"Set" complete (NFL Top 50)

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Those are the two I just got back from PSA from my submission last March.

right i dont mean those exact cards specifically.......im sure others on the forum remember that late night show that sold sheets of cards with the marino on it etc.

[darwinbulldog]

Don West?

[55koufax]

Interesting collection. that said, only one card pre 1960? Many greats omitted.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by 55koufax

Interesting collection. that said, only one card pre 1960? Many greats omitted.

It’s a lot easier if there’s only 10 before 1980 . Ken Anderson but no Starr or Unitas? The statistical basis must be weighted very heavily to the modern game. I don’t get the list chosen, but it’s a very cool collection.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by G1911

It’s a lot easier if there’s only 10 before 1980 . Ken Anderson but no Starr or Unitas? The statistical basis must be weighted very heavily to the modern game. I don’t get the list chosen, but it’s a very cool collection.

Definitely is. Makes it much easier that the NFL has kept updating the rules to favor the modern passing game.

Contrast that with my MLB-equivalent list where 33 of the top 50 players' careers had already ended before I was born (in 1977), and 8 of them played in the 19th century.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Definitely is. Makes it much easier that the NFL has kept updating the rules to favor the modern passing game.

Contrast that with my MLB-equivalent list where 33 of the top 50 players' careers had already ended before I was born (in 1977), and 8 of them played in the 19th century.

This is why I like contextualization, evaluation in time and place. It shouldn't be all old or all modern, on the whole eras should roughly balance out. One guy before 1962 isn't better than 1 guy after 1980 would be.

[JustinD]

I like that you put a personal touch on your list and built it to match your beliefs. That is the definition of creating a collection you will enjoy. Good stuff.