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Toughest NFL player EVER! (1 Viewer)

He very well could be the toughest player ever but I always struggle with that as because no matter how tough he is, he has also been incredibly lucky. As they say football is a game of inches, in this case what if a hit he took to the thigh or leg had been half an inch higher or lower? 3 degrees different? He isnt built differently, his ligaments and bones snap just like another humans if hit right. The times he has played hurt have been amazing but to play that long in the league, streak or no streak, you have to be tough and also lucky. Luck doesnt take away from his "toughness" for me but it makes it an impossible to measure thing, which in turn makes it really fun to discuss!

 
dwyadog said:
He very well could be the toughest player ever but I always struggle with that as because no matter how tough he is, he has also been incredibly lucky. As they say football is a game of inches, in this case what if a hit he took to the thigh or leg had been half an inch higher or lower? 3 degrees different? He isnt built differently, his ligaments and bones snap just like another humans if hit right. The times he has played hurt have been amazing but to play that long in the league, streak or no streak, you have to be tough and also lucky. Luck doesnt take away from his "toughness" for me but it makes it an impossible to measure thing, which in turn makes it really fun to discuss!
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Another vote for TOUGHEST.
 
Ignoramus said:
Flawed. :tebow:
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Actually, there are three correct answers, and they're all former Florida Gators.1. Jack Youngblood, who once played an entire playoffs on a broken leg.2. Emmitt Smith, who once separated his shoulder and still put up a Dallas-record 42 rushes and receptions.3. Tim Tebow, who once walked into Burger King and ordered a Big Mac... and got it.
 
SSOG said:
Ignoramus said:
Flawed.

:tebow:
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Actually, there are three correct answers, and they're all former Florida Gators.1. Jack Youngblood, who once played an entire playoffs on a broken leg.

2. Emmitt Smith, who once separated his shoulder and still put up a Dallas-record 42 rushes and receptions.

3. Tim Tebow, who once walked into Burger King and ordered a Big Mac... and got it.
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First two I thought of. Brett is tough but I would easily put these two ahead of him. I'm pretty sure a lot more exist.
 
Anybody that saw the NFC championship game a few years ago against the Giants in the bitter cold would disagree. He basically quit because he was cold.

 
Jim Marshall.

282 consecutive games by a defensive end >>> 285 consecutive games by a QB >>>>>>>>>>> 352 consecutive games by a punter.

 
Bulldawg said:
You are on mind altering drugs.Ray Nitschke; hands down.
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He's the first guy to come to mind as a Packer fan... and I definitely think the Toughest Player EVAR award has to go to a player pre-high salaries (you're tough if you get kicked in the nuts for fun... not if you get kicked in the nuts for 50k)... but I also think Steve McNair has to be in the conversation somewhere.
 
Grigs Allmoon said:
SSOG said:
2. Emmitt Smith, who once separated his shoulder and still put up a Dallas-record 42 rushes and receptions.
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I don't know what you're rolling your eyes at. Emmitt Smith could be the worst RB to ever put on football cleats, but he separated his freaking shoulder, an injury that would require surgery to repair after the season, and not only did he not miss a play, he actually finished the game with 32 carries for 168 yards and 10 receptions for 61 yards more. That's 42 touches for 229 yards. You don't think the opposing defense was gunning for his shoulder on every tackle that game, and in the 3 playoff games that came after it? No matter what you think of how good he was, he was one tough sonuvagun.Regarding Lott... I think cutting a finger off is CRAZY, and I think it's DEDICATED... but I'd imagine it's much, much tougher to play with a broken leg or a separated shoulder than it would be to play while missing the tip of your pinky. Seriously, how many times is he going to have someone crashing into his pinky with all of their body weight trying to bring him down?
 
Dan Hampton needs some love here.

The guy's knees have seen more scalpel's than Joan Rivers' face and the dude can barely hold anything because every finger on each hand has been broken multiple times. And many of those surgeries and breaks were in season.

