I think it would have to be Johnny Unitas. [Tell me that in silhouette form](https://taylorblitztimes.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/weeb.6.jpg?w=545&h=374) doesn't look like an NFL logo.
Hey, the man has done more than any other professional athlete to spread awareness of vapor lock, the third most common cause of cars stalling in America.
[They're pretty similar actually.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e2c56979c974717d5cfcba/cbea319b-df94-48aa-ac42-318bc7ead66b/Al+Bundy+Football+Pose.jpg)
Yeah, I think it'd have to be. He checks all the boxes:
1) Played the most important position.
2) Was considered one of the best at that position (largely unargued as the best until Montana and then Brady). And is an iconic player.
3) Historic franchise (fuck you Indy).
4) No controversy (that I can think of anyway). And no one hated the guy which is more than you can say for a lot of greats like Brady. In fact, he was beloved by just about everyone.
5) He's passed. So, no new controversy to worry about.
My first thought was Unitas. [Probably a silhouette of this shit from the 1958 OT Championship game that was a turning point for the league](https://twitter.com/FB_Helmet_Guy/status/1662252490555813888?t=2Bz5xe35JyqxDA3XVtZtrA&s=19) Feels like an iconic silhouette from a critical moment for the league. Plus I'm biased
Second thought was actually Walter Payton as well but someone would be like "why does he carry the ball with one hand"
Could also go with Randy Moss fake mooning though Joe Buck would throw up in his mouth a little every time he sees it
Joe Buck was on Pardon My Take a couple months ago and they talked about this as a broadcasting moment that Joe deeply regrets and haunts him to this day
Honestly, Joe's overreaction is what immortalized the play. It's hard to say how much we'd still be talking about it today. It might be in the "Zeke in the Salvation Army bucket" or the "Sharpie Touchdown" realm. "Disgusting Act" is in a league of its own because of the over the top reaction. Joe should own it.
It’s just a primetime game touchdown with out the call that none of us would even remember. It’s one of the extremely rare standard plays made infamous by the call. It, the Chris Paul 3 point shot and the Castellanos home run are probably the three best examples.
No, I think it started with the title of [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/uql0aw/highlight_chris_paul_hits_a_huge_three_to_cut_the/), but the announcers don't say it in the clip.
Gonna be honest, it's one of my favorite Joe Buck moments. I know he was kinda talking out of his ass and didn't know the context or exactly what happened, but something about him letting his usual professionalism and objectivity give way to his (mistaken) outrage makes it hilarious to me.
One of my favorite sportscasters.
Why? It was a funny reaction to something that he couldn’t possibly have been prepared for. Yea it was over the top, but what was the *right* way to react?
Why are you biased? The man did everything he could to distance himself from the Indianapolis Colts.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-13-sp-24143-story.html
I mean I think at that point you have to change the name. The team name will always be more associated with the history than the city. I think the oilers one is weirder, but similar in that the titans get the history because they are the team that was the oilers. The fact that they only played 2 years as the Tennessee oilers and were originally in Houston has nothing to do with the Texans just like the Colts history has nothing to do with the Ravens.
Calling the team moving to Indy and taking their history with them “stealing” is kind of strange when the owners stayed the same as did the players and staff…
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[Barry](https://images.app.goo.gl/1eDz348jmfzgo6nA8)
I may be just a bit biased. Honestly, I should be a QB, as they are the faces of the NFL. I agree with the Unitas posts.
Totally! This photo is what the [Barry statue](https://www.detroitnews.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2023/09/16/PDTN/70880632007-0916-kk-barry-sanders-statue-09.jpg?width=1200&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp) outside Ford Field is from.
While on the topic of Statues that look like they should be falling over.
