With the talk of Oronde Gadsden, I started thinking who my favorite Phins have been. I'm not talking about the best guys, just the kinds of guys you'd pick to go to war with. The kind of guys that never gave up. Here are some names I came up with off the top of my head. Feel free to add to the list:

Jim Jensen
Oronde Gadsden
Bernie Parmelee
Bob Kuechenberg
Brian Cox
Zach Thomas
Wes Welker
Don Strock
Nat Moore
Tim Bowens

Crash, AJ Duhe and Offerdahl

Dan M_R_N_

Guess who?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/28/2010 07:21AM by samsam3738.

dolfan1 wants know if can put Tom Brady on this list?

Keuchenberg, Zack and Offerdahl are probably the top three on that list.

My additions:

Jim Langer
Dwight Stephenson
Bill Stanfill
Paul Warfield

Kareem Abdul Jabbar....


Broke the 1,000 rushing yard streak for us.

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Aqua&Orange Wrote:
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> Kareem Abdul Jabbar....
>
>
> Broke the 1,000 rushing yard streak for us.


He got close to 30 TDs one season rushing all..Low 20s i think.

He used to get lots of those 2 yard TDs.

Got finger tackled a lot of times if you can call it like that. You could breath on him and he was down.

Then parmalee came along. I remember parmalee had one 100 yard rushing game and all of a sudden everybody was saying he was the next coming of barry sanders.

I can't believe no one added Csonka, The whole no name defense, Earl Moral.
And yes, Jason Taylor.

There are really to many to list.

Richmond Webb

Leon,

He said "not the best guys". That is why I never named the great ones....even though he did mention Zach Thomas in the Original Post.

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God yes Leon, Csonka for sure. You definitely want him on your side.

samsam3738 Wrote:
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> Then parmalee came along. I remember parmalee had
> one 100 yard rushing game and all of a sudden
> everybody was saying he was the next coming of
> barry sanders.


I don't remember ANYONE saying that about Parmalee. He was popular because he was a great success story, not because anyone thought he was the next {anyone}. Bernie had a lot of fans because he was working at UPS one week, then got a chance, played his heart out and was on the team. He busted his hump throughout camp, made the roster, then went all-out every time he was on the field, on special teams (I particularly remember him making some good tackles on kickoff coverage) as well as his backup RB role.

Larry Little, Blackwood Brothers, Buoniconti, Anderson, Scott, Fernandez, Ricky(had he stayed with Miami the whole time).....I could list many others.

JC Wrote:
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> samsam3738 Wrote:
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> > Then parmalee came along. I remember parmalee
> had
> > one 100 yard rushing game and all of a sudden
> > everybody was saying he was the next coming of
> > barry sanders.
>
>
> I don't remember ANYONE saying that about
> Parmalee. He was popular because he was a great
> success story, not because anyone thought he was
> the next {anyone}. Bernie had a lot of fans
> because he was working at UPS one week, then got a
> chance, played his heart out and was on the team.
> He busted his hump throughout camp, made the
> roster, then went all-out every time he was on the
> field, on special teams (I particularly remember
> him making some good tackles on kickoff coverage)
> as well as his backup RB role.


i have nothing against parmalee trust me. Right after that game the radio commentators were saying how we just found our next rb superstar. I remember like it was now..

And he did worked his buttoff to make it in the NFL. Good kid.

samsam3738 Wrote:
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> i have nothing against parmalee trust me. Right
> after that game the radio commentators were saying
> how we just found our next rb superstar. I
> remember like it was now..
>

Oh the radio commentators..yeah, Rick Weaver and company. They were DESPERATE to see the next Kiick/Csonka/Morris combo so they projected that wishful thinking. They same guys also thought Scott Secules was the next Dan Marino for crying out loud, lol

I'm sure it'll be kind of controversial, but:

Ricky Williams

Not the Ricky of the first few years, but the one of the last few, who has quietly done everything asked of him week in and week out, win or loss, who keeps banging away even in old age for a running back, and just never seems to give up.

Nice adds. Davon Bess definitely belongs on the list! I left off the superstars, for the most part, but ZT made my list because he was always competitive and overcame his lack of size with a high motor and tremendous effort. Jason Taylor does NOT belong on the list. This guy's a Jet now. That, in itself, drops him from the list in my book.

JC Wrote:

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They same guys also thought
> Scott Secules was the next Dan Marino for crying
> out loud, lol


Who lol.

Tim Ruddy. The guy played like crap, but he tried hard

Ruddy wasn't crap. Matter of fact, I would take a young Ruddy right now....the dude was a genius. Yes, he was not the physical specimen you would hope for, but his mind, was bigger than any.

Dont forget, he was a Pro-Bowler.

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I don't think ruddy was terrible. IMO he was solid.

no votes for Sammie Smith?

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> no votes for Sammie Smith?

If there's an all-fumble team, Smith would be the MVP.

Dan Marino
Larry Csonka
John Offerdahl
Jim Jensen
Luis Oliver
Zach Thomas
Orande Gadsden
Dwight Stephenson
Cam Wake

Are the first that come to my mind!

Reggie Roby?

1 STEP PUNT REGGIE!!!

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Dude had a lower body that would make Williams sisters proud