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The addition of Luis Suarez gives Barcelona one more attacker at the peak of his powers along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The addition of Luis Suarez gives Barcelona one more attacker at the peak of his powers along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The addition of Luis Suarez gives Barcelona one more attacker at the peak of his powers along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The addition of Luis Suarez gives Barcelona one more attacker at the peak of his powers along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The addition of Luis Suarez gives Barcelona one more attacker at the peak of his powers along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The addition of Luis Suarez gives Barcelona one more attacker at the peak of his powers along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The addition of Luis Suarez gives Barcelona one more attacker at the peak of his powers along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.

The addition of Luis Suarez gives Barcelona one more attacker at the peak of his powers along with Lionel Messi and Neymar.

It's easy to lose sight of the fact that there are real people with real lives that contribute to this game we love. Between just getting caught up in the action on the field itself to all the off the field issues which are prevalent, we tend to forget that the men on the field are not robots, they are human beings with families, just like the rest of us.

Devon Still was selected in the 2nd round of the 2012 draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played for 4 years at Penn State, earning the 2011 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year award amongst many other accolades. Still played both the 2012 and 2013 seasons for the Bengals.

Earlier in 2014, Still's daughter, Leah Sari, was diagnosed with cancer. Understandably, Devon's focus completely shifted to caring for his child, saying "Sports is not more important than me being there while my daughter is fighting for her life." In addition to focusing on his daughter, Still was battling his own injuries through training camp and did not make the Bengals roster for 2014. Devon understood the decision, saying "I can't give Football 100% right now."

Certainly a tough decision, the Bengals have done everything they can to support Still and his family during this trying time. In fact, the outpouring of support from around the league and its fans has been overwhelming. While a lot of negativity has swirled around the league all year, this has truly been a moment where many have reminded us of some positive things. A few examples:

• The Bengals immediately offered him a spot on the practice squad so he could continue paying for his Daughter's treatment
• Cincinnati continued selling Still's jersey to raise awareness for pediatric cancer research, donating profits to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
• New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton personally purchased and donated 100 jerseys.
• During a SNF game at New England, the Patriots organized several tributes, including a video tribute for Leah and the Pats cheerleaders wearing Still's Bengals jersey. Patriots owner Robert Kraft also donated to the Hospital in Leah's name.
• A video Devon posted on Instagram of him speaking to his daughter pre-surgery went viral.
• Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Chip Kelly sent flowers and gifts to Leah.
• An outpouring of support from fans on Twitter - #StillStrong.
• Still shaved his head and will only grow his hair back when Leah's does.

In addition to the above, the story has received enormous media attention. Still has shown incredible courage and heart, and provides a tremendous role model for parents, other players, and generally all of us. Still returned to the active roster for a game against the Atlanta Falcons, and has since recorded seven tackles. Leah underwent surgery to remove her tumor and continues to recover.

It's easy to lose sight of the fact that there are real people with real lives that contribute to this game we love. Between just getting caught up in the action on the field itself to all the off the field issues which are prevalent, we tend to forget that the men on the field are not robots, they are human beings with families, just like the rest of us.

Devon Still was selected in the 2nd round of the 2012 draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played for 4 years at Penn State, earning the 2011 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year award amongst many other accolades. Still played both the 2012 and 2013 seasons for the Bengals.

Earlier in 2014, Still's daughter, Leah Sari, was diagnosed with cancer. Understandably, Devon's focus completely shifted to caring for his child, saying "Sports is not more important than me being there while my daughter is fighting for her life." In addition to focusing on his daughter, Still was battling his own injuries through training camp and did not make the Bengals roster for 2014. Devon understood the decision, saying "I can't give Football 100% right now."

Certainly a tough decision, the Bengals have done everything they can to support Still and his family during this trying time. In fact, the outpouring of support from around the league and its fans has been overwhelming. While a lot of negativity has swirled around the league all year, this has truly been a moment where many have reminded us of some positive things. A few examples:

• The Bengals immediately offered him a spot on the practice squad so he could continue paying for his Daughter's treatment
• Cincinnati continued selling Still's jersey to raise awareness for pediatric cancer research, donating profits to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
• New Orleans Saints Head Coach Sean Payton personally purchased and donated 100 jerseys.
• During a SNF game at New England, the Patriots organized several tributes, including a video tribute for Leah and the Pats cheerleaders wearing Still's Bengals jersey. Patriots owner Robert Kraft also donated to the Hospital in Leah's name.
• A video Devon posted on Instagram of him speaking to his daughter pre-surgery went viral.
• Philadelphia Eagles Head Coach Chip Kelly sent flowers and gifts to Leah.
• An outpouring of support from fans on Twitter - #StillStrong.
• Still shaved his head and will only grow his hair back when Leah's does.

In addition to the above, the story has received enormous media attention. Still has shown incredible courage and heart, and provides a tremendous role model for parents, other players, and generally all of us. Still returned to the active roster for a game against the Atlanta Falcons, and has since recorded seven tackles. Leah underwent surgery to remove her tumor and continues to recover.

Though the Oakland Raiders’ recent history is the essence of putridity, they have a long and storied history of success mainly with outcasts and madmen.  As their eccentric and posthumous Managing General Partner (even if you’re a Raider-hater, you gotta love that title) Al Davis would often boast, the Raiders had the highest winning percentage of any professional sports franchise from 1967-1985.

But what makes the Oakland Raiders one of the NFL's storied franchises are colorful knicknames of their players (The Snake, the Mad-Stork, The Intimidator, Lester-the-Molester to name a few), and the plays that have gone down in NFL historical anals (The Immaculate Reception, The Sea of Hands, The Holy Roller and The ghost to the Post).

Longtime NFL Films narrator John Facenda personified the Raider mystique best in “The Autumn Wind,” which Raider Nation has adopted as it theme song:

His face is weather beaten.
He wears a hooded sash,
With a silver hat about his head,
And a bristling black mustache.

The beauty of any best of list is the debates sparked by who was left off the list.  Knowing this, I thank the detractors in advance for your outrage for leaving off any Raider who was prominent during their 13-year experiment in Los Angeles.

With that being said, the list is a combination of a number of factors:

1)      The players contribution to the Raider mystique:

2)      Hall-of-Fame Career:

3)      Pro-football-reference’s Approximate Value (AV):  “an attempt to put a single number on the seasonal value of a player at any position from any year (since 1950),” according to pro-footballreference.com founder Doug Drinen.

SOURCES:

https://linkonym.appspot.com/?http://http://www.footballnation.com/content/oakland-raiders-the-5-greatest-players-all-time/30390/www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/rai/career-av.htm

This was a thankless assignment, and your humble writer knew that going into it. 

But someone had to do it, and in this case, that someone was me.

Who are the five greatest players in Dallas Cowboys\' history?

That\'s a question that isn\'t easily answered, and, at least according to some of my friends on Facebook, one that shouldn\'t have been tackled at all, at least by now (shout out to them if they\'re reading this.)

As with every article ever written on the Internet ever, there will be some controversial things about this article, and I\'m expecting great debate for it.

Now that we have that out of the way, let\'s get started.