 
SSOG said:
Ignoramus said:
Flawed. :tebow:
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Actually, there are three correct answers, and they're all former Florida Gators.1. Jack Youngblood, who once played an entire playoffs on a broken leg.2. Emmitt Smith, who once separated his shoulder and still put up a Dallas-record 42 rushes and receptions. :cry: 3. Tim Tebow, who once walked into Burger King and ordered a Big Mac... and got it.
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best at waffling............favre in a landslide.
 
There are several ways to look at this. Does it mean who was the best ###-kicker? The most feared? Who could dole out the most punishment? Or maybe who could take the most pain? I think it's all the above.

Therefore, I gotta go with **** Butkus & Jack Lambert (tie) with Randy White as a sleeper. Ronnie Lott & Ray Nitschke definitely deserve consideration, though.

 
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Chris Gamble would say Steve Smith.

Favre is too big of a #### to make it through training camp.

 
GregR said:
Jim Marshall. 282 consecutive games by a defensive end >>> 285 consecutive games by a QB >>>>>>>>>>> 352 consecutive games by a punter.
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296 games played by an offensive lineman (mostly as a G), never missing a game due to injury >> 282 consecutive by a DE.
 
Chipped Beef on Turf said:
**** Butkis - Hands down Killed a guy with his hit on the field
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Who did Butkus kill? There was a Lions WR that fell dead on the field in a game in which Butkus was a part of, but Butkus had no part in his death. I can't remember the WR's name, but he died of a heart attack on the field.Update: I looked it up, the player who died of a heart attack was Chuck Hughes.
 
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JohnnyU said:
Chipped Beef on Turf said:
**** Butkis - Hands down Killed a guy with his hit on the field
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Who did Butkus kill? There was a Lions WR that fell dead on the field in a game in which Butkus was a part of, but Butkus had no part in his death. I can't remember the WR's name, but he died of a heart attack on the field.
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That was Brett Favre's rookie year. Butkus turned him into the biggest stiffin the NFL.
 
Donovan McNabb threw for 3 TDs and a bunch of yards AFTER he broke his leg in a game a few years back.

There have been a lot of great names mentioned here, but that's pretty tough.

Correct me if I'm wrong on that.

 
Mike Curtis - LB Colts / Seahawks / Redskins

Curtis was nicknamed “The Animal” and was one of the angriest men to ever play in the NFL. He was named the AFC Defensive Player of the Year in 1970 and once knocked unconscious a fan who entered onto the playing field during a game. He chewed through the bars of his face mask and reportedly ate the window panes of the team bus. He proudly stated that he played football because it was the only way he could hit someone and get away with it.

Ronnie Lott, Cornerback & Safety, San Francisco 49ers & Los Angeles Raiders & New York Jets & Kansas City Chiefs (1981-1995)

Ronnie Lott was a cornerback who hit like a linebacker. His claim to fame occurred in 1985 when his left pinkie was caught between the shoulder pads and helmet of Cowboys running back Timmy Newsome, shattering the bone. When Lott’s finger didn’t heal properly, he told the doctors to cut it off, and they amputated his pinkie at the third knuckle. Over his 14-year career, which included Pro Bowl selections at safety, cornerback, and linebacker, Lott endured many injuries, including a broken leg and torn knee cartilage.

Larry Csonka, Fullback, Miami Dolphins & New York Giants (1968-1974, 1976-1979)

Csonka was a bull in a china shop. He was one of the best 4th-and-1 runners in NFL history. Csonka also broke his nose 10 times in his career, causing it to be permanently deformed, and would remain in the game despite blood pouring out of it. In 1972, he thought he broke his back on a hit by a Minnesota Vikings linebacker, so he crawled off the field. Minutes later, he set up the winning touchdown with a fake handoff. Csonka is also the only player in the history of the NFL to be penalized while carrying the ball—a forearm shot/right cross that knocked a safety unconscious.

