In my case, I went with guys I watched play enough to have an informed opinion about, I guess. I did see Hermeling play--he was the LT on the first pro team I ever followed. But I don't recall him standing out on that OL ... or getting a lot of attention from other fans and the press. Me, I was a Len Hauss guy. But I was also still in a bowl haircut so what the hell did I know. Mostly I think I watched the ball back then. OL guys were invisible unless they fucked up. "Holding, number 74 ... ".
Edwards has to be in the conversation, I agree, in the same way Sammy Baugh has to be in any conversation about Redskins QB's. It's just harder to have a personal feeling about how Edwards fits into the pantheon based solely on the accounts of others--particularly given it was a different NFL universe then. Perhaps the informal poll would have been better labeled "modern era" or "guys you saw play" or whatever.
Edwards has to be in the conversation, I agree, in the same way Sammy Baugh has to be in any conversation about Redskins QB's. It's just harder to have a personal feeling about how Edwards fits into the pantheon based solely on the accounts of others--particularly given it was a different NFL universe then. Perhaps the informal poll would have been better labeled "modern era" or "guys you saw play" or whatever.