G.O.A.T. rantings

Quick digression: Fuck LL Cool J. Ladies don't love you, james, so much as they find themselves inextricably gravitating toward your persona of perceived dominant male status, marked by displays of hyperaggressive masculinity that almost-but-not-quite masks your vulnerability and angst from being a sensitive, black male in an uncaring world that tolerates neither blacks nor displays of emotions (which are derided as weak) from males. Such an odd concept, this idea that emotions = vulnerability = weakness. Energetically, this idea of closing off one's heart seems destructive (is it too great of a cognitive leap to link this to the fact that heart disease is the number one killer in this country?)

Anyway, I iust wanted to weigh in on the greatest football player of all time debate so my readers know where I stand.
Hands down, Jerry Rice is the greatest football player of all time. Any other arguments to the contrary are welcome, but I've yet to find them compelling enough to disuade me.
First, some backgroung information. I consider myself a die hard 49er fan for over 30 years. I remember my dad taking me to games to see OJ play 27 years ago (that was back when the 9ers were a joke, trading the whole fucking team for a broken down future murderer with gimpy legs and a penchant for white pussy...but, hey, can you blame him? I love the white girls too, and the asian girls, and the black girls, indian girls, persian girls...hell, I just love the ladies).
You should know a couple of things:
Jerry Rice does not make my top ten all time niners that I love list (which includes, Lott, Montana, Young, John Taylor, John "blocked LT into the fucking ground and kicked his ass" Frank, Bryant Young).
He is not my first pick if starting a dream franchise, though that has more to do with offensive philosophy. I take Sweetness because he is such a complete running back--all heart, great receiver, one of the all-time blockers, and all the leader any team needs. Besides, the farther away from the ball presnap, the less value they have in my scheme.

Rice was always rather unlikeable, a bit bitchy or as my friend might say "cunty." He was selfish, cranky, irritable and undoubtedly one of the most consistantly brilliant player to ever step between the lines for 20 years.
My argument for Rice being the greatest of all time is as follows:
Because football is so team-oriented, I argue that it is impossible to compare different positions in order to determine who is the best. One cannot accurately compare the contributions an offensive lineman makes to his team versus a running back, qb or tight end, much less a middle linebacker or defensive end. For example, the game is set up to record the contributions of the running back on a running play but not the block a receiver made down field, the reverse pivot a qb made to draw the linebacker a step out of position, the offside chopblock a tackle made. The game records tackles made but it doesn't acknowledge the defensive tackle taking on a double team to seal a hole and force the runner into the arms of a defender. It records sacks but not ones that are the result of the defensive back playing terrific coverage. Rather everyone works in concert toward the same goal, scoring or stopping a score.
We can't even agree that Joe Montana is the most important player/contributor to those great niner teams much less call him the greatest player compared to Sweetness, Anthony Munoz, Joe Green, LT because, I would argue, we can't say that about anyone. Comparisons are specious.

So with that conundrum in mind, I think the next best way to decide who was the greatest of all time is to compare by position: With every other position, a handful of all-timers enter into the discussion. QB: Montana, Elway, Unitas, fucking Marino (all stats, no corizon) RB: Jim Brown, Payton (my pick), Campbell, Sanders (1/4 of his runs were for negative yards, did not block or catch passes, but boy could that fucker run), etc, etc.
But there is NO question who the greatest receiver of all time is. NONE (unless you're a contrarian or don't understand the agreed upon goals of playing football or you're a FUCKING lobotomy patient ). Rice is so much better than the next best receiver that none are even in the conversation. Fucker could run, catch, always was open, and was one of the best blocking receivers in the league [Remember those two long 90+ yard td catches JT had against the Rams on monday night football in '89 (my favorite niner superbowl team, by the by). Make sure to take note who was blocking his ass off all the way down the field.] The numbers don't lie. His are so much better than the next best, it's silly. He was that rare blend of incredible talent and insatiable work ethic, a blend that only the truly best have. Hell, Rice has the record for holding the most records.
So as far as Rice being the best player of all time, because we cannot (and should not) compare head to head, I would argue that he is more better than the next best receiver than any other player is at any other position in the history of the NFL. He dominated his position like none other before or since, making him the greatest of all time.