The second greatest Vol ever (NFL)

[MurphyVol]

Jason Witten? 6 catches today...in his 14TH SEASON

1,000 catches 11,000 yards 60 TDs and counting

Is Witten the second greatest Vol to play in The NFL? What obvious players am I forgetting?

 

[volfanhill]

Reggie White

 

[utvolpj]

Reggie white?

 

[jessiej86]

Reggie White

 

[Biopsyman]

Reggie White

Hands down.. Not debatable

 

[MurphyVol]

Duh, of course 15 seasons 13 pro bowls.

Witten 13 seasons and 10 pro bowls coming into this year

I feel like there's another obvious candidate I'm blanking on

 

[MAD]

Willie Gault?

 

[MurphyVol]

Witten should pass Stanley Morgan in total yards this year, same number of seasons.

 

[volfanhill]

Duh, of course 15 seasons 13 pro bowls.

Witten 13 seasons and 10 pro bowls coming into this year

I feel like there's another obvious candidate I'm blanking on

I wouldn't use pro bowls as the measure of NFL success. Especially in today's era. Look at the pro bowl QB's last year.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Doug Atkins is third.

 

[volfanhill]

Witten should pass Stanley Morgan in total yards this year, same number of seasons.

Again the game is different today. Pass first wasn't the way the NFL played back in the day.

 

[TAF]

Nope...but Top 5, though

 

[MurphyVol]

Again the game is different today. Pass first wasn't the way the NFL played back in the day.

TE vs WR is a pretty fair comparison in any era. Same longevity or longer if Jason plays next season

 

[savannahfan]

Doug Atkins is third.

Doug Atkins is 1st. I saw him play and White play. Very few things happened around Atkins, he had to go find action a lot of the time.

 

[Nasavol]

Peyton, Doug Atkins, Reggie, in that order and not debatable.

 

[MurphyVol]

Doug Atkins is 1st. I saw him play and White play. Very few things happened around Atkins, he had to go find action a lot of the time.

Wow, played 17 seasons. Would be interesting to see accurate tackles and his number of sacks if they'd counted back then

 

[VOLINVONORE]

Doug Atkins

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Peyton, Doug Atkins, Reggie, in that order and not debatable.

It's very much debatable. Atkins played in an era of a barely integrated NFL.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Peyton, Doug Atkins, Reggie, in that order and not debatable.

It's absolutely debatable. These are fans opinions so its always going to be a debate.

 

[CAVPUT]

Peyton, Doug Atkins, Reggie, in that order and not debatable.

Yep

 

[TGVol]

It's absolutely debatable. These are fans opinions so its always going to be a debate.

Please don't tell me you really think Peyton is also debatable.

 

[volfanhill]

Please don't tell me you really think Peyton is also debatable.

Well he didn't beat Florida

 

[TGVol]

Well he didn't beat Florida

Florida is an NFL team?

 

[Hacksaw]

Like everyone else here, I would say Peyton, Reggie and Doug are definitely on this particular Mount Rushmore.

Witten is definitely working his way into the conversation, but I don't know if he'll ever quite get there. I kind of think Witten belongs more in the same category with guys like John Bruhin, Deon Grant, Dale Carter, Carl Pickens, Chad Clifton, Bruce Wilkerson, Tim Irwin, Raleigh McKenzie, Willie Gault, Tim McGee, Stanley Morgan, Hacksaw Reynolds, Chuck Smith...probably a few others I'm missing.

 

[volfanhill]

Florida is an NFL team?

It was a joke. Try to keep up.