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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:50:41 AM EDT
[#1]
Barry Sanders. He could run with or without an offensive line. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:51:06 AM EDT
[#2]
FPNI
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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:51:31 AM EDT
[#3]
O.J. Simpson
Barry Sanders  |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:52:35 AM EDT
[#4]
Walter Payton, and maybe, Barry Sanders
but if I put my money down on one of those: Sweetness. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:53:04 AM EDT
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AP.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:55:11 AM EDT
[#6]
I don't know if he's the best ever but I always enjoyed watching Emmit Smith in his prime.
And for college ball it's gotta be Archie |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:55:13 AM EDT
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Sanders.
If he hadn't tried to tear his own leg off, Bo Jackson would probably be the greatest... at least in the top 5. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:56:29 AM EDT
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HAM Jones?
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Posted: 8/27/2016 1:59:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:01:51 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:03:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryRinger. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:04:27 AM EDT
[#12]
Too many to choose from.
I think the consensus will be Barry Sanders, but (had he not been injured) I think Bo Jackson might have gotten up there with him after a few more seasons. Marshawn Lynch doesn't have the stats to take the top spot, but he will forever be my favorite. Truly a beast. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:04:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Barry Sanders. He could run with or without an offensive line. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:05:21 AM EDT
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Could hell he did. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Barry Sanders. He could run with or without an offensive line. The best. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:06:14 AM EDT
[#15]
Bronko Nagurski
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:06:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:07:25 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryGRENADE!!!!! 
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:08:02 AM EDT
[#18]
Dickerson
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:08:02 AM EDT
[#19]
Barry Sanders was amazingly talented and entertaining, but not great for running a consistent offense that gets first downs and controls the clock.
For that reason, I'd rather have Jerome Bettis, Terrell Davis, Thurmond Thomas, Emmit Smith, Curtis Martin, Adrian Pederson, Frank Gore or a number of other more conventional RB who doesn't frequently carry the ball for -5 yards on first down. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:08:11 AM EDT
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Sanders had too many games with negative yardage and he retired too soon. He really should hold the record.
Emmitt Smith had the great lines that Sanders never did. He deserves to be on top. My two favorites of all time to watch are Earl Campbell and Tony Dorsett. Campbell punished defenders, hurt them. Linebackers were scared of him. Dorsett was just so quick and fluid, the guy was a ghost. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:08:52 AM EDT
[#21]
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Barry Sanders. He could run with or without an offensive line. FPNI. Glad he played in my hometown, wish he would have played somewhere else and could have won a Superbowl etc. J- |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:09:18 AM EDT
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Barry Sanders. He could run with or without an offensive line. This! Saw him in person run 70 yards with one shoe! Monday night football at the Silverdome. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:10:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sanders had too many games with negative yardage and he retired too soon. He really should hold the record. Emmitt Smith had the great lines that Sanders never did. He deserves to be on top. My two favorites of all time to watch are Earl Campbell and Tony Dorsett. Campbell punished defenders, hurt them. Linebackers were scared of him. Dorsett was just so quick and fluid, the guy was a ghost. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:12:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sanders had too many games with negative yardage and he retired too soon. He really should hold the record. Emmitt Smith had the great lines that Sanders never did. He deserves to be on top. My two favorites of all time to watch are Earl Campbell and Tony Dorsett. Campbell punished defenders, hurt them. Linebackers were scared of him. Dorsett was just so quick and fluid, the guy was a ghost. +1 |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:12:45 AM EDT
[#25]
Samkon Gado.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:20:41 AM EDT
[#26]
Definitely Sweetness.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:28:13 AM EDT
[#27]
Bo would be my #1 but im a biased Auburn Tiger.
Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Emmit. All great backs. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:35:40 AM EDT
[#28]
John Riggins...
But I'm biased... |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:36:56 AM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: John Riggins... But I'm biased racist... fify  |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:37:30 AM EDT
[#30]
Hard to argue with past players.
