CBSSports.com's Franchise Five - Green Bay

Lombardi

Starr

Harlan, Reggie, "The Hungry Five"

That's only 4....The Four Horsemen??

My 5....

1. Lambeau
2. Lombardi
3. Harlan
4. Reggie
5. Rodgers

Why Rodgers? Because I've never seen a better QB since Unitas & Marino.

(Honorable mention to Hutson, until Rice came along he owned all the receiving records for a VERY long time.)

@H5 posted:

1. Lombardi

2. Starr

3. Harlan, 4. Reggie, 5. "The Hungry Five"

Lombardi

Lambeau

Harlan 

Starr

Favre/Rodgers (tie to me)

IMHO I think Harlan is without a doubt the most important management person (non coach or player) in team history.  If you think about how he saved the team we love from the years of wandering the wilderness it is amazing.  Those of us who remember the late 60s to 1992 knows exactly what I am talking about.

Coach- Lambeau

QB- Starr

Player 1 - Hutson

Player 2- Reggie

Player 3 - Janis

@The Heckler posted:

Lombardi

Lambeau

Harlan 

Starr

Favre/Rodgers (tie to me)

IMHO I think Harlan is without a doubt the most important management person (non coach or player) in team history.  If you think about how he saved the team we love from the years of wandering the wilderness it is amazing.  Those of us who remember the late 60s to 1992 knows exactly what I am talking about.

We could be the Browns today. Or Jacksonville.

Vince

Bart

66

Gregg

A tie among a gazzillion picks....Favre, Rodgers, Reggie, Butler, Hutson, etc.  A hundred years equals a lot of players.  A lot of great players.

@Dr._Bob posted:

Coach- Lambeau

QB- Starr

Player 1 - Hutson

Player 2- Reggie

Player 3 - Janis

Your list is obviously a joke since you left Ray Rhodes off of it.

coach: Lombardi

qb: Starr

3 non qb's:                                                                                                                              Nitschke                                                                                                                                  White                                                                                                                                        Hutson

@Blair Kiel posted:

Your list is obviously a joke since you left Ray Rhodes off of it.

Rhodes transcends this list and all of football.

Well, you have arguably 3 of the top 15 QB's of all time, so there is a good argument for any of them.  Favre wins even though I would say Rodgers is a better QB.  

Don Hutson needs to be on the list, even though a lot of people have no idea how he stood out during his time.  

Reggie White because what other player truly belongs in the top 5 of two different teams.  

Sharpe because I will always be a fanboy.

Honorable Mentions:  Travis Jervey, Brent Fullwood, Jay Cutler

Coach   Holmgren.  Took a very raw talent (Favre), lots of stars and made them winners.

QB  Starr.  7-1 in Championship Games. That's all that counts.

3players.  Hutson  Man above boys.  Reggie  Made all players around him better.   Nitschke    When ever he played the best, Jim Brown he shut him down, completely. '62 NFL Championship MVP

Lambeau and Lombardi are easy choices. Harlan has to be there because without him there’s no Wolf and no improvement to the stadium or the organization financial situation to keep us competitive with the rest of the league. 

There are plenty of good arguments for the last two, but Starr and Reggie were undeniably two of the most important pieces of organizational turnaround. 

1. Lambeau

2. Lombardi

3. Harlan

4. Starr

5. Reggie

Im too young to remember the 70’s and 80’s Packers and obviously that means I don’t remember teams <60’s, but I think it’s safe to say had there been no turnaround in performance after so much mediocrity there may not even be a GBP organization. It’s not like we have a deep pocket owner to keep us going. As much as I love Favre and the part he played in the turnaround, I’m not sure we reach glory without Reggie setting the tone on defense. 

1 Vince Lombardi

2 Bart Starr

3 Ray Nitschke

4 Reggie White

5 Jim Taylor

1. Lambeau 

2. Lombardi

3. Harlan (I view him right up there with the previous two). 

Final two spots go to players and I'll go with Starr and Hutson. 

@Pikes Peak posted:

Vince

Bart

66

Gregg

A tie among a gazzillion picks....Favre, Rodgers, Reggie, Butler, Hutson, etc.  A hundred years equals a lot of players.  A lot of great players.

Was waiting for someone to mention Charles Woodson

Love Woodson, truly one of the all time great Packers. Same for Rodgers. While both guys were a part of a couple lean years ('05, '08), the organization was still strong and thriving when they came aboard. They pushed us over the top for sure. If I'm just picking 5, I want the 5 who were linchpins at key moments in GBP history. Reggie is debatable because you could talk about Favre, Holmy, Wolf, Samkon Gado, etc. 

Few follow the rules set forth by the thread starter.  Go figure.

According to the rules:

Lombardi

Harlan

Reggie

Hutson

Favre- I'm only going Favre over Rodgers because I figure if the Packers have some schmoe QBing in 2004 they go 6-10 instead of 10-6, wind up with the 10th-12th draft choice and  pick someone not named Rodgers as their 2005 #1.

Lombardi

Favre

Reggie, Ray and C-Wood

@PackLandVA posted:

Few follow the rules set forth by the thread starter.  Go figure.

Okay Harlan isn't a coach. So I will amend to say:

Coach: Lombardi

QB: Starr

Non-QB: Lambeau, Reggie, Woodson

Can't make a Packers list without sneaking Lambeau in there somewhere. Technically he wasn't a QB-only, he did multiple things. I include him based on his contributions as a field goal kicker!

Coach - Lambeau

He started the franchise and was at the helm of the first dynasty/dominant/perennial powerhouse teams. 

QB - Bart Starr

He was the captain and face of the dominant teams of the 60s, when football began to make its splash on TV and will al aye be mentioned with Favre and Rodgers.

Non-QB Players

Don Hutson - a man among boys during his time; records stood for decades; elite at his position when passing wasn’t a thing; and THE guy of those early Championship years. 

Ray Nitsche - the leader of the defense during those championships of the middle century; the most face and name recognition during that time aside from Lombardi and Starr; synonymous with great MLBs of all-time and always seen as one of the bare knuckle brawlers of his time. 

Reggie - would be a HoF player just on his play with either Philly or GB but did more than just play outstanding football; his FA signing was a huge deal back then because nobody wanted to play in GB; it brought credibility to the franchise and opened the door to other significant FA signings; players wanted to play with Reggie and in GB; he was a leader on and off the field and he (along with Favre, Wolf and Holmy) took a once proud franchise mired in two decades of disaster and was instrumental in bring the Lombardi Trophy home; Reggie let all future players know GB was a great place to play, a great franchise with a great fanbase and help set in place almost 30 years of stability. 

Chuck Cecil

Kenny Stills

Charles Martin

So Forrest Gregg then as your coach.

Jim McMahon at QB?