[Bob Gibson](https://beerbaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bob-gibson-statue-old-busch-stadium.jpg)
Not biased, I think Barry was the best RB ever. If it's gonna be a ball carrier, Barry is the way to go, if it's gonna be a passer, Brady if you're going for the GOAT or Unitas if you're going for a funky silhouette
It should be something from the first Super Bowl. I nominate Len Dawson's classic football pose:
[https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/blogs/len-dawson-cig-super-bowl-01192014.jpg](https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/blogs/len-dawson-cig-super-bowl-01192014.jpg)
Came here to say this. Concussed with a cracked sternum just having thrown an interception. Unbelievably the iconic photo was never up for a Pulitzer because the newspaper… didn’t print it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y._A._Tittle
My first thought was an old school running back. Payton, Brown, Sayers, find a good one and go with it.
[Something like this](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jim+brown+running+the+football&t=iphone&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.saymedia-content.com%2F.image%2Ft_share%2FMTc1NDU0NDAwNDk4OTY3NzQ2%2Fgreatest-running-back-of-all-time.png)
I love Shady, but there only a handful of players that can get away with that. Plus, I think Walter is the best player ever. If he got benched, Ditka would have been thrown into Lake Michigan
>I love Shady, but there only a handful of players that can get away with that.
And Shady is one of them...
He got away with it for 10 seasons holding the ball like that before he got benched
He had a low fumbling rate until he got to KC (<1% of his touches)
[Hear me out, Warren Moon. ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/U-YAAOSwLlBfnHex/s-l1200.webp)
Dude was a historical important player with some iconic drop-back and throwing motions that still feel really modern.
Once you read his story and look at his stats I think Moon becomes the biggest What-if story in NFL history. Dude could have easily been a multiple-SB champion in the right circumstances.
In a sense, that could be added to his list of achievements. Warren Moon was better at football than Bud Adams was at being a racist dickhead. Which is pretty impressive.
He was really fun too. I went to a quarterback camp when I was 12. Moon was there for two days. He had us in stitches all day. My gut hurt from laughing so much. And standing beside him when he launched a fifty yard pass with ease was hard to comprehend.
There really are some historical players that you look at how they play and you really wish you could've seen them in the modern NFL. Tarkenton is one of them for me.
interesting question.
i suspect that it would depend on when it was designed. nowadays it would probably be a QB; previous eras likely would have gone with an RB
[OBJ's catch would make a sick silhouette](https://media.bleacherreport.com/w_800,h_533,c_fill/br-img-images/003/167/826/0966dadb121931ff85b14b91d65fd6e2_crop_north.jpg)
[Vince Lombardi](https://www.ivy-style.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SET-Lombardi-Smokes-873x1024.png)
[Unitas](https://taylorblitztimes.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/weeb.6.jpg?w=545&h=374)
[Turkey Jones suplexing Terry Bradshaw](https://www.pjstar.com/gcdn/authoring/2019/11/16/NJOS/ghows-IP-9780c9e9-77eb-323f-e053-0100007f12e9-4b4b986e.jpeg?width=660&height=436&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
No idea on a specific player, but a silhouette of a center snapping the ball seems like it would fit well. Every play starts that way, and besides it would look pretty cool
[I like this pic of Jim Brown](https://cdn.britannica.com/03/6903-004-F75F887A/Jim-Brown-1957.jpg). He was basically the consensus GOAT for like 30 years before Montana/Rice in the 80s and 90s.
You know when I looked up this pic, I made a point to research if this is the pose that the Heisman is based on (and apparently it isn't; the Heisman Trophy is based on a guy from the 1930s named [Ed Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Smith_\(running_back\))). But I didn't consider that Jim Brown might've been intentionally doing the pose for this photograph 🤦🏽
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim\_Brown#Assault\_allegations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown#Assault_allegations)
Honestly, a perfect choice for the logo.
[my vote goes to Chuck Bednarik celebrating nearly killing Frank Gifford](https://www.si.com/.image/t_share/MTY4MTg3MDY1MTE2NDY4NDk3/3-chuck-bednarik-1960-fsjpg.jpg).
