Who will wear #98?

If Norfleet had actually taken one to the house even once he might be considered a "threat" to do so. Until he does, he ain't a threat.

I'm in the "don't care for it" camp.  I'd like to see them shelve this, and I think it becomes more difficult to do so the longer it continues.  A "legends game" would be a convenient, face-saving event that this current legends tradition-in-the-making could morph into.  Keep it to a one week thing.  This lets our future legends establish their own identity (number) and still honors the legends - which I have nothing against.

How are people poorly-informed?  Most people appear to have a pretty good handle on the topic as it's not very complicated. It kinda seems like you just used that description to make yourself sound superior to other posters.

In fact, the majority of your posts make it clear that you just enjoy being arrogant and condescending towards others.  Let's take a look at some of your recent comments. I get that you have been here for a while, as have I, but there really is no need to be such a dick to everyone here. These are all from the last week: 

"Maybe you can work off some of this excess useless energy by beating up these straw men of yours. Seriously, when you blink your eyes, do your knuckles crack?"

"You should take away the 0 yard runs where the line busted if you're going to do shit like this."

"Both for the pointless nature of this thread, and for all the evidently blind people who still think Smith is superior."

"If you think any of those numbers concerning the state of the student section the past coulple of years are in any way accurate, you need a few math courses."

"But i was referring to that concept in the context of this board. Furthermore, bitching that unpopuar opinions get voted down is small-minded crap that makes me haul out the world's smallest violin."

"There's lately been a glut of stupid shit posted on board threads.

Typically, the ones who whine the loudest about mythical "groupthink" or "hivemind" are the ones responsible for posting said stupid shit."

"I have never understood why the whole redshirt thing is so hard to understand."

"For all the whining, the change certainly did its job."

"But tell the douchenozzles who bring him up, who are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS the haterz."

"Are you at least getting a workout beating up that straw man? There's this thing called "precedent." If you're here to troll, leave.."

"No one has ever said anything to the contrary of that last sentence in the history of this board, as far as I'm aware. Enjoy beating up your straw men."

"If you're going to intentionally misread my comment and say something that ass-backwards, there's really no point in elaborating."

"It's intriguing how you can be douchey without even trying."

"The complaints are stockpiling even higher now. Need a napkin for that egg on your face? Watch someone complain so hard the thread gets locked."

"You're wrong about everything in this thread, and I see that as a good thing."

"Ban yourself."

And, see, there's the problem: Harmon was a skill position player. Putting #98 on, say, an OL or a DE in no way honors the kind of player Harmon was. Yet at the same time, putting #98 on a guy like Drew Dileo just looks strange.

So what do you do?

Why couldn't we have just left things the way they were, expanded the retired numbers with "honored jerseys" (like basketball does), which would still be handed out, and display the numbers in a more prominent place and publicize them so that people who didn't know about these players would have a better opportunity to do so?

Frankly, I didn't think it was that difficult to learn about the retired numbers before (I learned about them just fine when I was a kid, before the internet!), but apparently people needed a reminder. And a gaudy patch is the best way to do it?