I was not around for Namath but I'm not that young. It's a no brainer for me, he is fourth all time and lasted at a top level in a position where nobody lasts.
There wouldn't need to be a thread for most important, as that is overwhelmingly obviously Namath. For peak value Namath again is a strong candidate - people who didn't see him play just don't realize how good he was in the late 1960s, and the stats don't reflect it. I would not pick him, however, but would instead go with Klecko, Toon, or Revis. For career value I would certainly go with Martin if he had played his entire career with the Jets, and would probably still choose him. I would also point out that at the time of his retirement, my boy Don Maynard was the alltime pro football career leader in receptions and receiving yards, and was second alltime in TD receptions, playing virtually his entire career with the Jets. No one else in the history of the team can say anything remotely close to that.
Even I know that Lott was a Jet. Then again Lott is my favourite all time player. The most famous Jet is Namath obviously, but only judging him by his stats and record, I would doubt he is the best you've had. Martin was productive but never the best player in his position so would doubt it would be him either. Revis might be your answer eventually.
Those who say Curtis was never the best at his position don't understand the difference in how he was used vs. how those other RBs were used. #28 did exactly what Shonne Greene thinks he does--run right into the teeth of the Defense all game, every game, every season, forever. He was ground and pound all by himself.
It might be Revis one day, but to me it's Joe Namath it has to be he's the only Jets QB to win a Superbowl or even go to one.But Revis is the best Defensive player in Jet's history
Revis is the most talented player to ever play for the Jets, but it's gotta go to Namath for banking on his Super Bowl prediction.
When Lott signed on with the Jets he was far from his prime but still productive. Very smart and would sometimes jump out of his assignment & hit the exact spot needed to stuff runs after analyzing the field/formations when ball snapped. Watching him in a Jet uniform while performing these kind of quick decision plays was amazing & obvious proof on just how smart a football player he was. Never happened but I wish he would've taken those football smarts to coaching so others could learn from him.
I'll always remember my false celebrations after Nagel's first game. My pleas for a franchise QB were finally answered . . . . until we got to see Nagel's career unfold
Flash Gordon. Everybody remembers the Super Bowl, but he also took down Ming the Merciless, which is the only reason we are all able to have this conversation in the first place.