Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post-2021 revision of our top 50 Detroit Lions.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Lions again failed to make the playoffs and their poor 2021 led to zero changes in our top 50, nevertheless, the year is now factored in to the rankings.

As always, we present our top five:

1. Barry Sanders

2. Joe Schmidt

3. Bobby Layne

4. Dutch Clark 

5. Lem Barney

You can find the entire list here.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

American football is a globally adored sport that is constantly bet on. You only have to look at NFL betting odds to verify this.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame is an elite club that only permits coaches and players who have best contributed to the game. There are many top-billed names to familiarize yourself with. Fortunately, we’ve narrowed down the most renowned coaches in NFL history on your behalf. 

Lombardi was a legendary five-time NFL champion best known for his incredible head coaching career as offensive coordinator for the New York Giants and head coach for the Washington Redskins (1969-1970) and the Green Day Packers between 1959 and 1967. 

The Super Bowl “Vince Lombardi Trophy” is named in his honor. Lombardi was also a Hall of Fame inductee in 1971.

2. George Halas

Football would not be the same without “Papa Bear”. Halas was one of the co-founders of the NFL and was one of 17 initial inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963.

He also coached the Chicago Bears (originally the “Chicago Staleys”) from their debut in 1920 up until he died in 1983, helping them achieve 324 wins, two undefeated regular seasons, and six NFL titles.

3. Bill Belichick

Belichick rose to fame as the defensive coordinator of the New York Giants and as the Cleveland Browns’ head coach. However, it was his 2000 move to become the New England Patriots head coach that marked the golden age of his career. 

He achieved an overall 105-40 record and managed to lead the Patriots to their first Super Bowl victory – with many others following soon after.

Bill Walsh began his career coaching high school football but quickly climbed the ranks and made it to the NFL. Walsh was originally the San Diego Chargers’ quarterbacks’ coach, then moved to Stanford for two years, before taking over as San Francisco 49ers head coach in 1979.

Walsh took the 49ers to new heights throughout his time with the team, helping them to reach 102 wins, three NFC titles, and three Super Bowl championships. In 1993, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame thanks to his incredible service to the world of football.

5. Don Shula

Don Shula was an NFL coach for over three decades. He coached the Baltimore Colts but is most well-known for his role as Miami Dolphins head coach. Shula famously led the Dolphins to the single most perfect season in the history of the NFL, culminating in a victory at the 1972 Super Bowl.

Shula was admitted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997. This isn’t surprising considering his incredible career achievements including six ties, 328 wins, and 173 losses.

6. Paul Brown

Paul Brown coached the team at Ohio State University before he secured a role coaching Cleveland’s professional team, the Browns. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1967.

Thanks to his coaching success in the All-American Football Conference, Paul Brown led his team to the NFL. The Browns were named after Brown himself and he went on to lead them to an amazing championship victory in their first season.

7. Joe Gibbs

Joe Gibbs served as a college and professional football assistant for 15 seasons before scoring his first job as head coach with the 1981 Washington Redskins.

He is the only head coach to have won three Super Bowls with different quarterbacks. Essentially, no coach in the Super Bowl era of the NFL has achieved more with less. The 1996 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee deserves more recognition than he gets.

Landry was the founding head coach of the Dallas Cowboys during their first NFL season in 1960. During his 29-season tenure, he made the team into an NFL powerhouse, achieving 20 consecutive winning seasons and two Super Bowl victories. 

Behind George Halas and Don Shula, Landry is one of the most decorated head coaches in NFL history. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1990.

Inducted in 1993, Chuck Noll is regarded as one of the NFL’s greatest Hall of Fame coaches of all time. In the 1970s, Noll presided over the corpse of a franchise that was the Pittsburgh Steelers, and turned it into something with unmatched success.

Achieving four Super Bowl wins in six seasons, Noll restored pride to the team and also fathered what is now known as the Steelers Nation.

10. Bill Parcells

Parcells, or “the Big Tuna,” won two Super Bowls and made the NFL playoffs with multiple different teams throughout his 30-year career as a coach. This includes the New York Giants, New England Patriots, New York Jets, and the Dallas Cowboys.

He finished his career as vice president of operations for the Miami Dolphins. Parcells was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2013 once his coaching career ended.

Summary

These are the top NFL Hall of Fame coaches of all time. There will likely be many more names added to this list as time goes on but the legacy these men have left in the sporting world is indisputable.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post-2021 revision of our top 50 Green Bay Packers.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, Green Bay entered the playoffs as the top seed in the NFC, but were bounced in their first game.

As a result of last year, we have one elevation, and one new entry.

As always, we present our top five, which saw one significant change.

1. Brett Favre

2. Aaron Rodgers

3. Don Hutson

4. Forrest Gregg

5. Bart Starr

You can find the entire list here.

Aaron Rodgers captured his fourth MVP, and while he did not win a second Super Bowl in 2021, he had an outstanding season, statistically positioning himself as the Quarterback who will eclipse Brett Favre.  He moved from #3 to #2, overtaking first ballot Hall of Famer, Don Hutson.

Wide Receiver, Davante Adams, who was traded to Las Vegas in the off-season, debuts at #40, following his second straight First Team All-Pro.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Selected in the second round (53rd overall) of the 2014 NFL Draft out of Fresno State—where he led the nation in receptions and touchdown catches—Davante Adams arrived in Green Bay as an intriguing prospect with elite release technique. Through his first two seasons, Adams flashed promise as a secondary option behind Jordy Nelson and Randall Cobb, quietly posting back-to-back sub-500-yard campaigns (446 yards in 2014; 483 yards in 2015) while learning the nuances of Aaron Rodgers' scramble drill and boundary chemistry.

Adams broke out in his third season with 997 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns in 2016, kicking off one of the most prolific multi-year runs by a wide receiver in Green Bay history. Combining footwork, release off the line of scrimmage, and route running, he reeled off five consecutive Pro Bowl selections from 2017 through 2021. Despite facing double coverage, Adams produced five seasons with at least 10 receiving touchdowns, establishing himself as the premier red-zone weapon in professional football.

His Packers tenure reached historic peaks in 2020 and 2021 when he earned back-to-back First-Team AP All-Pro honors. In 2020, Adams delivered a masterclass despite missing two games, leading the NFL with 18 touchdown receptions while hauling in 115 passes for 1,374 yards. He followed up in 2021 by breaking Green Bay's single-season franchise records for both receptions (123) and receiving yards (1,553), serving as the engine for consecutive 13-win teams and back-to-back MVP campaigns for Rodgers.

During Adams' eight seasons in Wisconsin, the Packers reached the postseason six times, capturing five NFC Central/North division titles and making four NFC Championship Game appearances. His uncanny telepathy with Rodgers made the duo one of the most unstoppable quarterback-receiver combinations of the modern era, connecting for 68 regular-season touchdowns—the most by any pairing in franchise history.

The historic partnership concluded in March 2022 when Green Bay traded Adams to the Las Vegas Raiders. He departed Titletown ranked second in franchise history in career receptions (669), second in receiving touchdowns (73), and fourth in receiving yards (8,121).