Who's it gonna be -- Bavaro or Shockey?

Not because i’m currently unhappy with Shocks’ behavior. After consideration MB got my vote because Shockey probably has about 100 more dropped balls at this point in his carreer.

because I think he is undeniably more talented than Bavaro, and at his best, he is just as tough. The dropped balls are annoying, but he didn’t really start dropping a ton of balls until Coughlin came and made him less of a focal point in the passing game, so I think they are more a concentration issue than a bad hands issue. Now, that, coupled with his currenty feuds made me think long and hard about voting for him, but then I realized that the head coach of the all-time team would probably be Parcells, and if anyone could keep Shockey in line and his head in the game, it would be 1980’s era Parcells.

By the way, Ed, are we going to be voting on coaches too, or will we finish once we’ve got all the players?

But I voted Bavaro. The man could have played football in any era, and the site of him carrying the entire 49er organization on his back is one of those “forever etched in my memory” plays

I’ll take Bavaro over Shockey all day long

should go out to Howard Cross as well. While never a premier pass catcher, I always thought he was one of the best blocking TE’s I’ve ever seen, after Bavaro

He would garner any votes, but I’ll give him a jrs1940 “tip of the cap”

Plus, he caught a few big passes in SB 25, causing Chris Berman to remark during the post game highlights “Howard Cross is KILLING THE BILLS!”

Derek Brown have any votes yet? Nope, not yet…...

Shockey will be #1, but as it stands today Mark Bavaro was the best. A very capable receiver on an offense that didn’t throw the ball all that much, and a more than capable blocker on a team that depended on the running game. Not to mention his name is synonymous with toughness.

Nicknamed “Rambo” is ok with me

He has better numbers, but he has buttered fingers.

Bavaro went in and did what he needed to, when he needed to, so that the team would be successful.

As famous as Strahan’s smile was after a sack, so is Shockey’s grimace after dropping a catchable ball. If it touches both hands, it should be a catch. Especially if you play tight end. I’m going with Bavaro.

I’m kidding. It’s gotta be Bavaro; if nothing else based solely on Shockey’s actions over the course of his career.

Shockey seems more talented – but I’d rather have a warrior like Bavaro any day of the week (hence my sarcastic vote for Boss!!)

He’s my candidate for one of the top three coaches in NFL history. He has performed the most difficult task for a coach. The turnaround. And he didn’t just do it once. Also has an uncanny eye for how to utilize whatever talent he has to work with.

I voted for Bavaro. In spite of posessing great talent, Shockey has not yet contributed enough as a team player to warrant the honor of beling annointed the all time Giant tight end. Since the memories of his career focus more on his smirking, self centered agenda of personal stats rather than the success of the team as a whole, he doesn’t yet deserve our vote. I wonder if he would even have lasted two years if he had to play under the conditions Tucker had to endure.

I voted Bavaro, but this does make me think of my favorite Shockey moment. the game escapes me, but it was a duck into the end zone that Brian Dawkins had in his hands for the pick, and Shockey wrestled out and landed right on top him for the TD, and just started nodding his head: “Oh yeah, that’s right, I caught it!”