Throwdowns > Forfeited

Sanders was just fast...nothing more...he was a CB instead of a WR because he couldn't catch.

Both were amazing athletes. I seem to recall Deion playing a football game for the Falcons during the day and then a playoff game for the Braves at night. Amazing.

Deion also threw several buckets of ice water in McCarver's face. Bonus points for that.

QUOTE(#2):

Originally posted 02:24 PM ET  12.06 by Mondo Jay

Amazing.Deion also threw several buckets of ice water in McCarver's face. Bonus points for that.

Class act. Fisk told him, "Real athletes don't make up their own nicknames", or something like that.....

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 02:21 PM ET  12.06 by ---Loki---

Sanders was just fast...nothing more...he was a CB instead of a WR because he couldn't catch.

That's a bunch of nonsense.

Deion Sanders had some of the best hands of any cornerback out there. Opposing quarterbacks didn't avoid him like the plague because they were afraid he'd bat the ball innocently to the ground. And the Dallas Cowboys didn't play him at wide receiver because he had bricks for hands.

Mensa battle.

QUOTE(#5):

Originally posted 11:47 PM ET  12.06 by williewilliejuan

Mensa battle.

No, you are!

Hershel Walker may have been better than both of them. NFL, Winter Olympics, MMA.....

Watching Bo run up that outfield wall like he was in the Matrix seals the deal.

He was a better baseball player than Sanders was. And broke more bats over his head.

I think realtively equal on the football field though.

QUOTE(#4):

Originally posted 07:45 PM ET  12.06 by (Un)mautre

That's a bunch of nonsense.Deion Sanders had some of the best hands of any cornerback out there. Opposing quarterbacks didn't avoid him like the plague because they were afraid he'd bat the ball innocently to the ground. And the Dallas Cowboys didn't play him at wide receiver because he had bricks for hands.

I think he ran back kicks as well.........

QUOTE(#1):

Originally posted 02:21 PM ET  12.06 by ---Loki---

Sanders was just fast...nothing more...he was a CB instead of a WR because he couldn't catch.

This is such a common misconception that people have. The difference between a DB and WR isn't the ability to catch. It is usually 3 inches in height. DBs can catch and Deon had great hands. The whole notion that DBs can't catch is so laymen it isn't even funnny.

QUOTE(#7):

Originally posted 09:35 AM ET  12.07 by Darth Maim

Hershel Walker may have been better than both of them. NFL, Winter Olympics, MMA.....

Nah, Walker was a great athlete but he wasn't as good at any sport as Deon and Bo where. Well maybe Deon in baseball vs Walker in football.

Bo could have been if it wasn't for the injury.

QUOTE(#10):

Originally posted 11:42 AM ET  12.07 by BuckyBadger.

This is such a common misconception that people have. The difference between a DB and WR isn't the ability to catch. It is usually 3 inches in height. DBs can catch and Deon had great hands. The whole notion that DBs can't catch is so laymen it isn't even funnny.

and yet the difference between guys like WR Santana Moss and most CBs is NOT height, it's the ability to catch...if you look at all of the small WRs, you'll notice that they have great hands, so much so that they overcome the height difference. Which makes the discerning factor the ability to catch...

QUOTE(#11):

Originally posted 11:43 AM ET  12.07 by BuckyBadger.

Nah, Walker was a great athlete but he wasn't as good at any sport as Deon and Bo where. Well maybe Deon in baseball vs Walker in football.

Walker is like a 3rd degree blackbelt...

"Bo knows basketball, Bo knows hockey, even though Bo didn't know Diddly" Did Deon?

QUOTE(#13):

Originally posted 01:29 PM ET  12.07 by ---Loki---

and yet the difference between guys like WR Santana Moss and most CBs is NOT height, it's the ability to catch...if you look at all of the small WRs, you'll notice that they have great hands, so much so that they overcome the height difference. Which makes the discerning factor the ability to catch...

Guys like Charles Woodson and Champ Bailey have great hands as well. The difference with them is the ability to role your hips and move with great speed. They are actually better athletes and both could have played offense.

You have this mindset that if they could be WRs they would be. That simply isn't true. Lots of coaches, especially in college, will look to put their best guys on defense. Also the average CB in the NFL gets paid more than the average WR. Why? Because a shut down corner has more value to a team and is harder to come by. Those guys can catch.

I believe the knock on Deion was he couldn't, or didn't like to takle.

I believe the knock on Deion was he couldn't, or didn't like to takle.

QUOTE(#3):

Originally posted 03:21 PM ET  12.06 by Darth Maim

Class act. Fisk told him, "Real athletes don't make up their own nicknames", or something like that.....

The first time Sanders played against the Red Sox he drew a $ sign in the dirt.....Carlton Fisk told him: Don't dig in rookie, The next pitch is coming at your head ..............It did...........

QUOTE(#18):

Originally posted 02:57 PM ET  12.07 by AllStarz Ruinating the Nation

I believe the knock on Deion was he couldn't, or didn't like to takle.

^^^^^^^^^^^^THIS