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This is the latest post in Kurt’s continuing series to identify the NFL’s Ultimate Franchise Player of All-Time. For an explanation of his methodology for choosing each franchise’s ultimate franchise player, and then how you and he will choose the NFL’s Ultimate Franchise Player from that list, click here. To see all the category page for this series, of which there will be one for every franchise, click here. Previous selections: ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN | CLE | DAL | DEN | DET Welcome to season number two of Midwest Sports Fans’ Ultimate Franchise Player (UFP) series. The concept is relatively simple: in a series of articles I am naming the all-time greatest player ever for each NFL franchise. Each of the 32 team UFPs then receive an automatic bid to my eventual UFP tournament, along with 32 ‘at-large’ bids. Last offsseason I revealed the UFPs for the Cardinals, Falcons, Ravens, Bills, Panthers, Bears, Bengals, Browns, Cowboys, Broncos, and Lions. The first 11 playe...
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