PRAISE FOR STEVE SILVERMAN AND WHO’S BETTER, WHO’S BEST IN FOOTBALL?, 2009 Edition

“Steve Silverman has forgotten more about pro football than most of us will ever know. But that doesn’t mean you won’t disagree with his Who’s Better, Who’s Best list. Dick Butkus ahead of Lawrence Taylor? No way! You may not always see eye-to-eye with Steve, but you’ll definitely learn something. So crack open this smart and provocative book and let the fun begin.”

—Allen St. John, New York Times best-selling author of The Billion Dollar Game

“You may not agree with all of Silverman’s choices, but you will have to agree on how well he makes the case for his choices. When the official list comes out for Who’s Better, Who’s Best of all football books, Silverman’s book will have to be a the top of the list.”

—Allen Barra, columnist, The Wall Street Journal

“No Steelers in the top 15? C’mon Steve. But don’t hold it against this book. If you enjoy reading about football, and arguing about your favorite players, this is the place to be.”

—Ed Bouchette, columnist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Steve Silverman has smashed open a hornet’s nest of controversy over his selections in Who’s Better, Who’s Best in Football? He makes excellent cases for his top 60 players even when one disagrees violently with his choices. The read is provocative as well as thought provoking.”

—Jeff Davis, author of Papa Bear and Rozelle

“Picking the top 60 players in NFL history seems an impossible task. Steve Silverman takes it a step further by listing them in order, an infuriatingly subjective process sure to divide football fans of any one team let alone the NFL. Who is the best Chicago Bears player ever? Dick Butkus, Mike Ditka, Gale Sayers, and Walter Payton make the list, but in what order and with how many other legends between them? Silverman’s sharply written book will cause more arguments than it solves.”

—Mike Mulligan, WSCR-AM morning host

“I love books like this, books that get the arguments going. Steve Silverman has a good one here, except I must take exception with Joe Montana over Jim Brown. Plain and simple, Brown was the greatest football player of all-time and I’m not even sure Montana’s the best quarterback. But the book is great.”

—Mike Shalin, co-author of Out by a Step: The 100 Best Players Not in the Baseball Hall of Fame