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hark44

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sanders was so nasty dude... even in the old techmo superbowl when all the players were of uniform skill, it was programed so no one could touch barry... we cant overlook the old guys tho... never saw them play but i wont pretend like they arent contenders esp. jim brown... if reggie is jesus in cleats, jim brown was probably yahweh himself (in whatever they wore before cleats). OJ was prolly the best at making cuts tho... haha, i kid, i kid...


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all right voice your opinions here. I personaly will go with berry sanders. my case no o-line, no qb, and still got his team to an nfc championship game and destroid people. currently so I aint just living in the past I go with LT for best back in the game.


I can't agrue with most of the selections here.  Sanders, Payton, Brown...all well beyond worthy.  For me, it comes a bit down to timing.  I didn't grow up watching Jim Brown, as with Unitas when the QB topic comes up.  So, he slides down a bit for me personally with that factor.  Then it's a toss up between Walter and Barry.  Both very different.  Barry always had the potential to break one at any moment.  Walter gave you complete consistency.  With that, I have to go with Walter.  He played on even worse teams than Barry did with worse O Lines.  Only in the early 80's did his line get better.  I also took it from the standpoint, you have one yard to go...4th and goal.  Who would you rather have?  I say Payton.  Then again, you could argue Campbell with that one!


 



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nice analogy Bill, but it would depend on what point in Cambells career, if i would want him in there...you could give walter the ball on 4th and 1 on the last carry of his career and he would put the ball over the line...whether he had to leap in....bull in...or just break it outside and step it in...another guy I would put in there at 4th and 1 would have been Marcus Allen

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running backs rule! i LOVE this discussion.

just to see who else is up there in yardage, i went to espn.com's all time rushing leaders page

(http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/alltime/leaders?cat=rushlead)

of course, yardage only tells part of the story, and i expected most of the names to be where they were.

but there was one name....i couldn't believe my eyes:

number 15 all time, right behind o.j. simpson?

ricky watters (w/ 10,643 yds).

i had no idea.

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How come noone ever talks about eric dickerson on this site? 

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i thought about bringing dickerson up, and i'm glad someone did. he had great vision and timing, and he was strong, and fast. he could run "big" for physical yards, or run almost like a scat back. he played for lousy teams, which i think makes people forget about him.

also, in a way, if you want to talk about "greatest rb of all time", in the eyes of many, it automatically limits the discussion to sanders, payton, and brown, who are clearly at the head of the class.

i still can't believe ricky watters is 15th all time....



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i did bring dickerson up on page one. another guy i really like, but who may not be all time, although i do believe hes a hall of famer, is john riggins. badd a$$ emmereffer.
old school: red grange, nagurski, thorpe, what about tony dorsett? lenny moore, marion motley?

-- Edited by phole at 14:41, 2006-09-28

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Nagurski should probably make the list, I agree.  What about marshall Faulk, he was a pretty big threat in his time, not sure is someone brought him up already or not, but he has to be in the top ten you would think

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not to say the greatest, but high on the list, loved the moves of the dick--eric dickerson-- had it goin on for the rams and the colts-- smooth runner who could always break would be tackles. racked up considerable career numbers, also good instincts on swings and screens out of the backfield.

-- Edited by timmy1 at 23:48, 2006-09-28

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one of my favorite quotes came from dickerson. when asked if he had lost a step, he replied "I may have lost a step, but it's a step nobody else ever had" Classic. and probably true.

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