Why this even ranks as a tussle, as a debate topic chewed to fragments, mystifies more than a few familiar with NFL lore.
Morten Andersen’s self-crafted numbers are, well, astonishing.
All-time NFL leader in points (2,544), field goals (565), and winning field goals (103). He is the NFL’s only player to have made two — two — All-Decade teams (1980s and ’90s). He was named All-Pro six times. In the final of his 26 seasons (2007) he made 25 of 28 3-pointers — as a 47-year-old.
A blessed all-around athlete who kicked at Michigan State before heading to the NFL was a force, strategically as well as statistically.