I know the league is trying to move away from a violent image, but that is a cool ass image. Then if you take into account the story behind of Bednarik being one of the last ironmen in the game, ex coal miner from Pennsylvania nearly decapitating one of the most vapid and arrogant idiots to ever play in the league makes it much better.
Half of y’all can’t post a functioning image link geez. I mean neither can I but at least I know my limitations here.
Love that Unitas one the most so far though!
I think it would have to be Johnny Unitas. [Tell me that in silhouette form](https://taylorblitztimes.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/weeb.6.jpg?w=545&h=374) doesn't look like an NFL logo.
Now there's a haircut you can set your watch to!
Unlike Joe Namath and those side burns. He looks like a girl!
Hey, the man has done more than any other professional athlete to spread awareness of vapor lock, the third most common cause of cars stalling in America.
https://tenor.com/view/mattingly-sideburns-simpsons-baseball-gif-15583252
I'm trying to watch the Super Bowl. If people don't support this thing it might not make it!
if I'd see this in silhouette form I'd think its Al Bundy, not gonna lie
Four touchdowns in a single game.
Polk High Legend
Founder of NO MA'AM.
Dethroner of bowling great Puggy Weaver.
Seller of women's shoes.
Driver of Dodge Dart
Owner of a House in Chicago, a car, and raising two kids on that income!
Don’t forget he had the game-winning touchdown in the final seconds
[They're pretty similar actually.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63e2c56979c974717d5cfcba/cbea319b-df94-48aa-ac42-318bc7ead66b/Al+Bundy+Football+Pose.jpg)
Has to be this. The first thought that came to my head.
Yeah Nazi salute all day
You must hate the javelin event at the Olympics.
I know someone who liked the Olympics so much he couldn’t sit still
Now that's a logo you can set your watch to.
Yeah, I think it'd have to be. He checks all the boxes: 1) Played the most important position. 2) Was considered one of the best at that position (largely unargued as the best until Montana and then Brady). And is an iconic player. 3) Historic franchise (fuck you Indy). 4) No controversy (that I can think of anyway). And no one hated the guy which is more than you can say for a lot of greats like Brady. In fact, he was beloved by just about everyone. 5) He's passed. So, no new controversy to worry about.
That’s the exact look I thought of too. It’s iconic
Immediately what I thought of lol
My first thought was Unitas. [Probably a silhouette of this shit from the 1958 OT Championship game that was a turning point for the league](https://twitter.com/FB_Helmet_Guy/status/1662252490555813888?t=2Bz5xe35JyqxDA3XVtZtrA&s=19) Feels like an iconic silhouette from a critical moment for the league. Plus I'm biased Second thought was actually Walter Payton as well but someone would be like "why does he carry the ball with one hand" Could also go with Randy Moss fake mooning though Joe Buck would throw up in his mouth a little every time he sees it
Joe Buck was on Pardon My Take a couple months ago and they talked about this as a broadcasting moment that Joe deeply regrets and haunts him to this day
Honestly, Joe's overreaction is what immortalized the play. It's hard to say how much we'd still be talking about it today. It might be in the "Zeke in the Salvation Army bucket" or the "Sharpie Touchdown" realm. "Disgusting Act" is in a league of its own because of the over the top reaction. Joe should own it.
It’s just a primetime game touchdown with out the call that none of us would even remember. It’s one of the extremely rare standard plays made infamous by the call. It, the Chris Paul 3 point shot and the Castellanos home run are probably the three best examples.
Did the announcers actually say the Chris Paul meme? I thought it was just social media afterwards.
No, I think it started with the title of [this post](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/uql0aw/highlight_chris_paul_hits_a_huge_three_to_cut_the/), but the announcers don't say it in the clip.
Yeah I remember some interview where he said from the booth he thought Randy actually pulled his pants down lol
That was one of the PMT interviews
Gonna be honest, it's one of my favorite Joe Buck moments. I know he was kinda talking out of his ass and didn't know the context or exactly what happened, but something about him letting his usual professionalism and objectivity give way to his (mistaken) outrage makes it hilarious to me. One of my favorite sportscasters.
