Jerry Rice1993 DAL Troy Aikman-Emmitt Smith-Michael Irvin1991 WAS Mark Rypien-Earnest Byner-Gary Clark1991 BUF Jim Kelly-Thurman Thomas-Andre Reed1990 BUF Jim Kelly-Thurman Thomas-Andre Reed1989 SFO Joe Montana-Roger Craig-John Taylor1988 CIN Boomer Esiason-James Brooks/Ickey Woods-Eddie Brown1987 SFO Joe Montana-Roger Craig-Jerry Rice1983 WAS Joe Theismann-John Riggins-Charlie Brown1982 SDG Dan Fouts-Chuck Muncie-Wes Chandler1981 CIN Ken Anderson-Pete Johnson-Cris Collinsworth1979 PIT Terry Bradshaw-Franco Harris-John Stallworth1978 PIT Terry Bradshaw-Franco Harris-Lynn Swann1978 DAL Roger Staubach-Tony Dorsett-Tony Hill1977 RAM Pat Haden-Lawrence McCutcheon-Harold Jackson1977 DAL Roger Staubach-Tony Dorsett-Drew Pearson1976 MIN Fran Tarkenton-Chuck Foreman-Sammy White1976 BAL Bert Jones-Lydell Mitchell-Roger Carr1975 PIT Terry Bradshaw-Franco Harris-Lynn Swann1975 MIN Fran Tarkenton-Chuck Foreman-John Gilliam1974 STL Jim Hart-Terry Metcalf-Mel Gray1973 RAM John Hadl-Lawrence McCutcheon-Harold Jackson1973 MIA Bob Griese-Mercury Morris/Larry Csonka-Paul Warfield1972 WAS Billy Kilmer-Larry Brown-Charley Taylor1972 MIA Earl Morrall-Larry Csonka-Paul Warfield1971 MIA Bob Griese-Larry Csonka-Paul Warfield1970 OAK Daryle Lamonica-Hewritt Dixon-Fred Biletnikoff1970 NYG Fran Tarkenton-Ron A. Johnson-Clifton McNeil1970 MIA Bob Griese-Larry Csonka-Paul Warfield1969 NYJ Joe Namath-Matt Snell-Don Maynard1968 SDG John Hadl-Dickie Post-Gary Garrison/Lance Alworth1968 NYJ Joe Namath-Matt Snell-George Sauer/Don Maynard1968 DAL Don Meredith-Don Perkins-Bob Hayes/Lance Rentzel1968 CLE Bill Nelsen-Leroy Kelly-Paul Warfield1967 NYJ Joe Namath-Emerson Boozer-George Sauer/Don Maynard1966 KAN Len Dawson-Mike Garrett-Otis Taylor1966 DAL Don Meredith-Dan Reeves-Bob Hayes1965 SFO John Brodie-Ken Willard-Dave Parks1965 SDG John Hadl-Paul Lowe-Lance Alworth1965 CLE Frank Ryan-Jim Brown-Gary Collins1964 WAS Sonny Jurgensen-Charley Taylor-Bobby Mitchell1964 GNB Bart Starr-Jim Taylor-Max McGee1963 SDG Tobin Rote-Paul Lowe/Keith Lincoln-Lance Alworth1963 BUF Jack Kemp-Cookie Gilchrist-Bill Miller/Elbert Dubenion1962 HOU George Blanda-Charley Tolar-Charley Hennigan1962 GNB Bart Starr-Jim Taylor-Boyd Dowler1962 DTX Len Dawson-Abner Haynes/Curtis McClinton-Chris Burford1961 SDG Jack Kemp-Paul Lowe-Dave Kocourek1961 HOU George Blanda-Billy Cannon/Charley Tolar-Bill Groman1959 NYG Charlie Conerly-Frank Gifford-Bob Schnelker1959 BAL Johnny Unitas-Lenny Moore/Alan Ameche-Raymond Berry1958 BAL Johnny Unitas-Lenny Moore/Alan Ameche-Raymond Berry1957 SFO Y.A. Tittle-Hugh McElhenny-Clyde Conner/Billy Wilson1957 BAL Johnny Unitas-Lenny Moore-Raymond Berry/Jim Mutscheller1956 NYG Charlie Conerly-Frank Gifford/Alex Webster-Kyle Rote1955 RAM Norm Van Brocklin-Ron Waller-Tom Fears1955 GNB Tobin Rote-Howie Ferguson-Billy Howton1954 RAM Norm Van Brocklin-Dan Towler-Bob Boyd1954 DET Bobby Layne-Doak Walker/Bill Bowman-Dorne Dibble/Leon Hart1953 CLE Otto Graham-Chick Jagade-Dante Lavelli1952 RAM Norm Van Brocklin-Dan Towler-Elroy Hirsch1952 DET Bobby Layne-Bob Hoernschemeyer/Pat Harder-Cloyce Box1951 RAM Bob Waterfield-Dan Towler-Tom Fears/Elroy Hirsch1951 CLE Otto Graham-Dub Jones-Dante Lavelli1950 RAM Bob Waterfield-**** Hoerner-Tom Fears1950 CLE Otto Graham-Marion Motley-Mac Speedie
That is high praise coming from a Fin fan of that era with Marino and the Marks . Please, stop the hate.
I really didn't mean anything negative toward the Bills' Super Bowl era. When you're evaluating something like this for fun, there are only so many things you can use for comparison. Game statistics, tenure, and playoff success are three tangible comparables. Regular season sweeps, not so much so. You can't have a triplet conversation without paying homage to Kelly-Thomas-Reed. However, ask any player - former or present - what the ultimate goal/differentiator/measure of greatness is and they will tell you it's all about winning Super Bowls. I agree and weighted playoff record and Super Bowl wins heavily in my attempt to rank the best.alg said:
I just kinda did this by hand while using Doug Drinen's pro-football-reference site as a guide. I thought about avg'ing a little more and did so on the total TD stats, but I also wanted to give credit for length of time as triplets. I think the 49er triplets could've gone toe-to-toe with the Steeler or Cowboy version - but I thought doing it together for 10 years and with Super Bowl success earned Pittsburgh and Dallas the two top rankings.Bri said:
Hard to beat what the Rams had, but Bruce instead of Holt.
