Who's the best Guard in the NFL? (1 Viewer)

[JMon348]

Spinoff from Hutch to Vikes, some are old some are young, but who's number 1 for next year

 

[diesel7982]

Allen is probably one of the best 3 OGs in NFL history, but hes not in the top 20-30 OGs at this point in his career.

My vote would be Hutch, followed by Waters.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Regardless of who is really the best, I think you'll see Hutch take this poll easily just because he's in the news right now.

 

[LHUCKS]

Allen is probably one of the best 3 OGs in NFL history, but hes not in the top 20-30 OGs at this point in his career.

My vote would be Hutch, followed by Waters.

I think he's still one of the top pass blockers. Run blocking I agree.

 

[JMon348]

Regardless of who is really the best, I think you'll see Hutch take this poll easily just because he's in the news right now.

I think Hutch takes the poll cuz he is the best

 

[Frenchy Fuqua]

FWIW, HERE are USA Today's O-line rankings prior to the start of the 2005 season.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Allen is probably one of the best 3 OGs in NFL history

A good case can be made for #1 in NFL history when he was in his prime. I remember when Buschbaum said something like "Larry Allen is the best OG in the league, and if he moved to tackle he'd probably be the best OT in the league."

 

[Kevin Ashcraft]

Man as a KC guy this poll is TOUGH.....I voted SHields for his iron man streak that is almost as long as Favre's. I think WS's streak started week 2 of 1993 season.

 

[diesel7982]

Allen is probably one of the best 3 OGs in NFL history

A good case can be made for #1 in NFL history when he was in his prime. I remember when Buschbaum said something like "Larry Allen is the best OG in the league, and if he moved to tackle he'd probably be the best OT in the league."

FWIW, I agree with this statement, but did not want to hijack the thread by suggesting he was better than John Hannah with all the Pats fans on here

 

[scoobygang]

I'll be homerific and say that if Hutchinson is the #1 guard in the NFC (and I think he probably is), then Randy Thomas was #2. At least last year.

 

[Raider Nation]

Allen is probably one of the best 3 OGs in NFL history

A good case can be made for #1 in NFL history when he was in his prime. I remember when Buschbaum said something like "Larry Allen is the best OG in the league, and if he moved to tackle he'd probably be the best OT in the league."

FWIW, I agree with this statement, but did not want to hijack the thread by suggesting he was better than John Hannah with all the Pats fans on here

I'm obviously not a Pats fan, but nobody will ever convince me that another guard walked the earth who was better than John Hannah. Saw the man play several games in person -- many of them at field level (my buddy Jim worked for a radio station and hooked me up with sideline passes), and this guy was pure destruction. He made Hall of Fame-caliber defensive tackles want to quit the game. Hannah was perfection at G.

 

[ThisGuy]

With the $$ he's making, Hutch HAD BETTER BE THE BEST.

 

[Chaos Commish]

I'll be homerific and say that if Hutchinson is the #1 guard in the NFC (and I think he probably is), then Randy Thomas was #2. At least last year.

It's not just being a homer. I was going to mention him when I saw this thread early today. Thomas is playing at an extremely high level and not getting his props. They should consider moving him to the left side and letting him and Samuels plow the way for Portis. I know that's the idea with Jansen on the right side, but I like the way Samuels run blocks. Samuels is in the pro-bowl, Jansen gets all the praise, but Thomas is the best OL in DC.

 

[Prime]

Allen is probably one of the best 3 OGs in NFL history

A good case can be made for #1 in NFL history when he was in his prime. I remember when Buschbaum said something like "Larry Allen is the best OG in the league, and if he moved to tackle he'd probably be the best OT in the league."

FWIW, I agree with this statement, but did not want to hijack the thread by suggesting he was better than John Hannah with all the Pats fans on here

I'm obviously not a Pats fan, but nobody will ever convince me that another guard walked the earth who was better than John Hannah. Saw the man play several games in person -- many of them at field level (my buddy Jim worked for a radio station and hooked me up with sideline passes), and this guy was pure destruction. He made Hall of Fame-caliber defensive tackles want to quit the game. Hannah was perfection at G.

Larry Allen would make Chuck Norris cry. Meanest Mofo evah.

 

[-OZ-]

Man as a KC guy this poll is TOUGH.....I voted SHields for his iron man streak that is almost as long as Favre's. I think WS's streak started week 2 of 1993 season.

I like Shields as much as anyone else, but at this point in his career, IMO he's behind Hutch, Faneca and maybe Thomas.Shields has never missed a regular season game.

 

[redman]

I'll be homerific and say that if Hutchinson is the #1 guard in the NFC (and I think he probably is), then Randy Thomas was #2.  At least last year.

It's not just being a homer. I was going to mention him when I saw this thread early today. Thomas is playing at an extremely high level and not getting his props. They should consider moving him to the left side and letting him and Samuels plow the way for Portis. I know that's the idea with Jansen on the right side, but I like the way Samuels run blocks. Samuels is in the pro-bowl, Jansen gets all the praise, but Thomas is the best OL in DC.

I'm in no position to evaluate Thomas versus all the guards in football, but he was clearly the best lineman on the team last year. He should have gone to the Pro Bowl IMHO but for that broken leg.

 

[Wu-banger]

Looking for............" pgreen " in the thread

Looks like I was correct in my side of the argument during the draft... THanks for clearing this up guys ///

but the floor is yours to sway the masses..

 

[mad sweeney]

Hutch got 48 or 49 of the 50 votes for All Pro last year. Easy one.