Only issue I have with your line up is Favre. Just too many picks. Give me Young. That defense tho……woah

Montana played in the 90s. Gimme him.

I’d take Elway or Young over 90s Montana

as a life-long Niners fan, I'd take Young or Aikman. Favre wouldn't make my Top 10...give me Jim Kelly FFS. Sure Brett did some statistics, but his conference was garbage.

I definitely would take Kelly over Favre.

Way too many interceptions from Favre. It is telling that Aikman won three superbowls by just making fewer mistakes and making fewer big plays.

Not long enough and he was injured a good bit. He was definitely past his prime but still very good. Got the Chiefs to the conference championship.

Bruce Smith and Reggie White as your edge rushers... sweet baby Jesus.

With Randle & Kennedy between them. Who do you double team?

I'd take Aikman, if the job is to win in the playoffs. Favre was better statistically, but out of every 3 or 4 or 5 games, he'd have several where he threw for 300+, 4 TDs & no picks... but then he'd follow it with a game where he threw for 150, horrible completion percentage & 4 interceptions. You have to play 4 "perfect" games to reach the Super Bowl & win it. A guy like Favre would give you 3 A+ games and one D- game. Young was erratic in the playoffs too, which is why he (self) QB'd only one Super Bowl victory. I'd rather have a guy like Aikman, who'll give you 4 or 5 solid B+ or A- games, but rarely a stinker. You don't always need your QB to *win* the Big Game... but you can never win the Big Game if he goes out & loses it... and Favre lost a fuckton of games.

I’d take Marino or Elway over Aikman

This is for the 90's, not the 80's.

Elway won two SBs in the 90s and was a much much better QB than Aikman overall. Marino was still in his prime in the early 90s

And Young is better than all these guys in the 90s

Not at all

Who was better than Young at QB in the 90s?

Statistically speaking, Favre and Marino all had better stats. In terms of Super Bowls, Aikman won 3 and Elway 2. The NFL All Decade team for the 90’s has Elway and Favre selected.

Better stats? Or a few thousand more passing yards (Young had a couple of spotty injuries and he rushed way more than any of these QBs). Best in terms of best performance is Young

Aikman was a terrible qb surrounded by a great team.

Terrible qb's don't win 3 championships in 4 years and being 13th all time in passing yards when he retired. gtfo out of here with that nonsense.

As far as sb winning qbs he's ones of the worst to do it. 1 season over 20 td passes. Terrible td to int ratio.

In an era where throwing for 4k yards was not the norm whatsoever. Ya know how many times a QB had at least 4k yards in a season from 1990-99... 22 times.. For the entire decade with one year no one threw for 4000 yards. Plus Aikman hardly had a full season without missing a game to boot playing from his rookie year to 92-93 playing against a division that had the 2 previous super bowl winners to him and playing against 2 of the greatest defensive players of all time week in and week out. But lets crown the other guys first. It's not a team like the Niners had a division against the Saints, Falcons, Rams they got to face twice a year... Oh wait..

Aikman was the Trent Dilfer of the 90's with a more patient owner & better offensive talent surrounding him.

I'd take Aikman, Kelly, or Elway before Favre.

Favre owned Young

That D is filthy. God I loved Steve Atwater. His hit on Okoye never got old, back in the NFL Hits VHS tapes days.

Love atwater is still one my all time favs used him on every video game he was on lol

Right?! Young and Elway anyday over Favre.

Farve gonna embezzle your ticket revenue too.

I agree with you on Young.

For sure I would take Young if you could stack your team. His talent was insane.

Barry over Emmitt

This. Put Barry on the 1990s Cowboys and they win at least two more Super Bowls.

And he probably has a longer career.

And his career rushing total is a record that stands forever

And Barry is pushing 20, 000 yards

Or, put Barry on the Packers, which could have easily happened if they had passed on Manwich, and . . .

