In the wake of Michael Vick’s signing with the Philadelphia Eagles, there’s been an onslaught of Vick highlight reels and they have been, to say the least, impressive. It’s almost amazing what that man was capable of during the prime of his career.
That string of highlights involving Vick running around opposing defenses had me reminiscing about the good ol’ days and the initial advent of created-players in football video games, players that you created to simply run circles around opposing outside linebackers on sweeps and option plays. Being somewhat of a purest in my video football, however, my created players didn’t make the cut very often or were scaled back to fit the mold of an average athlete with room to improve.
I’ve always loved speed (and unlearned attributes), however, and the recent buzz around Vick has gotten me thinking about some of my favorite NFL speedsters:
Bo Jackson
Bo Jackson was a bad-ass, plain and simple, and had a reel with the best of them.
Darrell Green
Green means go and I will always remember that Darrell Green meant go. He was recorded as running a 4.09 40 time. That’s ridiculous.
Deion Sanders
Deion was “Primetime” and definitely put on a show.
Additional favorites, you may ask?
Willie Gault - The Bears’ quick WR had a gold medal to go with his Super Bowl ring.
Randy Moss – I’ll wager that if you doubt Randy’s quickness, he’s already behind you.
Devin Hester – His rookie season returns put him on the list by themselves. Anything else is just fodder.
And then there’s always Dickerson, Walker, etc. etc. etc. – The list could go on and on, but these are just a few of my favorite speedsters to sit and watch.
All videos above are from YouTube and though I cannot claim responsibility for them, please enjoy.
Cheers.
