More Mount Rushmores

Picking NFL Mount Rushmores is fun. It's fun because just about everyone has a different one. It's also tough. Limiting just about anything to the four best is tough. The four best players in NFL history. The four best quarterbacks. The four best running backs. The four best whatever. Mount Rushmore talk can spring up for a variety of reasons. Tom Brady doing something special. Tom Brady retirement speculation. Tom Brady doing nothing special at all. Last week's 4th of July celebrations triggered some Mount Rushmore talk on NFL.com. Some players were polled as to the players on their NFL Mount Rushmore. Here are some of those responses.

Panthers WR Torrey Smith: Walter Payton, Ray Lewis, Ed Reed, Tom Brady

Jets QB Sam Darnold: Tom Brady, Walter Payton, Joe Montana, Lawrence Taylor

49ers DB Adrian Colbert: Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Jim Brown, Walter Payton

Ravens OT Orlando Brown Jr.: Cam Newton, Tom Brady, Barry Sanders, Dan Marino

Saints DE Cameron Jordan: Steve Jordan, Reggie White, Chris Doleman, Drew Brees

Eagles C Jon Toth: Peyton Manning, Jeff Saturday, Roger staubach, Dermontti Dawson

49ers LB Eli Harold: Lawrence Taylor, Barry Sanders, Deion Sanders, Joe Montana

Bills FB Mike Tolbert: Jerome Bettis, Jerry Rice, Brett Favre, Lawrence Taylor

Panthers CB Donte Jackson: Tom Brady, Deion Sanders, Ray Lewis, Barry Sanders

Ravens OT Greg Senat: Deion Sanders, Tony Gonzalez, Tom Brady, Ray Lewis

Then we have Jalen Ramsey with his unique take:

Jaguars CB Jalen Ramsey: "My Mount Rushmore is me with four different expressions."

Brandon Mebane had a similar sort of thought:

Chargers DT Brandon Mebane: "Mebane, Mebane, Mebane, Mebane -- my Mt. Rushmore."

Nice.

As for mine. I cheat. I like to break them up.

Contributors
George Halas
Joe Carr
Bert Bell
Paul Brown

Coaches
Paul Brown
Vince Lombardi
Bill Walsh
Bill Belichick

Quarterbacks
Sammy Baugh
Otto Graham
Johnny Unitas
Tom Brady

Running Backs
Jim Brown
Gale Sayers
Walter Payton
Adrian Peterson

Receivers
Don Hutson
Lance Alworth
Jerry Rice
Cris Carter

Tight Ends
John Mackey
Kellen Winslow
Tony Gonzalez
Rob Gronkowski

Offensive Linemen
Jim Parker
John Hannah
Dwight Stephenson
Jonathan Ogden

Defensive Linemen
Gino Marchetti
Deacon Jones
Reggie White
J.J. Watt

Linebackers
Bulldog Turner
Dick Butkus
Jack Ham
Lawrence Taylor

Cornerbacks
Night Train Lane
Mel Blount
Mike Haynes
Deion Sanders

Safeties
Emlen Tunnell
Johnny Robinson
Ronnie Lott
Ed Reed

If I had to go with a Mt. Rushmore as this exercise wass intended it'd probably look like this.

Sammy Baugh
Jim Brown
Lawrence Taylor
Jerry Rice

I'll go with those four players because I think each impacted/changed the game more than any other player that's played the game.