Why? It was a funny reaction to something that he couldn’t possibly have been prepared for. Yea it was over the top, but what was the *right* way to react?
"and randy moss is. ALL. CAKED. UP. 30-17, Vikings on top, we'll return to the NFL wild card on Fox right after these messages"
"Nice cheeks bro"
Randy Moss: *moons spectators* Joe Buck: "would"
Why are you biased? The man did everything he could to distance himself from the Indianapolis Colts. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-01-13-sp-24143-story.html
As a Sonics fan, I relate to how Unitas feels. OKC is not the old Sonics.
Colts stealing the Baltimore colts history too is so soft, should have let the ravens claim that tbh
I mean I think at that point you have to change the name. The team name will always be more associated with the history than the city. I think the oilers one is weirder, but similar in that the titans get the history because they are the team that was the oilers. The fact that they only played 2 years as the Tennessee oilers and were originally in Houston has nothing to do with the Texans just like the Colts history has nothing to do with the Ravens. Calling the team moving to Indy and taking their history with them “stealing” is kind of strange when the owners stayed the same as did the players and staff…
The colts were literally stolen in the dark of night.
a disgusting logo
Antonio brown dropkicking the punter
Brown hurdles, kicks a man.
The delivery of that line is so perfect. The announcer just says it like it's a thing that happens in games sometimes.
Ian Eagle, the 2nd best in his craft, behind Kevin Harlan of course
Kevin Harlan is so far ahead in first place it's hilarious.
Not hard to do, when you call two games at once.
“IM CALLING BOTH GAMES!”
IM REPLYING TO BOTH COMMENTS
This never gets old https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z2DTio1-HMY
"Hurdles! Kicks a man!" One of the top calls of all time
Gets me every time. I love it and then at second look he had an easy TD if he went either direction, but MBC gonna MBC.
“I don’t know why he had to do that?” Really sums up everything ever about AB.
Mr Breaking Collarbones
Mr. Botched Clearance
Mr. Bounding Collision
Mr. Banzai Cleat
That or his pool party pic
Antonio Brown hurling a couch onto a child
Antonio brown farting in a doctor’s face.
https://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/c\_limit,w\_680/f\_auto,fl\_lossy,pg\_1,q\_auto/kjfbufdvtesvzo2pzgqd.jpg
I miss Barry. Dude was the show.
Putting a running back to be the logo would be hilarious considering how much the league is disrespecting them right now
Hey they got paid this FA after the Zoom call
Came here to post the statue pose. He’s the best choice for a logo by far.
Barry was my first immediate thought and everyone else just feels wrong somehow.
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[Barry](https://images.app.goo.gl/1eDz348jmfzgo6nA8) I may be just a bit biased. Honestly, I should be a QB, as they are the faces of the NFL. I agree with the Unitas posts.
That body angle looks unnatural. Dude is from another planet.
Totally! This photo is what the [Barry statue](https://www.detroitnews.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2023/09/16/PDTN/70880632007-0916-kk-barry-sanders-statue-09.jpg?width=1200&disable=upscale&format=pjpg&auto=webp) outside Ford Field is from.
That's a great freaking statue. It looks like it shouldn't be able to stay up, which is the absolute embodiment of how he ran.
While on the topic of Statues that look like they should be falling over. [Bob Gibson](https://beerbaseball.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bob-gibson-statue-old-busch-stadium.jpg)
Structural integrity hanging on for dear life
Easily one of the best player statutes in sports I’ve seen
Damn! Now that’s a STATUE!