Earl Campbell, Running Back, Houston Oilers & New Orleans Saints (1978-1985)

“I can't think of anyone who even comes in a close second, when you say, “Running backs—who really hurts? It's Earl Campbell.” --Gary Fencik, safety

Johnny Unitas, Quarterback, Pittsburgh Steelers & Baltimore Colts & San Diego Chargers (1956-1974)

Unitas could intimidate without being one of the physical players. He played in an era when quarterbacks did not receive much protection, specifically on late hits. Throughout his Hall of Fame career, this three-time NFL MVP played with a number of injuries, including a badly broken nose, broken fingers, ripped arm tendons, and torn knee cartilage. In 1958, with three broken ribs and a punctured lung, he led the Colts to the NFL title while wearing a protective harness. Two years later Unitas played the entire season with a broken vertebrae. Unitas missed most of the 1968 season due to injury but returned in the Super Bowl to lead Baltimore on its only touchdown drive in a 16-7 loss to the Jets.

**** Butkus, Linebacker, Chicago Bears (1965-1973)

**** Butkus was the angriest, most ferocious, menacing, and yes, toughest player to ever play the game of football. Butkus's opponents claimed that Butkus was like an odor that you could feel or sense on the field. Anything loose—a knee pad, a shoe, a chin strap—would be ripped off by a Butkus tackle. Butkus has bitten officials, bitten opponents in the groin, scratched, punched, everything. Going across the middle against **** Butkus was considered attempted suicide. Butkus was a turnover machine and earned eight Pro Bowl selections in his nine seasons. Steve Sabol had the following to say about Butkus: “His career stands as the most sustained work of devastation ever committed on any field of sport, anywhere, any time.”

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/88750-h...-in-nfl-history

 
treat88 said:
Rocky Bleier
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:goodposting: Another nominee...

Boldin sets toughness standard

The Arizona Republic

Looking at him now, you'd never guess that Anquan Boldin's face once was a jigsaw puzzle. Or that he was unconscious and motionless in the end zone for a New York minute, the recipient of a hit so vicious it made his quarterback ponder retirement.

But some day, Boldin's tale will rank among those of other NFL titans of toughness. And he will shrug it off like it's nothing, just like he's doing now.

"People who know me understand what I'm about and what I stand for," Boldin said. "But to people on the outside looking in, I guess it is a bit surprising."

So much has changed since that traumatic day at Giants Stadium seven weeks ago. The Cardinals have rallied around Boldin's injury, winning five of their past six games. J.J. Arrington is relevant again, while Edgerrin James unsuccessfully asked for his release. The Rams and 49ers changed coaches, and the Seahawks have vacated their throne.

Yet the only thing that's changed in Boldin's world is that he now wears a mouth guard. That's it. He has declined all forms of pity, all forms of painkillers. Boldin didn't listen to family and friends who told him to take his time and not rush back to help an organization that had made him extremely angry just a few months ago. He didn't even need an apology from the Jets' Eric Smith, who delivered the $50,000 hit.

"(Smith) reached out to me right after it happened," Boldin said. "He got in contact with me. He apologized, but I told him not to feel bad. I told him to just keep preparing and playing the way he's been playing. I don't fault him for anything."

There is a popular misconception about this football team. Many think the Cardinals have been blessed with perfect health and good fortune, paving the way for this historic season. It's true, but only because their best player missed two games after requiring eight plates to fix two fractures his face, along with wiring to realign his jaw.

"He is by far the toughest person I know," Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson said.
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JohnnyU said:
**** Butkus, Linebacker, Chicago Bears (1965-1973)

**** Butkus was the angriest, most ferocious, menacing, and yes, toughest player to ever play the game of football. Butkus's opponents claimed that Butkus was like an odor that you could feel or sense on the field. Anything loose—a knee pad, a shoe, a chin strap—would be ripped off by a Butkus tackle. Butkus has bitten officials, bitten opponents in the groin, scratched, punched, everything. Going across the middle against **** Butkus was considered attempted suicide. Butkus was a turnover machine and earned eight Pro Bowl selections in his nine seasons. Steve Sabol had the following to say about Butkus: “His career stands as the most sustained work of devastation ever committed on any field of sport, anywhere, any time.”

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/88750-h...-in-nfl-history
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Gotta love this! I was going to nominate Butkus as well.
 
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