Comments on: TJB Hall of Fame: Al Toon

By: DR

DR — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:51:28 +0000

to those of you who wonder how many SB you would of won with Dan Marino? the answer is NONE. he wouldn’t have play’d ball for long behind the Jets non existing O line. his career would of been very short with those knees of his. get over it !! Dan Marino did not get a ring either and his O line was better than the Jets and he had great recievers also Clayton and Duper.still NO ring Hmmmm?

By: DR

DR — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:43:05 +0000

All the idiots out there who don’t know Football and are just fans cause they have nothing better to do, i got news for you Ken Obrien the most amazing person, intelegent, well spoken and a class act was a great QB! anyone who plays with an OLine the Jets Had including and especialy Marino never would of made it. Ken was tougher then most for being behind this s**t line for 10yrs. Marino with his bad knees would have retired after 2 wks. so all you anti Ken Fans out there learn the game before you speak. he still has second to best records for this crazy team. he had an arm if he playd for any other team out there he would of been a star. but with s**ty luck for him he was drafted here and did amazingly well with no O line..

By: name

name — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:38:03 +0000

Good day!,

By: JWK

JWK — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:56:16 +0000

SJ Falcon 2001, would you be willing to sell me your size L Toon jersey? I’ve been looking everywhere for one, but I hate the reebok throwback ones… the color is terrible. If anyone has SJ’s email address, can you let him know?

By: david i

david i — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:03:29 +0000

Bent:

WW and AT were both great payers. WW was one of the best long ball threats of all time and Toon compiled the catches. Those catches, of which most were on d-backs playing 10 yards off the ball and Kenny O would take three steps and fire to the sideline after 88 would run a 10 yeard out, come back or step back off the line. WW’s Miami game was one of the most “PRODUCTIVE” games of any WR I have ever seen in that era. Considering the peers of his time and compared to their stats, WW numbers speak for themselves and warrant his being in Canton. I guess Swann’s rings counted for votes.

By: sjfalcon2001

sjfalcon2001 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:32:18 +0000

I think this argument over Walker vs Toon has a lot to do with when you began being a Jets fan. I was a fan beginning in the 1986 season at age 11. I didn’t remember a lot of Walker’s time. Toon I watched every week.

By: sjfalcon2001

sjfalcon2001 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:29:53 +0000

I still have my Al Toon #88 Jersey–first Jersey I ever owned, but I don’t fit in it anymore (I was in high school and a size L then, now I’m a 2XL). I wore that Jersey proudly in 1998 when my Dad (a Giants fan) took me to see Jets vs. Patriots. Toon and Freeman McNeil were my favorite Jets players in my early years as a Jets fan. Was Walker better? Probably, but Toon was my favorite.

By: sjfalcon2001

sjfalcon2001 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:24:36 +0000

Scapp, Ask and you will receive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L53t6jm-gc

By: dakar

dakar — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:57:52 +0000

bent

i agree…walker and toon were a perfect compliment to each other…

By: Bent

Bent — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:09:54 +0000

Walker was more of a big play guy, whereas Toon was the go-to guy – as mentioned above, they complimented one another so well.

In that Miami game for example, with 5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, he had 4 catches for 131 yards and 2 TDs, with 65 of the yards coming on a blown coverage. Of course, he then added the tying and game winning TDs and it was ultimately a great display but hardly dominant throughout, whereas Toon had almost twenty games where he had double digits in catches. He even had one more catch than Walker in that Miami game.

Walker is indeed a true inspiration though and was my fave as a kid. He also had several other memorable big games. Walker will be honored here too one day, but Toon got the edge because so many people put his name forward when we discussed it.

Bottom line – both are great and it was a pleasure to watch them.