Yo i NEVER EVER EVER EVER said anything about effort, or leadership, or any of that, Im talkin bout a player gfted to play WR, not who works or tries harder, OF COURSE its jerry on that. How many players absolutely SUCK but are great team leaders? A LOT. How many players are absolutely wonderful but the worst leaders ever? A LOT....How can you say he wasn't a system player?? In college HE was the whole team......in the NFL he had all kinds of weapons......more than Randy could dream of. The 49ers of his day were comparable to the patriots today in the fact that you just COULD NOT guard them, and he had the D to back it up to keep his offense on the field over and over. Back when he played their was no heavy league wide emphasis on the Cover 2 or really strong physical corners.......not including Brady, His qb's (young, montana, gannon) are WAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY better than randy's (culpepper, cunningham, whoever at oakland
Dude, you can't make that argument. You're trying to take away from Jerry Rice because of:
a. where he was drafted
b. his teammates (mainly his QBs)
Rich Gannon, dude; seriously? He belongs in the same category with Culpepper and Cunningham but with a better arm, that's it.
I take Jerry Rice over Moss, even coming out of college because you
CAN'T throw out the intangibles of a player.
Being a WR isn't
JUST about how high you can jump or how fast you can run. It's about playing
ALL facets of the game
EVERY down. You
NEVER heard about Jerry Rice taking a play off or playing when he wanted.
Steve Largent held all kinds of passing records
UNTIL Jerry Rice came along. Largent was definitely NOT the fastest or tallest receiver in the NFL in his day.

JR could beat you downfield
OR go across the middle (a feat that Randy REFUSES to try unless absolutely necessary, just check out some game footage

).
The interesting and boring thing about conversations like this is the fact that we have hindsight. Knowing what we know about these two gifted WRs is:
a. One is in the HOF
b. One will be in the HOF
c. One has more Super Bowl rings