Chargers Mt Rushmore vote.

[Coachmarkos]

Fouts, Tomlinson, Seau, and Winslow (soon to be Rivers, if he can recapture his previous brilliance)

[6025]

Leaf, Gaither, McCree, Kaeding

[Mister Hoarse]

Leaf, Gaither, McCree, Kaeding

That's the cast from Destroy All Monsters.

[TABF]

These are in order and are 100% without a doubt my top 4 with the Hon Mentions below a not so close (not really distant) 5 through 8.

1. Don Coryell-We have no Super Bowl Rings and that is often thrown in our faces. Could you imagine how much more could be thrown in our faces had we not had teh Coryell Era... he is first on my list. He is why people 40yo and up (non fans) respect the Chargers.
2. Junior Seau-One of the best LB in the history of the game (Nuff Said).
3. Dan Fouts-The absolute best QB to ever wear lightning bolts.
4. LT-The best RB to ever wear lightning bolts. He is why people 15yo and up respect the Chargers

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Hon Mention 1-Allworth-May not have been the best WR (pass catcher) to ever don the lightning bolt. HOF and great player, but Joiner and Winslow were the two best pass catchers in bolt history.
Hon Mention 2-4 -Winslow/Joiner/Gates all great pass catchers and all great Chargers, but they just didn't have enough impact for me personally to surpass the 4 mentioned above. Don't get me wrong, they were/are very big parts of Bolt memories, but not even close to my top 4.

[MakoShark]

These are in order and are 100% without a doubt my top 4 with the Hon Mentions below a not so close (not really distant) 5 through 8.

1. Don Coryell-We have no Super Bowl Rings and that is often thrown in our faces. Could you imagine how much more could be thrown in our faces had we not had teh Coryell Era... he is first on my list. He is why people 40yo and up (non fans) respect the Chargers.
2. Junior Seau-One of the best LB in the history of the game (Nuff Said).
3. Dan Fouts-The absolute best QB to ever wear lightning bolts.
4. LT-The best RB to ever wear lightning bolts. He is why people 15yo and up respect the Chargers

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Hon Mention 1-Allworth-May not have been the best WR (pass catcher) to ever don the lightning bolt. HOF and great player, but Joiner and Winslow were the two best pass catchers in bolt history.
Hon Mention 2-4 -Winslow/Joiner/Gates all great pass catchers and all great Chargers, but they just didn't have enough impact for me personally to surpass the 4 mentioned above. Don't get me wrong, they were/are very big parts of Bolt memories, but not even close to my top 4.

You make some good arguements. I know Winslow was great but I lost all respect for him when he turned his HOF induction into a political statement.

[ICE]

Fouts, Tomlinson, Seau, and Winslow (soon to be Rivers, if he can recapture his previous brilliance)

Give me Gates over Winslow any day. Winslow set the standard at TE but the dude was an A1 prick - and at the end of the day I think Gates is better.

[Bolt-O]

Funny thing about the tight ends is that both Winslow and Gates are ranked below another former Charger, John Mackey, by a number of historians. The Chargers have had great players throughout the years, and two innovative coaches, so leaving off someone is tough. If Bobby Ross would have won that Superbowl, he would have leapfroged himself into that top four.

[6025]

Hon Mention 1-Allworth-May not have been the best WR (pass catcher) to ever don the lightning bolt. HOF and great player, but Joiner and Winslow were the two best pass catchers in bolt history.
Hon Mention 2-4 -Winslow/Joiner/Gates all great pass catchers and all great Chargers, but they just didn't have enough impact for me personally to surpass the 4 mentioned above. Don't get me wrong, they were/are very big parts of Bolt memories, but not even close to my top 4.

Alworth is their greatest WR of all-time. He made Hadl look like a HOF QB with those leaping catches. That said, I don't recall ever seeing Charlie Joiner drop a pass.

We've had some great receivers play for the Chargers. JJ was all-world for those three years, and Wes Chandler was a great one too, his performance in the 1982 game against SF is one of the greatest games ever by a Chargers WR.

[Heatmiser]

Give me Gates over Winslow any day. Winslow set the standard at TE but the dude was an A1 prick - and at the end of the day I think Gates is better.

Winslow was, and seems to have remained, a real jerk. Not a get in trouble and kill somebody off the field jerk or get drunk and assaut his girlfriend jerk, but just a real arrogant, unpleasant guy. I think he was a better TE than Gates. Far more physically gifted, but Winslow's career was cut short.

But then, Fouts was not a huggable agreeable guy either. He seems to have toned it down as an announcer, but he was hard to get along with, too. Point is, this was on talent and on the field production. Otherwise, Mike Riley should be on the mountain!

TG

[cyberbolt]

Winslow was, and seems to have remained, a real jerk. Not a get in trouble and kill somebody off the field jerk or get drunk and assaut his girlfriend jerk, but just a real arrogant, unpleasant guy. I think he was a better TE than Gates. Far more physically gifted, but Winslow's career was cut short.

But then, Fouts was not a huggable agreeable guy either. He seems to have toned it down as an announcer, but he was hard to get along with, too. Point is, this was on talent and on the field production. Otherwise, Mike Riley should be on the mountain!

TG

Winslow was a fucking dick about the Eli Manning not wanting to play in SD thing. I loved the player, lost a lotta respect for the man during that whole thing. It's a little hard for me to separate the two, so I'll take me some Gates over him as well.

[Boltjolt]

Who's on your Patriots' Mt. Rushmore?

Bruce Armstrong

Bill Belichick

Tom Brady

Troy Brown

Tedy Bruschi

John Hannah

Robert Kraft

Ty Law

Willie McGinest

Stanley Morgan

Andre Tippett

Adam Vinatieri

Who's on your Chargers' Mt. Rushmore?

Lance Alworth

Don Coryell

Fred Dean

Dan Fouts

Antonio Gates

Sid Gillman

Charlie Joiner

Ron Mix

Junior Seau

Walt Sweeney

LaDainian Tomlinson

Kellen Winslow

The Patriots need to put the Spy Guy w/ his camera on their Mt Rushmore.

As for the Chargers:

LT
Fouts
Winslow
Joiner or Alworth
Seau

[Guest]

Mine would be:

Coryell
Fouts
Seau
LT
Alworth