by Bryan Frye
on June 22, 2021
Adam Steele is back with a new entry into his Wisdom of Crowds series, and we thank him for it. Below are Adam’s thoughts.
We’re in the dog days of the offseason, so what better time for another Wisdom of the Crowds exercise? This time, Football Perspective readers will be voting on the greatest teams in NFL history. For the sake of accessibility, the rules will be even simpler than usual:
- List your top 25 team seasons of all time in numerical order (For example, the 2008 Lions)
- All teams from the NFL, AFL, and AAFC are eligible (Like the undefeated and untied 1948 Browns)
- Winning a championship is not required for inclusion (Hello, 2007 Patriots)
- Multiple seasons from the same dynasty are permitted (1975 and 1976 Steelers? Why not?)
Polls will be open for two weeks after this is posted. As always, comments and discussion are strongly encouraged. Let’s go!
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by Bryan Frye
on June 18, 2021
Adam Steele is back to provide a recap for his Wisdom of Crowds project, and we thank him for it.
After two weeks of polling, we received 20 legal ballots and lots of great discussion. Thank you to everyone who participated! Let’s get straight to the results:
In this table you’ll see total points for each WR, average points per ballot, and the specific points distribution by each voter. I only ranked players who were listed on more than one ballot. Now you can compare your votes to others’ side by side!
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Jerry Rice is the runway winner for Greatest Wide Receiver of All-Time. He’s probably the only player in NFL history at any position that has no holes in his resume. Rice had a dominant peak, absurd longevity, holds every postseason record, and gave 100% effort at all times. He may very well be the greatest football player ever, period. [continue reading…]
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by Bryan Frye
on May 28, 2021
Adam Steele is back with a long-awaited wide receiver edition of his beloved Wisdom of Crowds exercise. We thank him for the beautiful discussion it will prompt.
It’s been a few years since FP has run a Wisdom of the Crowds exercise, and this time around we’re going to do wide receivers.
For anyone wanting to submit a ballot, there are a handful of simple rules:
- You have 200 points to distribute among your choices for the greatest wide receivers of all time. The criteria for greatness is entirely up to you, and explanations in the comments are encouraged. You can use half points (but nothing smaller than that).
- No WR may be assigned more than 15 points. This is done to prevent a few over-weighted ballots from skewing the results.
- The maximum number of WR’s you may list is 50, but it’s okay to list fewer than that as long as the points sum to 200.
- Players whose career began before 1935 are not eligible because the earliest days of the NFL were too different from the modern game to make fair comparisons.
- Please compose and submit your ballot before reading anyone else’s.
- Ballots will be accepted for two weeks after the day this is posted.
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