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Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru
while I agree that his postseason performances weren't great, a couple of those r misleading since the team fell behind so far they had to give up the run but in both of those games he average around 4 yards per carry.
and on a side note, r we ranking rbs as far as actual stats or just who we think were the 5 best rbs?
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I was just listing them as 5 favorite RB's, not stats wise. Stats can be misleading. For example Emmit Smith played most of his career on some great teams and with some of the best offensive lineman in the game. Walter Payton, O.J Simpson and Earl Campbell did not always play with a dominating O-line like Emmit Smith did for most of his career.
Ragarding Barry Sanders post season stats, the Green Bay game and his minus 1 yards on 13 carries is exactly what the one thing I do not like about him.
Let me preface this by repeating Barry is one of the top 8 greatest RB's to ever play the game. HIs highlight reel is one of the best.
But the one and only thing I did not like about Barry is he was very one dimensional back. He was always trying to break the long run. He would sometimes run side ways and backwards behind the line of scrimage way to much. It seemed ALMOST selfish on Barry's part when the team only needed 1 to 2 yards for a first down and Barry lost 5 yards because he was darting and weaving behind the line looking for the perfect hole. His inability to just dive into a small hole and take the small 3 to 4 yard gain was sometimes frustrating. I am not sure if the NFL or anyone else tracks this stat, but I bet Barry would lead all the top 10 RB's of all time in running plays that took a loss. It seemed like for every great long run he broke off he would get 2 to 3 runs for losses.