Well, I try to watch every game every season. So you know we've been through a lot since 1989. To be honest, it's people like Boomer Esiason, Tim Brown(the Bengals Tim Brown), of course Icky one year wonder turned meat butcher. But people like James Brooks, David Fultcher, and Stanford Jennings. ( I took off sprinting laps around Grandma and Grandpa's house....Screaming....shouting echoes of joy after he ran the kickoff back for the TD in Super Bowl 23 to give us back the lead....................Then I cried in the hot fudge sundae Grandma made me when I had to watch Joe Montainia lift the Limbardi trophy in the end.)
Deion Sanders is probably my favorite all time CB I respect Walter Peyton, but understand that Barry Sanders is the best running back of all time.
These people, among countless more, inspired me to play the game starting 1988 until I graduated college about 2002. This simulation is nice because it feels a bit more real than Madden on the Xbox.