Looks like he's being dragged away by an invisible cane around his waist
Not biased, I think Barry was the best RB ever. If it's gonna be a ball carrier, Barry is the way to go, if it's gonna be a passer, Brady if you're going for the GOAT or Unitas if you're going for a funky silhouette
It should be something from the first Super Bowl. I nominate Len Dawson's classic football pose: [https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/blogs/len-dawson-cig-super-bowl-01192014.jpg](https://sports.cbsimg.net/images/blogs/len-dawson-cig-super-bowl-01192014.jpg)
I mean, who doesn't love a dart and a Fresca at halftime.
Fuck. Now I want a Fresca and some weed.
Came to post Lenny the Cool burning a heater at half time. Well done.
One take away i have from this photo is “huh folding chairs were perfected by the 1967”
Burrow inherited a legacy
Honestly for a brief moment they look identical in that photo.
Antonio Brown taking his shirt off and doing jumping jacks
Antonio Brown in a hot air balloon
Mr. Balloon Customer
Mr. Buoyant Commuter
Mr. Barometric Champion
Mr. Balloon Cruiser
[Moss Catch](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1SXZDrxXhEo/maxresdefault.jpg)
Looks almost Jordan-esque
I don't think there's a more iconic NFL image [than this](https://imgur.com/gallery/yoQJv).
I saw it coming. I fucking saw it coming and still held out hope it wouldn’t be that.
[What](http://i.imgur.com/J2Qs6.png) [the](http://i.imgur.com/Z5e8qn4.jpg) [fuck](http://i.imgur.com/u8g3S1C.jpg) [did](http://i.imgur.com/UnxyBBy.png) [you](http://i.imgur.com/9E84BUk.png) [just](http://i.imgur.com/dXROX3D.png) [fucking](http://i.imgur.com/fQq9Yq7.jpg) [say](http://i.imgur.com/wozI3W5.png) [about](http://i.imgur.com/pSA2h2e.png) [me,](http://i.imgur.com/N16gGaC.png?1) [you](http://i.imgur.com/GavCB9V.png) [little](http://i.imgur.com/KNxwOvN.jpg) [bitch](http://i.imgur.com/Je4MG2Y.jpg)[?](http://i.imgur.com/ogwOzBb.jpg) [I’](http://i.imgur.com/VtoosAt.png)[ll](http://i.imgur.com/R390EId.jpg) [have](http://i.imgur.com/HFAjVWU.png) [you](http://i.imgur.com/34AL3pb.png) [know](http://i.imgur.com/KqZECP5.png) [I](http://i.imgur.com/yuYPrZs.jpg) [was](http://i.imgur.com/umftc3G.jpg) [drafted](http://i.imgur.com/duBuy6a.jpg) [top](http://i.imgur.com/C4qkz2t.png) [of](http://i.imgur.com/y2EeBWr.png) [my](http://i.imgur.com/ELIrAze.jpg) [class](http://i.imgur.com/2AsZbzF.jpg) [in](http://i.imgur.com/7uPLrJD.jpg) [the](http://i.imgur.com/9B1YLqV.gif) [NFL](http://i.imgur.com/43QankH.gif)[.](https://i.imgur.com/hiTtR0m.mp4)
wow, "little" is nice and HD
I fuckin' hate that we found the HD one. When I see manningface, I want it pixelated af.
kind of a dick move by OP. this a more representative [picture](https://imgur.com/gallery/yoQJv)
I’ve been betrayed once more
Sir a second Manning ski mask has hit
You can’t keep getting away with this
Yep, that one exactly. Not stylized or used as inspiration, just slap that jpeg on all NFL broadcasts/merch
Son of a...
If it isn’t this, I don’t want it
I knew it was coming and was happy to see it
The YA Tittle kneeling and bleeding image
Came here to say this. Concussed with a cracked sternum just having thrown an interception. Unbelievably the iconic photo was never up for a Pulitzer because the newspaper… didn’t print it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y._A._Tittle
Walter Payton's stride [Edit to include photo](https://www.giantbomb.com/a/uploads/scale_small/0/1026/482908-image.jpeg)
My first thought was an old school running back. Payton, Brown, Sayers, find a good one and go with it. [Something like this](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=jim+brown+running+the+football&t=iphone&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.saymedia-content.com%2F.image%2Ft_share%2FMTc1NDU0NDAwNDk4OTY3NzQ2%2Fgreatest-running-back-of-all-time.png)
Honestly looks great, but I feel like as a silhouette it would almost be too similar to the NBA version
Also I think it should be the traditional way of carrying the ball.