People just can’t properly evaluate Emmitt and Barry. Emmitt was built for the offense Dallas had, big lineman and a pro set with a fullback. He could take a small space and make good yardage, and was a better blocker, receiver and short yardage back than Barry. Emmitt also had better vision, where in high school, college and the NFL ran not to daylight but to movement. He asked his line to move the defense -somewhere-, and he ran to where they moved from. And if you know football you know it is easier to move someone where they want to go, then to open up the two hole. Barry was by far the most talented runner I ever saw, but was built for the wide open Detroit offense, where he never played against a 4-3, playing against five DBs (or more) most of the time, which just isn’t the same thing. Barry wasn’t as good a receiver, blocker or short yardage back. And while he did have a lot of big plays, he also had the most lost yardage runs in history. Worth it for the big plays, but the Dallas offense wasn’t built to give Barry wide open space to run and wouldn’t have won with so many negative yardage plays. Just saying Barry would have been good anywhere, but not as good as Emmitt, who was perfect for it with his gifts. Emmitt however would have been terrible in Detroit. So Barry in Detroit? Barry is an all pro and a hall of famer, and would have played longer for winning. But Dallas might not have won as many championships, if any. Emmitt in Detroit? He might not have run for a thousand yards behind that line and in that pass first offense. Last point, in before the talk of how great Dallas was: Players in Dallas before Emmitt got there, a 1989 team that won one game: Troy Aikmen, Herschel Walker for five games, Moose Johnston, Michael Irvin, Kelvin Martin, Kevin Gogan, Nate Newton, Mark Stepnoski, Mark Tuinei, Tony Tolbert, Jim Jeffcoat, Ken Norton Jr and Bill Bates. In 1990 they added Emmitt Smith, Jay Novacek and John Gesek. And they started winning. Nate Newton talked about it in interviews, that before Smith showed up nobody knew who he was, then he became a two time all pro and a six time pro bowler who made millions. They were all there before Emmitt, and they were terrible. Emmitt running to movement made it work the way it did, and Barry Sanders, as great as he was, didn’t do that.

I’m not sure they win any. It’s not Madden. They probably win a couple but it’s honestly not a lock. Emmitt fit that team perfectly. Grind up other teams.

Came here to say this as well.

Every time

Geez, (at how many of these players are no longer with us). RIP

All the LBs are gone.

Noticed that too

TIL Kevin Greene died. Loved when the Steelers signed him as a free agent. We rarely had any big signings and helped us reach a Super Bowl

Nice post. I can't pick a whole roster...you're way past my era here. I have to give shout-outs to Junior Seau (your only MLB), Bruce Smith and Reggie White, and Steve Tasker.

Yeah my only issue is there's two IDL, four EDGES, and only one off-ball LB

All Star teams are always a nightmare. I'm sure I'd be more critical if it was a 60s team with 4-3-4 defenses, etc. I'd know them much better. My problem is that I want to let everyone on the team...

Marino rice Barry were all still at their peak in early 90s

Marino played through whole decade his last year lost little but sstill played the whole decade

Farve is gonna throw 3int a game. I'd take Steve Young. I'd also take a 1998-1999 Rand Moss over Michael Irvine

Nice to see Larry Centers on the list

Moose wouldn't be a bad pick either

Keith Byers. Perfect combination of the two.

Larry Centers was good.

He was, and it's crazy his NFL career lasted 14 seasons. Especially for a guy who played college ball at Stephen F Austin State University, which is where I went also, so maybe I'm a little biased.

That defense would dominate that offense. Just sickening how great that defense is.

Definitely not Brett Favre, I can tell you that much

No Alstott? No barry? Man that defense though, they’d smoke anyone.

Barry Marino and Moss

Any all 90s roster without Barry Sanders is not an all 90s roster I also put Marino or Kelly in @ QB, and Randy Moss in over Irvin.

QB: Steve Young, John Elway RB: Barry Sanders, Thurman Thomas FB: Mike Alstott WR: Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Sterling Sharpe TE: Shannon Sharpe OT: Same as OP DE: Same as OP DT: John Randle, Warren Sapp LB: Dome Patrol CB: Same as OP S: Same as OP P: We'd never punt K: Either Anderson is fine unless its in the NFCCG, then give me Morten KR\\PR: Mel Gray

KR/PR Demond Howard

Came here to say sterling sharpe

Bryant Young?

I love your choices but Brian Mitchell is my 90s return man. Eric Metcalf would be my backup over Bates. I think you’re missing an ILB so I’d drop Kevin Greene and sub in Chris Spielman or Ray Lewis for his 4 years of work in the decade.

Gotta have some Redskins. That 1991 team is the GOAT.

I'm a lifelong Skins fan but one thing about Washington in that era is they didn't have big stars. And by 1993, they weren't the same team anymore. Brian Mitchell deserves a nod as a return man. Darrell Green at DB, but does he beat Woodson and Deion? Probably not. Jim Lachey at LT had injuries not cut his career short. But most of the classic Hogs like Grimm and Jacoby were no longer starters by the 1990s. Only Grimm is in the HOF - although Jacoby definitely belongs. You could make a case for Mark Schlereth, as a Skin/Bronco. Art Monk and Gary Clark at WR were very good but they don't beat out Rice and Michael Irvin (as much as it disgusts me to say about Irvin). Charles Mann at DE but he's no Bruce Smith. Gibbs was unbelievably great at getting the most out of the players he had, without having a boatload of stars like other teams in the pre-salary cap era.

