In the last edition of the Ladder Challenge it was Drew Bledsoe defeating Josh Beckett with 58% of the vote to retain his spot at #81 on the Ladder. This week’s Challenge features a battle of Patriots greats, with 50th Anniversary Team inside linebacker Nick Buoniconti (#87) taking on 50th Anniversary Team offensive tackle Bruce Armstrong (#77). Although Buoniconti does have several factors working to his advantage (he is a Massachusetts native and the lone member of the Boston Patriots in the Pro Football Hall of Fame) it is still not quite enough to overcome Armstrong, a 6-time Pro Bowl selection who played all 212 games of his NFL career as a New England Patriot. Buoniconti, after all, is best known by many as a member of the Miami Dolphins, a franchise for whom he played 8 of his 15 pro seasons. My vote this week is for Bruce Armstrong, but who has your vote in this week’s Ladder Challenge? (And remember, most votes in the comments section is the tie-breaker, so be sure to voice your opinion!)
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BRUCE ARMSTRONG
Ranked: 77
Began : 77
Challenge Record: 1-0-0
Beat: Dustin Pedroia
Lost: Nobody
Tied: Nobody
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*Played entire 14-year career (1987-2000) with Patriots.
*Member of 1996 AFC Champions.
*Elected to 6 Pro Bowls.
*Started 212 games in his career.
*Missed 8 games in 1992...and started in every other non-strike game in his career.
*Named to Patriots All-Decade Team for the 1990's.
*Named to Patriots 50th Anniversary Team.
*Member of the Patriots Hall of Fame.
*His #78 is retired by the Patriots.
NICK BUONICONTI
Ranked: 87
Began : 87
Challenge Record: 0-0-0
Beat: Nobody
Lost: Nobody
Tied: Nobody
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*Born and raised in Springfield, Mass.
*Starred at Cathedral High in Springfield.
*Played first 7 seasons (1962-68) with Patriots.
*Named AFL All Star 5-times (1963-67) as member of the Pats.
*Named to the 1st Team AFL All-Time Team.
*Named to Patriots All-Decade Team for the 1960's.
*Named to Patriots 35th and 50th Anniversary Teams.
*Member of the Patriots Hall of Fame.
*Only member of Boston Patriots in Pro Football Hall of Fame.
I'm always a sucker for a one-team guy, but I'd love to have seen how high Buoniconti (a Mass native, a Patriot and a Hall of Famer) would have gotten on the Ladder if he had played his entire career here. My guess is top 20 easy.
if i liked a player that i saw and i never saw the other guy play its impossible for me to vote against the guy i actually watched (with the exception of the ultra elite guys). so i go with big bruce
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