Bleacher report, I thought this would make a good topic for discussion, I don't agree with a number of them... http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1285434-new-york-jets-the-best-player-to-wear-each-jersey-number-from-1-99
Anthony Pleasant was better than Bobby Hamilton, Hamilton got better with Pats Anthony Pleasant Bobby Hamilton Kurt Barber
I'll save the best player stuff for another day but below are the first players I think of when seeing their #s: 1 Tony Meola(obviously never played for us but that publicity stunt basically summed up the franchise pre-Parcells) 2 Nick Folk 3 Rick Mirer 4 Louie Aguiar 5 Pat Leahy 6 Mark Sanchez 7 Ken O'Brien 8 Nick Lowery 9 Jeff Blake 10 Chad Pennington 11 Tony Eason 12 Joe Namath 13 Don Maynard 14 Richard Todd 15 Kyle Mackey 16 Vinny Testaverde 17 Braylon Edwards 18 Ray Lucas 19 Keyshawn Johnson 20 Richie Anderson 21 Clark Gaines 22 Erik McMillan 23 Marcus Turner 24 Freeman McNeil 25 Clifford Hicks 26 Erik Coleman 27 Russell carter 28 Curtis Martin 29 Johnny Lynn 30 Brad Baxter 31 Lonnie Young 32 Leon Johnson 33 Kevin Long 34 Johnny Hector 35 Mike Augustyniak 36 Rich Miano 37 Johnny Mitchell(never played w/ this # but in his "comeback" in 1999 he wore this # 38 Todd Scott 39 Harry Hamilton 40 James Hasty 41 Matt Snell 42 John Booty 43 Mike Brim 44 James Ihedigbo 45 Tony Stargell 46 Trevor Matich 47 Jerry Holmes 48 Brian Washington 49 Travis Curtis 50 Bob Crable I'll save 51-99 for later
1st players I think of: 1 Nugent 2 Raul Allegre 3 Bobby Howfield 4 Dave Jennings 5 Pat Leahy :sad: 6 Ray Lucas 7 Ken O'Brien 8 Browning Nagle 9 Jeff Blake 10 Pennington 11 Jim Turner 12 Joe Willie 13 Don Maynard 14 Richard Todd 15 Babe Parilli 16 Testeverde 17 Matt Robinson 18 Al Woodall 19 Chris Farasoupoulos 20 Richie Anderson 21 Clark Gaines :beer: 22 Jim Hudson 23 Schafer Suggs 24 Freeman McNeil 25 Scott Dierking 26 Donald Dykes 27 Phil Wise 28 Curtis Martin 29 Bake Turner 30 Mark Smolinski 31 Billy Mathis 32 Emerson Boozer 33 WK Hicks 34 Johnny Hector 35 Mike Augustyniak 36 Rich Miano 37 Tim Moresco 38 Ed Taylor 39 Harry Hamilton 40 Mike Battle 41 Matt Snell 42 Randy Beverly 43 John Dockery 44 John Riggins 45 Earl Christy 46 Billy Bird 47 Jerry Holmes 48 Kenny Schroy 49 Ed Marinaro 50 Bob Crable 51 Greg Buttle, Ralph Baker 52 John Schmitt 53 Chad Cascadden 54 Jamie Rivers 55 John Ebersole 56 Lance Mehl
57 John Woodring 58 Mark Merrill 59 Kyle Clifton :beer: 60 Dan Alexander 61 Bob Talamini 62 Al Atkinson 63 John Neidert 64 Guy Bingham 65 Joe Field's 66 Randy Rasmussen 67 Dave Herman 68 Kevin Mawae 69 Jason Fabini 70 Stan Waldemore 71 Kerry Jenkins 72 Paul Rochester 73 Joe Klecko 74 Abdul Salaam 75 Winston Hill 76 Lawrence Pillars 77 Carl Barzilouskas 78 Barry Bennett 79 Marvin Powell 80 John Elliott, Wayne Chrebet 81 Gerry Philbin 82 Mickey Shuler 83 George Sauer 84 Bobby Humphrey 85 Wesley Walker 86 Verlon Biggs 87 Pete Lammons 88 Al Toon, Rich Caster 89 Lou Piccone 90 Dennis Byrd 91 Paul Frase 92 Ken Rose 93 Marty Lyons 94 Rusty Guilbeau 95 Rick Lyle 96 Mark Gunn 97 Marvin Washington 98 Kurt Barber 99 Gastineau
51 Joe Mott 52 David Harris 53 Jim Sweeney 54 Troy Benson 55 Alex Gordon 56 Lance Mehl 57 Mo Lewis 58 Joe Kelly 59 Kyle Clifton 60 Dan Alexander 61 Jeff Criswell 62 Roger Duffy 63 Dewayne Robertson 64 Trevor Matich 65 Joe Fields 66 Dave Cadigan 67 Dwayne Wgite 68 Kevin Mawae 69 Jason Fabini 70 Matt O'Dwyer 71 Bill Pickel 72 Chris Ward 73 Joe Klecko 74 Nick Mangold 75 Siupeli Malamal 76 James Brown 77 Gerald Nichols 78 Barry Bennett 79 Marvin Powell 80 Lam Jones 81 Derrick Gaffney 82 Mickey Shuler 83 Santana Moss 84 Bobby Humphery 85 Wesley Walker 86 Johnny Mitchell 87 Chris Burkett 88 Al Toon 89 Jerricho Cotchery 90 Dennis Byrd 91 Sione Pouha 92 Shaun Ellis 93 Marty Lyons 94 John Abraham 95 Tom Baldwin 96 Mark Gunn 97 Marvin Washington 98 Darrell Davis 99 Mark Gastineau
Yep. He wasn't good at all playing outside the hash marks, but he was perfectly suited as a nickel. Short strides, great quickness, great hands and awareness.
My favorite players made the list so I'm happy #21 (Also #23) Victor Greene #59 Kyle Clifton #80 Wayne Chrebet #88 Al Toon Current favorite #74Nick Mangold No CB, RB or QBs for me
