Sports figures in the wrong era

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

With the resurgence of the 'Wildcat' formation in the NFL this season (which is basically just Single Wing formation) I noticed anote to one of my favorite writers where someone pointed out how the best player to run this offense would be Michael Vick. And ever since then I have been thingking of how some players are really better suited for a different era in their sport. They might have been successful or not in their era's but dropped into this different era their skills would have been even better suited. So here's a list of some that I was thinking about:

Michael Vick As previously mentioned putting him in a single wing 'wildcat' formation would have made him even more dangerous. Basically make him a regular running back with a drop back QB, then roll that formation into the mix once in a while. Just devastating.

Ralph Sampson One of the other quintessential players for this list. Before knee injuries wiped him out he was the ultimate mobile power forward that the current NBA era favors. He was tall, capable of defending mobile players and grabbing rebounds, but had a limited post offense, and had a hard time defending the powerful 'true' centers of his era. But drop him in todays era with his skill set and he would wreak havoc.

Kordell Stewart See the above Michael Vick entry, 'Slash' was another phenomenal athlete who would thrive as an out of the back field receiver/running back/throwing threat.

Doug Flutie Considered too short for his time, imagine him in todays spread the field, multiple throwing lane run 'n shoot offenses. He still managed a decent career, but if he was entering todays NFL, with a coach who was willing to build an offense around him like Sean Payton has with Drew Brees he would have been a regular Pro Bowl regular.

Lionel 'Little Train' James Bo Jackson's team mate at Auburn was a dangerous threat as a return man, but was considered 'too small' for anything else. When you see Darren Sproles busting huge gains on screen passes or draws that is a Little Train clone. It helps that they play for the same team.

Brian Bosworth and Tony Mandarich This is more of a joke based on the fact that current scientific achievments have apparently allowed NFL players to avoid drug screening that in an earlier era prevented these 2 amazing specimens of the wonders of chemical advancements from excelling as they were expected to.