Subscribe to The Football Diner Weekly Newsletter !
Get Fantasy Rankings, Previews, Articles and News straight to your email box...
Gary Clark Art Monk will head to the Hall Of Fame later this year. Gary Clark may well never receive that same honour, but he has a case that deserves hearing. Not that it matters too much to the majority of Redskins fans' that saw him play. For them, Clark won games, trophies and their hearts... ( full article )
Jacob Green, Seattle For a lot of New York Giant fans, if you mention the team of the Seattle Seahawks they'll think of one particularly heart breaking memory - or rather three particularly heart breaking memories... ( full article )
Bob Hayes, Dallas In September 2002 one of the game's all-time greats died. He left behind him another story of athletic triumph and personal tragedy. Bob Hayes remains one of the most dominant players to ever step onto an NFL playing field... ( full article )
John Heisman Bill Belichick might like to rub his opponents' noses in defeat, and he runs up the score like nobody in the modern game, but he has a long way to go if he's going to be remembered in the same light as John Heisman, the man who once put up 222 points, because he could... ( full article )
Jerry Kramer, Green Bay Jerry Kramer is a man who dominated the gridiron for a decade, fighting through a multitude of injuries to do so, refusing to quit when the Godfather of NFL coaches told him to do so... ( full article )
The Pottsville Maroons A Forgotten Icon The Pottsville Maroons are a forgotten icon, a team from the anthracite leagues that took on the NFL and won, and in doing so became the most dominant team ever assembled.
This is a team that earned the right to be remembered, and recognised for what it achieved... ( full article )
Ken Riley, Cincinnati In 1976 Riley led the Bengals & the AFC with 9 Interceptionsbut he was ignored for the Pro Bowl. Instead his flashy partner in the Bengals Defensive backfield, Lemar Parrish, who recorded only 2 interceptions was selected... ( full article )
Barry Sanders, Detroit Barry Sanders is the greatest running back ever to play professional football. That's it said, done, over. All too often we get caught up in the conversation regarding who is the greatest and we settle on a committee compromise of Jim Brown, Walter Payton and Barry Sanders. A trio, designed to appease everybody and give an answer without actually committing to an informed decision. Well this is different, we're not going to water down the truth... ( full article )
Jimmy Smith, Jacksonville "Jimmy might not have the national recognition of Jerry Rice at the WR position, but every defensive back that has played in the 1990's to current, and every defensive coach in the league knows exactly who he is" noted Deion Sanders... ( full article )
Lionel Taylor, Denver Before the days of alligator arms, and receivers hearing footsteps across the middle, one man once said: "If you catch the ball, it only hurts half as much when you get hit"... ( full article )
Andre Tippett, New England When we think Pass-rushing outside linebackers in the NFL today we think of guys like Shawne Merriman, Joey Porter and Damarcus Ware. What many people don't know is these guys owe just as much to Andre Tippett – the AFC's answer to Lawrence Taylor for a decade... ( full article )
Doug Williams, Wash, TB One of the NFL's favourite trivia questions is: 'who is the only black QB to win the SuperBowl?', and most people know the answer is Doug Williams, but is that all people should remember about him, or did Doug Williams actually have a lot more to his career than anybody remembers?... ( full article )
Art Monk will head to the Hall Of Fame later this year. Gary Clark may well never receive that same honour, but he has a case that deserves hearing. Not that it matters too much to the majority of Redskins fans' that saw him play. For them, Clark won games, trophies and their hearts... ( 
For a lot of New York Giant fans, if you mention the team of the Seattle Seahawks they'll think of one particularly heart breaking memory - or rather three particularly heart breaking memories... ( 
In September 2002 one of the game's all-time greats died. He left behind him another story of athletic triumph and personal tragedy. Bob Hayes remains one of the most dominant players to ever step onto an NFL playing field...
Bill Belichick might like to rub his opponents' noses in defeat, and he runs up the score like nobody in the modern game, but he has a long way to go if he's going to be remembered in the same light as John Heisman, the man who once put up 222 points, because he could... ( 
Jerry Kramer is a man who dominated the gridiron for a decade, fighting through a multitude of injuries to do so, refusing to quit when the Godfather of NFL coaches told him to do so... ( 
The Pottsville Maroons are a forgotten icon, a team from the anthracite leagues that took on the NFL and won, and in doing so became the most dominant team ever assembled.
In 1976 Riley led the Bengals & the AFC with 9 Interceptionsbut he was ignored for the Pro Bowl. Instead his flashy partner in the Bengals Defensive backfield, Lemar Parrish, who recorded only 2 interceptions was selected...
Barry Sanders is the greatest running back ever to play professional football. That's it said, done, over. All too often we get caught up in the conversation regarding who is the greatest and we settle on a committee compromise of Jim Brown, Walter Payton and Barry Sanders. A trio, designed to appease everybody and give an answer without actually committing to an informed decision. Well this is different, we're not going to water down the truth... ( 
"Jimmy might not have the national recognition of Jerry Rice at the WR position, but every defensive back that has played in the 1990's to current, and every defensive coach in the league knows exactly who he is" noted Deion Sanders... ( 
Before the days of alligator arms, and receivers hearing footsteps across the middle, one man once said: "If you catch the ball, it only hurts half as much when you get hit"... ( 
When we think Pass-rushing outside linebackers in the NFL today we think of guys like Shawne Merriman, Joey Porter and Damarcus Ware. What many people don't know is these guys owe just as much to Andre Tippett – the AFC's answer to Lawrence Taylor for a decade...
One of the NFL's favourite trivia questions is: 'who is the only black QB to win the SuperBowl?', and most people know the answer is Doug Williams, but is that all people should remember about him, or did Doug Williams actually have a lot more to his career than anybody remembers?...