Not that I'm bias but marshawn lynch is was one of the best yards after contact players. College wise, derrick henry and dalvin cook stand out. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:40:16 AM EDT
[#31]
Sanders or Herschel Walker
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:41:34 AM EDT
[#32]
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fify
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John Riggins... But I'm biased racist... fify
Lol |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:43:48 AM EDT
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Too many to choose from. I think the consensus will be Barry Sanders, but (had he not been injured) I think Bo Jackson might have gotten up there with him after a few more seasons. Marshawn Lynch doesn't have the stats to take the top spot, but he will forever be my favorite. Truly a beast. I agree with you on both parts about Sanders and Bo Jackson. If you guys haven't seen the 30 for 30 "You Don't Know Bo" about Bo Jackson - go watch it. it's great. That guy is a freak of nature. I think it's on Netflix, still. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 2:46:31 AM EDT
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Bo would be my #1 but im a biased Auburn Tiger. Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Emmit. All great backs. *cough* '85 cotton bowl |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 3:06:45 AM EDT
[#35]
Sanders was Beautiful to watch. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 3:11:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Sanders had too many games with negative yardage and he retired too soon. He really should hold the record. Emmitt Smith had the great lines that Sanders never did. He deserves to be on top. My two favorites of all time to watch are Earl Campbell and Tony Dorsett. Campbell punished defenders, hurt them. Linebackers were scared of him. Dorsett was just so quick and fluid, the guy was a ghost. Detroit fucked him and forced him to retire. The Ford's wouldn't spend the money for a championship team and they refused to release him so he could go and win a superbowl with someone else. Not the first big talent the Detroit organization fucked. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 3:20:33 AM EDT
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Peterson. AP is the answer you seek.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 3:24:06 AM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Barry Sanders. He could run with or without an offensive line. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 3:25:13 AM EDT
[#39]
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Detroit fucked him and forced him to retire. The Ford's wouldn't spend the money for a championship team and they refused to release him so he could go and win a superbowl with someone else. Not the first big talent the Detroit organization fucked. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sanders had too many games with negative yardage and he retired too soon. He really should hold the record. Emmitt Smith had the great lines that Sanders never did. He deserves to be on top. My two favorites of all time to watch are Earl Campbell and Tony Dorsett. Campbell punished defenders, hurt them. Linebackers were scared of him. Dorsett was just so quick and fluid, the guy was a ghost. Detroit fucked him and forced him to retire. The Ford's wouldn't spend the money for a championship team and they refused to release him so he could go and win a superbowl with someone else. Not the first big talent the Detroit organization fucked. If they had spent maybe three drafts getting a line, I'm talking six or seven picks over those drafts, Sanders would hold every record and they may have gotten to at least one Super Bowl. The Lions ownership and management is a damned shame. Hell, they still won't get a line to protect Stafford. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 3:32:11 AM EDT
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If they had spent maybe three drafts getting a line, I'm talking six or seven picks over those drafts, Sanders would hold every record and they may have gotten to at least one Super Bowl. The Lions ownership and management is a damned shame. Hell, they still won't get a line to protect Stafford. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Sanders had too many games with negative yardage and he retired too soon. He really should hold the record. Emmitt Smith had the great lines that Sanders never did. He deserves to be on top. My two favorites of all time to watch are Earl Campbell and Tony Dorsett. Campbell punished defenders, hurt them. Linebackers were scared of him. Dorsett was just so quick and fluid, the guy was a ghost. Detroit fucked him and forced him to retire. The Ford's wouldn't spend the money for a championship team and they refused to release him so he could go and win a superbowl with someone else. Not the first big talent the Detroit organization fucked. If they had spent maybe three drafts getting a line, I'm talking six or seven picks over those drafts, Sanders would hold every record and they may have gotten to at least one Super Bowl. The Lions ownership and management is a damned shame. Hell, they still won't get a line to protect Stafford. You aren't telling me anything new. Lions management is shit and I'll never forgive them for ruining Sanders career. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 3:36:58 AM EDT
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Sanders or Payton, either one is correct. Adrian Peterson is worthy of that conversation. Terrell Davis was as good as any of them when he was healthy. Even with his injury shortened career I think he's due for the HOF.
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Posted: 8/27/2016 3:56:34 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/27/2016 4:15:51 AM EDT
[#43]
Sanders was a better pure rusher, but Payton was a better all-purpose back.
Sayers should get more love, too. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 4:17:14 AM EDT
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CHUCK FRAGGLEROCK JR.
He ran so hard his drawers exploded in vietnam. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 4:20:44 AM EDT
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Joe Morris
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Posted: 8/27/2016 4:35:17 AM EDT
[#46]
Berry Sanders.
I may be biased since I was born and raised (24years) in Down River. |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 4:44:37 AM EDT
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Berry Sanders. I may be biased since I was born and raised (24years) in Down River. Where at? I grew up in Detroit around 5 mile and Gratiot, on Edgewood, and then southwest Detroit near Schoolcraft and Lahser. But around 1983 we moved to Taylor near Wick road and Pelham. Where were you at downriver? |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 4:46:49 AM EDT
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Dickerson Has to be on the list |
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Posted: 8/27/2016 5:04:32 AM EDT
[#49]
Walter Peyton. (Too bad Ricky Williams loved the buds, he could of been on the list if not)
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Posted: 8/27/2016 5:09:36 AM EDT
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Walter Payton or Jim Brown probably.
Sanders had amazing runs when he could break free, but on most downs didn't do shit. He was flashy, but not the best. In the end it is impossible to name one, as the game changes, the rules change, and people do not compete in the same situations. |
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