Saw this on the 'Gram and immediately thought of this place.
My changes would be:
Other observations:
Of course, I think Taylor would have eclipsed them all but; he dead so that's that. That he's even on this stack of players says something. @Whlinder
Another guy who is as good as many of these guys is Bennie Blades. Also a guy I saw up close and also a guy who could easily have played linebacker and was invited to the Olympic 400 meter trials. With all the great Miami DBs over the years, he's their only Thorpe. He was again that combination of ball hawk and thunderdome hitter … many guys are way better at one than the other. The elites are great at both. Blades only got one pro bowl, which made no sense, but he played in Detroit back when you tended to get lost if you played for perennial losers. He elevated that defense immediately and was a stalwart there. One of the OG bad-boy Canes who you needed to account for pre-snap. He was also a Notre Dame bully and for that he gets my love and admiration. He's easily as good as several guys on this pyramid but not mentioned.
Actually I interviewed Ronnie Lott in 2016 and he said without a doubt that Kenny Easley was the best safety of all time, including better than him (Ronnie Lott)
Ah yes, back when this hellhole had a front page. The interview and Lott’s photo were posted before the Pac12 CCG vs the Harley Davidson of college football defenses.
The next morning, I had to rebook our flight because Mrs Nacho thought it was a good idea to pair a shot of Jack with each Coors Light throughout the game followed by a late night meal with another beer or two and thusly unable to remove herself from the hotel bed other than to pay tribute at the foot of the porcelain goddess.
Thankfully, I chose to be frugal and fly Southwest so a flight change was painless (other than the fact I was flying Southwest) and we got a flight around or after lunchtime.
While standing in the boarding line, I notice a black gentleman sitting by himself. Every so often a fellow UW fan goes over and says something, shakes his hand and walks away.
I think to myself, wow, who is this guy? I then remember seeing Ronnie Lott on the Pac12 network or Fox Sports or something and could that him? Is he traveling to Seattle to interview Jake the Cobra Browning? Wait, Stalin just interviewed him and his picture is on the front page! Compare the photo to the guy and I’m like yup, that’s Ronnie Motherfucking Lott right there! #myNiners
I explain this to Mrs Nacho but she’s worried about throwing up food from 3 years ago because she swore she threw up everything else.
My boarding number is A whatever but not the southwest business class. Ronnie stands up and gets in the business boarding line almost right next to me. I play it cool. Look at the front page photo and confirm, yeah, that’s Ronnie Lott.
He boards the plane and our group follows. He’s in an exit row which is where I’m headed and I sit across the aisle from him. A few more UW fans board and say hello to him.
I finally see a break in people boarding and lean over. I tell him I became a 49ers fan in high school watching the SB against the Bengals. He looks at me kinda funny. I go on to say I’m still a 49ers fans to this day. He keeps looking at me like I’m retarded. I finally say, it’s tough being from Seattle and not being a Seahawks fan and he finally smiles.
Whatever. I’m just excited I met Ronnie Lott. Mrs Nacho still doesn’t care; she’s busy asking the attendant if they have large sized vomit bags.
We land in Seattle and on Monday I’m back at work telling people I met Ronnie Lott. UW won the Pac12 and is going to the playoffs.
Later that day, I see a picture online of Seattle area sports legends ringing the bell for the Salvation Army and the caption says “Warren Moon is one of many sports legends…”
I think to myself, damn Warren Moon looks just like Ronnie Lott, he’s even wearing the same shoes…
Yup, I thought Warren Moon was Ronnie Lott.