Britney Spears said:
Evilgrin 72 said:
Ward has inferior stats but is widely regarded as the most complete receiver in football and is a guy who makes his teammates and his team better.
Oh come on. I hope you are drunk and homering up for the game, but this is silly.Most complete receiver would include, you know, WR type things like running routes longer than 15 yards.Hines is a great player. Toughest WR? Sure. Best blocker? Sure. He's a possession WR that adds a ton of value in other areas. Let's leave it at that. This poll is silly too, choosing TO as the counterpart.Let's get back to the question if Hines makes the HOF, that's a lot more interesting IMO.
All I'm saying is that Hines is a great player and Owens is a great talent, but loves him some him and does nothing to make his team or his teammates better. He's clearly a more talented pass-catcher than Ward, there's no doubt about it, but if he's such a great PLAYER, why do teams keep letting him walk away with a "good riddance?" because in many ways, he hurts the team more than he helps.All that should go into determining who the best players in football are. It's not the hall of stats. A lot of people, if you re-phrased this poll, would say they'd rather have Ward on their team than Owens? Why? If Owens is so much better, wouldn't it be a no-brainer to have him over Ward? Why should consideration for the HOF be any different?Look, this isn't to say Ward will get in or Owens won't. It's just how I would consider people if I had a vote. The whole body of work, not just the #s. it's just one guys opinion, and it's got nothing to do with Ward. If you gave me Rod Smith or Owens, I'd take Smith too.