SportsNation Has Spoken

From ESPN.com: In early August, we asked SportsNation to select the greatest player for every NFL franchise. Whether it's the Bears and Packers, with nearly a century's worth of choices, or a newbie such as the Texans, every team has a player who stands above the rest. The final results are in. Not surprisingly, there were some slam-dunk choices (see Dolphins and Browns) and a few that have us scratching our heads here in Bristol. (Matt Stover for the Ravens? Were we hacked?)

The player voted by the fans as the best greatest Rams player ever? MARSHALL, MARSHALL, MARSHALL! That's right. You can read all about the final votes here, but in the meantime, here's my take on Marshall winning this award...

Brilliant! First ballot Hall of Famer, and for all of you who disagree, let me pull a Joe Friday and state "just the facts, man" (actually, his catch phrase was NOT "Just the facts' ma'am," but was "All we want are the facts, ma'am.")

* 2000 league MVP

* Shares the all-time record of at least 10,000 rushing yards and 5,000 receiving yards

* 2nd player to gain more than 1000 yds both rushing and receiving in a season

* NFL record 2,429 total yards (1,381 rushing, 1,048 receiving) from scrimmage in a season

* Set an NFL record with 4 consecutive 2,000+ yards seasons from line of scrimmage

* Tied an NFL record with Emmitt Smith to have 2 consecutive years of 20+ TDs

* Set an NFL record with three 4 TD games in a single season

* Set an NFL record with 2 consecutive years of 4 TD's in 3 or more games

* Set an NFL record with most TD's in a single season @ 26

* Holds the NFL records with SEVEN two-point convertions

* 1st all-time with combined total of 100+ rushing touchdowns and 30+ receiving touchdowns

* 4th all-time in total yards from scrimmage.

* 4th all-time in touchdowns scored.

* 6th all-time in rushing TD’s.

* 9th overall in career rushing yards.

* 16th overall all-time in receptions including Wide Receivers. 2nd overall amongst running backs

I personally voted for BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE. I would have voted for Kurt (see SB 34), but since his name wasn't even on the list, well, just believe it was Marshall and wait for the next poll in 5 years. Maybe then the REAL candidate will be on there.