For everyone who picked Brown, I do wonder if he will have a harder time earning our love since Ray Lewis set the bar so high? Doug DeCinces was a pretty good third baseman but he was cursed with following Brooks Robinson.

When I think about "favorites" it seems like it is often guys with interesting personalities and who overachieve. Maybe that's just my definition, but I think of players like Jarret Johnson, Ray Rice, Ladarius Webb and Dennis Pitta. Not that they were expected to contribute nothing, but I think they quickly overshot our expectations. There have been examples like Jimmy Leonard in the past -- a guy everyone seemed infatuated with when he was here.

But when I think Michael Oher, for instance, I see a guy who is a better player than most fans give him credit for, but we had zero patience for seeing him try to fill Jon Odgen's shoes. I also wonder about Elam stepping in for Reed (even though he's really stepping in for Pollard, I think the Reed comparison will stick).