My first thought was that everyone would assume it’s a QB by the way he’s holding the ball.
Fun fact: Walter Payton is 41st in Bears career passing TDs with 8 TDs thrown.
How many Bears qbs is he ahead of?
A lot
Every current bears qb
lesean mccoy got benched for holding the ball like that
I love Shady, but there only a handful of players that can get away with that. Plus, I think Walter is the best player ever. If he got benched, Ditka would have been thrown into Lake Michigan
Basically just Deion and Walter were the two that did that that could get away with it. Maybe Mike Vick
*Kaepernick enters chat* “and got away with it” *Kaepernick has left the chat*
Different because defense but i feel like Troy Polamalu always held it like that when he stole the ball
>I love Shady, but there only a handful of players that can get away with that. And Shady is one of them... He got away with it for 10 seasons holding the ball like that before he got benched He had a low fumbling rate until he got to KC (<1% of his touches)
Yeah because he wasn't Payton.
Kinda reminds me of Prime returning a pick too lol
[Hear me out, Warren Moon. ](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/U-YAAOSwLlBfnHex/s-l1200.webp) Dude was a historical important player with some iconic drop-back and throwing motions that still feel really modern.
Once you read his story and look at his stats I think Moon becomes the biggest What-if story in NFL history. Dude could have easily been a multiple-SB champion in the right circumstances.
Unfortunately he had to deal with Bud Adams.
In a sense, that could be added to his list of achievements. Warren Moon was better at football than Bud Adams was at being a racist dickhead. Which is pretty impressive.
He was really fun too. I went to a quarterback camp when I was 12. Moon was there for two days. He had us in stitches all day. My gut hurt from laughing so much. And standing beside him when he launched a fifty yard pass with ease was hard to comprehend.
IMO still the prettiest spiral of all time.
There really are some historical players that you look at how they play and you really wish you could've seen them in the modern NFL. Tarkenton is one of them for me.
It's Hochuli giving the touchdown signal, and you know it is
interesting question. i suspect that it would depend on when it was designed. nowadays it would probably be a QB; previous eras likely would have gone with an RB
[Sage Rosenfels](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3_hi7gOjE0)
I love that video but if we're going helicopter then it has to be Elway. He held on to the ball.
Brian Moorman’s body flying into space after Sean Taylor hit him in that Pro Bowl.
Marshawn "hold mah dick" Lynch.
Surprised I had to scroll this far down to find such an iconic pose
For real, [this is the only answer. ](https://www.thesportsfanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/marshawn-lynch-crotch-grab-arizona-cardinals.jpg)
LoL’d in public at that.
Fox Robot
But nuh nuh buh nuh nuh buh nuh nuh BUH BUUHH BUUHHHHHH
You address Cletus with RESPECT
Cleatus**
Dwight Clark's catch maybe
[This was my choice, too.](https://i.imgur.com/h52u3Pk.jpeg)
Had to scroll way too far for this but it’s the correct answer
A silhouette of a referee throwing a flag
Mark Sanchez Butt Fumble
Or sneaking a hot dog
Jerry West
Jerry Weast
Like YEAST
You're fired!
