re: If you can reincarnate any Retired NFL football player...

Jim Brown, and it's not even close. I loved Barry, I got to see the best of Montana, I look back fondly on memories of Bo and Herschel, but I know what they were capable of doing; what I would really like is an honest to goodness eyewitness opportunity to see Jim Brown play.

The man is a legend across multiple sports, and completely owned the league while he played. I would want my curiosity satisfied as to whether he was the prototype, or a truly aberrant talent that would have dominated any era.