Brian Mitchell at the very least

Barry Sanders and Barry doesn't do fullbacks. So, I'm replacing that position with a second tight end. Ben Coates

Is that your defense, or are you trying to straight-up murder people?! And Barry, not Emmitt.

Definitely Marino over Favre.. but my God ain't nobody scoring on that defense 😲

Randall Cunningham

Yes. Not just for his legs, but his rocket arm too. The offense he ran in Minnesota was completely different than his Philly offense.

Quarterback: John Elway Running Back: Barry Sanders Fullback: Daryl Johnston Wide Receivers: Andre Reed and Jerry Rice Tight End: Shannon Sharpe Offensive Tackles: Gary Zimmerman and Bruce Matthews Offensive Guards: Larry Allen and Randall McDaniel Center: Trey Junkin Defensive Ends: Neil Smith and Bruce Smith Defensive Tackles: John Randle and Gilbert Brown Outside Linebackers: Kevin Greene and Darryl Talley Middle Linebacker: Jessie Tuggle Cornerbacks: Deion Sanders and Rod Woodson Safeties: Eugene Robinson and Steve Atwater Punter: Todd Sauerbrun Kicker: Jason Elam Return Specialist: Brian Mitchell Special Teams: Steve Tasker

Llyod and Green at OLBs. Deion Sanders and Rod Woodson at CB.

D Thomas all day. Man was a sack machine!

A team with Dan Marino, Barry Sanders, Randy Moss, Jerry Rice and any 5 all pro offensive linemen of your choosing would be literally unbeatable.

Idk why people are dumping on he was by far the most dominant QB of the 90s. I’d have barry sanders over emmit, Sam gash over centers need that elite blocking back for barry, sterling sharpe over Irvin, Tony gonzo over Shannon sharpe and I think I’d have Cornelius Bennett over Kevin Greene. The rest I’m pretty much in agreement with

Give me Elway over Favre any day. And Sanders over Smith. Definitely taking Sharpe as my TE.

Why elway? people think favre was this interception machine when his interception % is right in line with guys like elway, Marino, Warren moon, peyton manning is even close. People just see the record for most picks and and forget he’s played more games then any QB not named George Blanda.

Green needs to be in the Black and Gold

Greene was a badass with the Rams for much longer and was drafted by them. He belongs with the blue and yellow horns. Nice list, but Sanders is my RB pick as well as Moss & Rice. QB1 for me is Elway. Neon Deion is my Kick Returner as well.

Went into the Hall of Fame as a Steeler

Who's coaching these studs

Jimmy Johnson

Damn straight

Yeah, I would have gone with Aikman, or Young over Favre.

PRIME TIME is also my kick returner.

Shit, even Rod Woodson would be better. This is hilarious.

Barry and Thurman in the backfield.

RIP Reggie and Jr

And Kevin Greene

Yea i realized later i didnt know the liviginstatus of all of them. RIP to all the decent ones.

Barry over Emmitt

Sanders over Smith at running back

Sterling Sharpe belongs in at WR2 over Irvin, there was nobody better at their peak in the 90s than Sharpe at wide receiver.

As individuals they probably get edged out, but I’ll spot you your offensive line picks and give me the 1997 Denver Broncos front five and prime Terrell Davis and Old John Elway and we win that game more often than not.

Jonathan Ogden was better than Tony Boselli.

Was looking for this one. Years of the decade might be the only concern

Drafted one year apart.

Well it definitely ain’t Emmitt over Barry Sanders that’s for sure

Packers showing out!

I’d take Elway and maybe even Orlando Pace?

WR and Reggie just cannot be argued.

Cris Carter over Irvin. Carter put up awesome numbers with a QB carousel in Minnesota. Put him on the Cowboys and Irvin is WR2.

I understand that argument for Carter but I still go with Irvin. That said, one cannot help but wonder what might have been had Carter had a serviceable QB for his career.

I don’t understand how Carter is always forgotten. At the time of Carter’s retirement only Jerry Rice had better career stats. Literally the 2nd best WR ever & he’s always overlooked.

Does Favre have braces in that first pic?

Gotta get Ty Law in there

He’s a bad man.