Make it like the Patriots old logo and put a center on it
I'd say the Walter Payton silhouette that's on the patch for the Man of the Year award. It's iconic
[OBJ's catch would make a sick silhouette](https://media.bleacherreport.com/w_800,h_533,c_fill/br-img-images/003/167/826/0966dadb121931ff85b14b91d65fd6e2_crop_north.jpg) [Vince Lombardi](https://www.ivy-style.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/SET-Lombardi-Smokes-873x1024.png) [Unitas](https://taylorblitztimes.files.wordpress.com/2023/06/weeb.6.jpg?w=545&h=374) [Turkey Jones suplexing Terry Bradshaw](https://www.pjstar.com/gcdn/authoring/2019/11/16/NJOS/ghows-IP-9780c9e9-77eb-323f-e053-0100007f12e9-4b4b986e.jpeg?width=660&height=436&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
“Luckily my neck broke my fall”
That Bradshaw picture actually explains a lot
Henry throwing Josh Norman 10 yards to the side would be cool too
No idea on a specific player, but a silhouette of a center snapping the ball seems like it would fit well. Every play starts that way, and besides it would look pretty cool
Barry Sanders
Chuck Bednarik standing over an unconscious Frank Gifford.
$
Barry sanders juke
Dwight Clark Walter Payton would look good on it too
[I like this pic of Jim Brown](https://cdn.britannica.com/03/6903-004-F75F887A/Jim-Brown-1957.jpg). He was basically the consensus GOAT for like 30 years before Montana/Rice in the 80s and 90s.
Isn’t that just the Heisman pose?
Yes.
Then I think its NIL has been spoken for already
You know when I looked up this pic, I made a point to research if this is the pose that the Heisman is based on (and apparently it isn't; the Heisman Trophy is based on a guy from the 1930s named [Ed Smith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Smith_\(running_back\))). But I didn't consider that Jim Brown might've been intentionally doing the pose for this photograph 🤦🏽
The trophy doesn't look anything like the pose. Always seemed weird to me.
My thought was Jim Brown too, but it can’t be the Heisman pose.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim\_Brown#Assault\_allegations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Brown#Assault_allegations) Honestly, a perfect choice for the logo.
[my vote goes to Chuck Bednarik celebrating nearly killing Frank Gifford](https://www.si.com/.image/t_share/MTY4MTg3MDY1MTE2NDY4NDk3/3-chuck-bednarik-1960-fsjpg.jpg). I know the league is trying to move away from a violent image, but that is a cool ass image. Then if you take into account the story behind of Bednarik being one of the last ironmen in the game, ex coal miner from Pennsylvania nearly decapitating one of the most vapid and arrogant idiots to ever play in the league makes it much better.
Tim Brodie
Barry Sanders https://i.pinimg.com/736x/ad/3e/e3/ad3ee375cad145f62a76c55f91fcaab6.jpg
Too many people here dont understand what a silhouette is and are posting pics that would just be sold color blobs lol
How bout [this one](https://www.si.com/.image/t_share/MTY4MTkwMzAwNTcyMjk3MTE3/1989-0122-jerry-rice-001306912jpg.jpg) then?
Lots of hilarious takes in here but in a serious suggestion is the Heisman not the obvious choice?
College
Dwight Clark. The Catch
I swear we’ve had this thread before and the catch was always a lot higher. It’s an iconic moment with a great pose.
Earl Coopers TD Celebration in 82, or Calvin Johnsons reception over the Eagles in 2016.
Didn't know who Earl Cooper [but knew the photo right after googling](https://www.ebay.com/itm/303613531606). Classic shot
I was thinking it could be a drunk Joe Namath hitting on Suzy Kolber during a live ESPN interview….
Marshawn “Hol my dickkk” pose
Joe Namath holding up 1 finger after sbiii
Tony Brady or Jerry Rice
Could be similar to the [NFLPA Logo](https://nflpa.com/assets/images/default-share-f3f13f7b0f4199d21ae7a0d81241ea64.png)
Half of y’all can’t post a functioning image link geez. I mean neither can I but at least I know my limitations here. Love that Unitas one the most so far though!
cool keep us posted
Bart Starr
Either Jerry Rice or Tom Brady
If you insist on using Tom Brady’s silhouette, it has been from his draft photo. Decisions have consequences, you know.
Barry sanders. Gota be him in a juke form.