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Offline Sandman

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« on: October 27, 2002, 05:11:40 PM »
Emmitt Smith?

Hmmmph...

IMNSHO, he wouldn't have even been close to this record if Barry Sanders had not walked away from the game.

Any bets that Dallas cuts him next year?
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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2002, 05:22:00 PM »
Earl Cambel
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Offline AKDejaVu

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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2002, 05:42:41 PM »
Tie.. Jim Brown and Barry Sanders.

Can't stand Emitt.  Nothing better than being a player that helped drive the need for the "helmet on while on the field" rule.

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Offline Eagler

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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2002, 05:49:08 PM »
sure you all could do better :rolleyes:

numbers don't lie and he's got them
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« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2002, 06:15:52 PM »
Gale Sayers!
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« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2002, 06:33:52 PM »
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Gale Sayers!


Go look at Terrell Davis' stats.

He's better than Sayers by the look of 'em.
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« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2002, 06:51:20 PM »
Lomu is pretty good, but I'd have to say Christian Cullen is the undisputed best fullback of all time :) . Being the 4th highest try scorer in internationals theres few that challenge.

http://www.nzrugby.co.nz/playersteams/allblacks/2002/bios/cullen_christian.html
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« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2002, 07:08:50 PM »
Bo Jackson
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« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2002, 08:09:54 PM »
Udie is correct
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Offline SaburoS

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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2002, 11:54:48 PM »
In no particular order:
Jim Brown
Earl Campbell
James Thorpe
And if he didn't get injured early in his career, possibly Bo Jackson.
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2002, 12:09:26 AM »
I think longevity should play a role in it.  Bo had the potential to be great... but the hip pointer ended all hopes.  I will say that watching him run over Brian Bosworth was perhaps one of my favorite football moments.

Terrell Davis would rank up there if longevity were not an issue.

Other running backs that I think were great:

Marcus Allen
Tony Dorsett
Hershel Walker (USFL was a mistake)
Christian Okoya (SP?)
Larry Csonka
Gale Sayers
Franco Harris
Therman Thomas
John Riggins
Earl Cambel

Most of the rest seem to come and go with their 15 minutes of fame.  These guys were there for almost their whole career.

The question should be... of the current crop... who would look good for fitting into this list?

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« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2002, 01:15:29 AM »
GALE SAYERS:

                 +--------------------------+-------------------------+
                 |          Rushing         |        Receiving        |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year  TM |   G  |   Att     Yards    Y/A   TD |   Rec  Yards   Y/R   TD |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| 1965 chi |  14 |   166    867     5.2   14 |    29    507      17.5    6 |
| 1966 chi |  14 |   229   1231    5.4     8 |    34    447      13.1    2 |
| 1967 chi |  13 |   186    880     4.7     7 |    16    126      7.9     1 |
| 1968 chi |    9 |   138    856     6.2     2 |    15    117      7.8     0 |
| 1969 chi |  14 |   236   1032    4.4     8 |    17    116      6.8     0 |
| 1970 chi |    2 |    23     52       2.3     0 |     1     -6        -6.0     0 |
| 1971 chi |    2 |    13     38       2.9     0 |     0      0         0.0     0 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
|  TOTAL   |  68 |   991   4956    5.0    39 |   112   1307   11.7    9 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+

TERRELL DAVIS

                 +--------------------------+-------------------------+
                 |          Rushing         |        Receiving        |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year  TM |   G |   Att  Yards    Y/A   TD |   Rec  Yards   Y/R   TD |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| 1995 den |  14 |   237   1117     4.7    7 |    49    367   7.5    1 |
| 1996 den |  16 |   345   1538    4.5   13 |    36    310   8.6    2 |
| 1997 den |  15 |   369   1750    4.7   15 |    42    287   6.8    0 |
| 1998 den |  16 |   392   2008    5.1   21 |    25    217   8.7    2 |
| 1999 den |    4 |    67    211       3.1    2 |     3     26     8.7    0 |
| 2000 den |    5 |    78    282       3.6    2 |     2      4      2.0    0 |
| 2001 den |  11 |   167    701      4.2    0 |    12     69    5.8    0 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
|  TOTAL   |    81 |  1655   7607    4.6   60 |   169   1280   7.6  5 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+



Not that I'm a big fan of Davis or anything... it's just interesting that Sayers is often mentioned as one of the greatest and Davis' numbers are comparable. If longevity is indeed an issue, not sure why it affects Davis but not Sayers.

Gale Sayers is not in the all-time top 50 in any major category.
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« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2002, 01:50:46 AM »
For me it's Marcus Allen. Maybe not numbers-wise.... but the intagible stuff...
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« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2002, 02:11:22 AM »
OMG... nobody's mentioned sweetness...Walter Payton.
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« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2002, 03:08:02 AM »
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Originally posted by AKDejaVu

The question should be... of the current crop... who would look good for fitting into this list?


Marshall Faulk
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