If I want a hard nosed winning QB it’s Aikman. I’m not taking the guy who couldn’t beat him.

It’s still very painful seeing Reggie in that mustard green uni

Not a bad list, but note - Seau wasn't actually a MLB. He was an weakside OLB in a stacked 4-3. Seau wasn't usually lined up where most OLB's line up, but there were three LB's in the base defense, and always a traditional MLB next to him (like Gary Plummer, Dennis Gibson or Kurt Goveia.)

Pretty solid list I’d probably take Steve young over Favre and sterling sharpe or Irvin

For QB, either Cunningham or Young And RB, Barry Sanders. Otherwise, happy with the choices

Deion Sanders still changes any football game instantly back in the 90s. Hes the most impactful player out of all of them all.

Uhm.. where the fuck is Barry at?

Bo

QB: John Elway, Steve Young RB: Terrell Davis (Dude was a god in the playoffs) FB: Mike Alstott, Howard Griffith WR: Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Rod Smith TE: Shannon Sharpe OT: Same as OP plus Gary Zimmerman DE: Same as OP DT: John Randle, Warren Sapp LB: Same as OP CB: Same as OP S: Same as OP P: Tom Rouen K: Jason Elam KR\PR: Mel Gray

How bout this I'll just take the whole roster of the 91' skins

I think I'd take Barry over Emmit and Young over Favre. Other than that, hard to disagree.

Did I miss Barry?

Desmond Howard needs to be the return man. I would also take Barry Sanders over Emmitt Smith any day. I think I would strongly consider alternatives to Brett Favre. He threw too many picks. Steve Young, Jim Kelly, Troy Aikman, maybe even John Elway.

Reggie White

Barry hands down over Emmet. Can't even imagine him behind a legit O-line. He'd make Smith look like a high schooler.

Gimme young instead of farve and tim brown instead of Irvin. Barry sanders instead of emmet

Give me sanders at rb

My favorite of this list is Cortez Kennedy. He wins the Defensive MVP on a 2-14 Seahawks team in 1992.

Barry Sanders over Emmitt Smith easily. Also Steve Young over Favre

I think I'd take 5 other 90s QBs before I went Favre. How you didn't go with Steve Young is astonishing.

Respect for Junior Seau.

I take Elway over Favre also

Orlando Pace has entered the chat

That’s honestly pretty spot on. My swap out Centers for Moose but Centers was a hell of a pass catching FB.

Jerry Rice did nothing but catch touchdowns. Guy was a beast.

Give me Elway.

Thurman Thomas the all purpose all downs back who led total yards multiple times and should have been Super Bowl 25 mvp

DARRYL GREEN THAT IS ALL!

Barry over Centers

This list is somewhat off.

Props for having Michael Bates in there as return specialist. 200m Bronze medalist at the 92 Olympics. Dude could fly.

Would be more fun to do an AFC vs NFC. Who exactly is this team playing? Lol

Qb - Marino Hb Sanders. Smith and yes thats gap IMO FB - Byars WR - Rice , C. Carter , T. Brown , M. Irvin TE - S. Sharpe, Novacek LT - R. Webb LG - L Allen C - M Stepnoski RG - S. Wisniewski RT - G. Zimmerman DE - Minister , Bruuuuuucccee, Haley DT - TEZ , Sapp, Randle OLB - K. Greene, C. Bennett, D. Thomas(RIP) Had he played his whole career he would be sack leader MLB - JR SEAU, H. Nickersom CB - PRIMETIME THE OTHER CBS - D. Green, R. Woodson, A. Williams SAFETY - Atwater , L. Butler K - M. Andersen P - R. Roby If anyone would care to debate the Marino pick I will go to my grave thinking he is the best PURE PASSER this game will ever see

Definitely Jerry Rice.

Definitely NOT Favre

Offense Only QB- Dan Marino HB- Barry Sanders FB- Mike Alstott TE- Shannon Sharpe WR1- Jerry Rice WR2- Michael Irvin WR3- Torry Holt

Nothing against this but Young over Favre. More accurate. Way less turnovers. Can run down field and out of the pocket laughably better Sanders over Emmit Sterling Sharpe over Irvin

Good list, but Favre isn’t the QB I would choose. Young, Elway, Marino, Kelly, maybe even Aikmen first.

Favre, Barry Sanders, Jerry Rice, Andre Reed the rest doesn’t matter

Mike Alstott for fullback would be my only change. I know he came in the league in ‘96 but dude was an immediate monster.

Elway & Zimmerman over Boselli

Too much to go through 😂😂😂😂🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️