For the heck of it, I tabulated the 50 Legends to create a listed top50, assigned every player three scores from 1 to 5 on "star player value", "popularity" and "longevity". The first one being slightly subjective but basically ranging from hall of famers . The popularity rating resembles my own "heart for the player" value, again ranging from 5 for "favorites" to 1 for "I had to play him by lack of having anything better". Longevity was a simple formula of dividing the years of service by 3 and rounding to the closest whole number. Tie-breakers went to my own decision (shocker!).
Top 50 Merchantmen 2004-2078
1. DT #95
Shaun "The Behemoth" Hartman 2062-2074
2. WR #89
Terry "The Gasket" Haskell 2036-2048
3. DT #78
Charles Gomez 2004-2014
4. LB #55
Wesley Devine 2036-2048
5. DE #98
Daquan "Da Machine" Strugielski 2064-2075
6. WR #86
Gabe Springer 2016-2027
7. C #77
Tom Anaya 2065-2078
8. LB #58
Edward Ross 2064-2075
9. QB #3
"Fumblin'" Justin McDavid 2004-2017
10. LB #54
Daniel "Double D" Duncan 2040-2049
11. WR #82
J.R. Mills 2069-2078
12. C #76
Zack Whelan 2056-2067
13. QB #5
Russell "Rusty" Harrison 2020-2034
14. QB #1
Bryson Chow 2045-2058
15. LB #50
Cody Cluff 2004-2016
16. LT #60
Kerry Zumdahl 2031-2038
17. CB #34
Peter Tucker 2064-2075
18. LT #63
"Indestructible" Ivan Jacques 2007-2015
19. RB #20
Stanley Givens 2023-2026
20. G #71
Ricky Castillo 2032-2038
21. QB #8
Lester Lowe 2057-2065
22. RB #29
Donald Terry 2037-2044
23. K #8
Al Bettis 2006-2019
24. WR #87
Jack Money 2037-2046
25. CB #39
Everett Heiser 2052-2062
26. LT #64
Roman Torrez 2051-2063
27. OT #65
Oscar Meadows 2071-2078
28. QB #14
Louie Flannery 2006-2021
29. RB #25
Norbert Talley 2048-2055
30. WR #83
Riddick Stanley 2057-2068
31. FB #20
Albert "The Shovel" Shalon 2029-2039
32. WR #83
Adam Brautlacht 2034-2044
33. LB #52
Antonio Battle 2073-2078
34. S #46
Lincoln Gilmore 2004-2014
35. CB #27
Randall Allen 2019-2023
36. DE #92
Jordan St. Pierre 2057-2067
37. S #49
Thurman Hopper 2031-2044
38. S #42
Perry Walker 2030-2043
39. WR #84
Scott Dupuis 2043-2053
40. QB #3
Alfred Hickman 2065-2072
41. RB #29
Mark McConnell 2027-2035
42. LB #51
Gabe Hamilton 2064-2074
43. S #48
Jimmy Chellino 2020-2031
44. WR #80
Terry Thomason 2023-2035
45. QB #7
Jay McGee 2030-2039
46. C #79
Cristian Sampson 2047-2059
47. DT #56
Dennis Lucas 2041-2050
48. WR #81
Alfredo Bass 2012-2014
49. RB #23
Lucas Blackwell 2069-2077
50. WR #83
Vince McAlister 2015-2018