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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:18:58 AM EDT
[#1]
walter payton or jim brown.
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:20:13 AM EDT
[#2]
 To bad Nicole couldn't run as fast..... Sgatr15 |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:22:55 AM EDT
[#3]
1.) Barry Sanders
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:23:37 AM EDT
[#4]
Payton
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:24:27 AM EDT
[#5]
Just call Priest Holmes the touchdown king.
The three-time Pro Bowl running back of the Kansas City Chiefs reached the end zone twice in Sunday's 31-3 rout of the Chicago Bears to set a pair of NFL records - most touchdowns and most rushing scores in a single season with 27. It's all about points in FF |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:24:33 AM EDT
[#6]
I'm going to go with Bo Jackson.
The power of John Riggins. The speed of Dickerson. The quickness of Barry Sanders. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:26:48 AM EDT
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If you had an excellent line, Gale Sanders would probably run for 2500 yards easy. Safetys and Cornerbacks would be looking at the back of his jersey as he accellerated downfield.
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:27:22 AM EDT
[#8]
I'm talking a real football team. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:28:13 AM EDT
[#9]
There is only one choice, Barry Sanders. In one game against Tampa, he snapped off 2 80 yard runs plus all of his other runs. He was on the opposing fantasy football team and outscored my entire team. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:29:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:30:27 AM EDT
[#11]
Bo was good, but fragile. Barry was on the DL how many times in his career? |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:31:42 AM EDT
[#12]
OK, your thread title is a little misleading. In that case I go with Walter. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:49:37 AM EDT
[#13]
+1 |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:55:17 AM EDT
[#14]
Barry Sanders
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:58:33 AM EDT
[#15]
I would have to agree. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 8:59:32 AM EDT
[#16]
Barry Sanders!!!
So what if the guy ran 5 yards horizontally for every one yard he gained! I still miss that guy. What an incredible, explosive runner. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 9:45:21 AM EDT
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Fanatsy football values are still based on real performances by the players. I honestly don't know how you could make a more unbiased decision especially when you are talking about one season. No one comes close to O.J. Simpson (1975) Number two: Priest Holmes (2002, 2003) Number three: Marshall Faulk (2000, 2001) Walter Payton(1977) might be a decent 4th pick Earl Campbells(1980) highest rating was 149, not even close. Bo Jackson had flashes of greatness but never enough to warrant any real value and was never among the top 10 leaders in stats for a season. Sayers was good but his stats can't match the top four above. Same for Sanders |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 9:47:49 AM EDT
[#18]
Priest Holmes assuming Yardage+TD's.
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Posted: 9/27/2004 9:55:06 AM EDT
[#19]
Thats a good chioce. He has been getting alot of TD's, plus the yardage. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 9:56:44 AM EDT
[#20]
The "juice"
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Posted: 9/27/2004 9:58:00 AM EDT
[#21]
Shaun Alexander, THIS season.
3 games, 6 TD's , missed most of game 2. Scores both running and receiving.  |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 9:59:28 AM EDT
[#22]
I only chose him because of his one season....which is what I thought we were supposed to do. He had the best TD season ever, IIRC. I might also take Marshall Faulk for the one season back in 1999, IIRC. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 10:06:14 AM EDT
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Remember guys, this is the real guy playing real football for one season.
For me, it's either Bo, Gale, or Earl. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 10:07:51 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/27/2004 10:10:46 AM EDT
[#25]
Bo.
No doubt. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 10:13:49 AM EDT
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Anybody ever see that highlight clip of Earl Campbell and the Oilers playing the Oakland Raiders, the one with Jack Tatum hitting Campbell on the goal line so hard they both passed out?
Campbell still scored. With a shattered collarbone. Greatest video highlight of all time. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 10:18:47 AM EDT
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Oh, OK.....so I am Dan Snyder and I am outfitting an ACTUAL team? Fine, Priest Holmes or Marshall Faulk or Barry Sanders -- all at their prime. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 1:36:55 PM EDT
[#28]
Pikers. Bronco Nagurski of the Chicago Bears, played in the 1920s & 30s. Tough as a cob SOB. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 4:35:15 PM EDT
[#29]
Barry Sanders, there are defensive players that to this day still can't put their shoes on after Barry juked them out of them.
Give him the O-Line from the 1982-83 Redskins and look out! |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 4:48:51 PM EDT
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After watching the NFL Films video on the all-time greatest running backs, my choice is Earl Campbell.
He ran over, through, around, past, and into people. No one defender took him down. If it was for ONE season, he's my choice. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 4:51:36 PM EDT
[#31]
Gale Sayers or Walter Payton.
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Posted: 9/27/2004 4:54:15 PM EDT
[#32]
Yeah, he was a good back....yet, his best season statistically cannot come close to O.J.'s, Faulks, or Holmes best seasons despite him running through, around, and past people. In fact statistically. I would say all three had at least two better seasons than Earl's best. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 5:17:34 PM EDT
[#33]
Barry Sanders. End of discussion.
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Posted: 9/27/2004 5:21:18 PM EDT
[#34]
IMHO,
The choice would be Walter Payton. Obviously, he could run .....but he was more than that. Lets look at some of his other stats: He could catch--> caught 492 passes for 4,538 yards and 15 touchdowns...... He could throw--> completed 11 out of 34 passes for 331 yards and eight touchdowns....... Lastly, he did something a LOT of other backs were unwilling or unable to do: He could block! Payton was very effective in max-protection pass blocking schemes. He also was willing to block for full-back Roland Harper. For me, it's "Sweetness," hands-down, for the half-back on my team. |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 5:46:43 PM EDT
[#35]
How about we run Payton and Sanders from the Wishbone? |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 5:58:47 PM EDT
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Priest.
You do have to factor in the offensive line, which is phenomenal, but Priest is one amazing back. Too bad my Chiefs are sucking ass so far this year  Oh and BTW, the best football replay of all time is Dante's 93yd return against Denver last year. Followed closly by the other 5 td returns he had last year
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Posted: 9/27/2004 6:10:22 PM EDT
[#37]
Barry Sanders...the Lions really shit the bed by not building a team around the greatest rusher ever. Imagine if he had an O line to throw a few blocks for him.
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Posted: 9/27/2004 6:15:21 PM EDT
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When watching the old tapes you see that the LB's and Ends were not what they are today. Did you guys see Warren Sapp run down, FROM BEHIND, Charlie Garner?
I think stats would be a lot different with today's LB's against the old school HB's. Just my thoughts... |
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Posted: 9/27/2004 7:58:06 PM EDT
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Interesting points Shivan. I am sure part of it could be contributed to the synthetic surfaces which allow for faster defenses. Also, the defenses are more complex with lots of substitutions going on. Course on the flip side, the offensive lines just keep getting bigger and bigger and the newer surfaces and dome stadiums may have done wonders for previous running backs who were forced to play many games on crappy muddy surfaces. How would O.J. have played with a decent team behind him and a nice playing field?
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Posted: 9/27/2004 9:04:23 PM EDT
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It's all relative. The same resources that develop modern levels of speed available to defensive linemen and linebackers today would be available to HBs of yesteryear...if they played today.
It's a push. Good food for thought, but that's about it. |
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