Top 10 RBs of All Time

[jamf]

Barry is my #1 choice.

but there is a spot in my heart for Bo Jackson. Only if...

[LBrown43]

Originally Posted by jamf

Barry is my #1 choice.

but there is a spot in my heart for Bo Jackson. Only if...

My thoughts exactly. Had Bo taken the game seriously and not just as a "hobby", he would have been very high on the list.

[offiss]

Originally Posted by LBrown43

My thoughts exactly. Had Bo taken the game seriously and not just as a "hobby", he would have been very high on the list.

My buddy I grew up with and played ball with since we were kids is the player who ended his career.

Bo was probably the greatest pure athlete we have ever seen in terms of physical ability!

[Red Robert]

What about Trung Canidate??

[Dave Butz Baby!]

1. Sweetness
2. Barry Sanders
3. Jim Brown
4. Gayle Sayers
5. O.J.
6. Eric Dickerson
7. Emmit Smith
8. Marshall Faulk
9. Earl Campbell
10. John Riggins

I had a hard time leaving out Marcus Allen, and I can't add Franco. He'd run backwards to the sideline over trying for a couple more yards and getting hit anyday.

[backrow]

1. L. Brown
2. Riggo
3. Portis
4. S. Davis
5 - 10, Insert any Redskin names.

[scowan]

It's funny to me that many of you don't have Emmitt Smith anywhere on your list, or not in the top 5 and he is the all time Rushing Yardage leader. I bet the same poll on a Cowboys site would have Emmitt number 1 on every list. Are we all that bias against the Cowboys? Just wondering.

[gibbsisgod]

Originally Posted by scowan

It's funny to me that many of you don't have Emmitt Smith anywhere on your list, or not in the top 5 and he is the all time Rushing Yardage leader. I bet the same poll on a Cowboys site would have Emmitt number 1 on every list. Are we all that bias against the Cowboys? Just wondering.

yes

[724Skinsfan]

Originally Posted by scowan

It's funny to me that many of you don't have Emmitt Smith anywhere on your list, or not in the top 5 and he is the all time Rushing Yardage leader. I bet the same poll on a Cowboys site would have Emmitt number 1 on every list. Are we all that bias against the Cowboys? Just wondering.

Who? :cheeky-sm

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by 724Skinsfan

Who? :cheeky-sm

It just took Emitt so many more caries to pass all the other greats. To me that dimished his stats some.

He had like 2000 more carries than Jim Brown, yet passed him by like 3,000 yds.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

It just took Emitt so many more caries to pass all the other greats. To me that dimished his stats some.

He had like 2000 more carries than Jim Brown, yet passed him by like 3,000 yds.

Agreed. From a career stats standpoint, Emmitt is easily #1. He's running away with rushing TDs, and he's well ahead of sweetness in rushing yards. But part of that was simply playing forever and ever. He gets major credit for longevity, he's got to at least be a top 5. But he's no Barry Sanders or Jim Brown.

[scowan]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Agreed. From a career stats standpoint, Emmitt is easily #1. He's running away with rushing TDs, and he's well ahead of sweetness in rushing yards. But part of that was simply playing forever and ever. He gets major credit for longevity, he's got to at least be a top 5. But he's no Barry Sanders or Jim Brown.

Yes, Emmitt wins the award for "Greatest Desire to Play Forever". You have to admire him for setting his goal of wanting to beat Water Payton's record for yardage and then sticking to it, even though he was well past his prime. Barry Sanders would have been the greatest back ever, but just got tired of playing for a loser team and therefore lost his desire to play at all.

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Agreed. From a career stats standpoint, Emmitt is easily #1. He's running away with rushing TDs, and he's well ahead of sweetness in rushing yards. But part of that was simply playing forever and ever. He gets major credit for longevity, he's got to at least be a top 5. But he's no Barry Sanders or Jim Brown.

And conversely, that's why Brown was number one on my list.

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by scowan

It's funny to me that many of you don't have Emmitt Smith anywhere on your list, or not in the top 5 and he is the all time Rushing Yardage leader. I bet the same poll on a Cowboys site would have Emmitt number 1 on every list. Are we all that bias against the Cowboys? Just wondering.

At 7, I put him as high as I possibly could. Eric Dickerson didn't make my top 10, so it goes to show the level of respect I have for #1-6 on my list.

[mheisig]

Not to hijack the rankings, but I was just watching highlights of Barry Sanders and Walter Payton on youtube.com, and I can never get over how freakin' amazing those two guys are. It's like they're just inhuman or from another world.

This is just my non-professional analysis, but comparing their runnings styles it's hard to say who's better from an athletic standpoint, but it seems to me lik Payton runs with sort of a reckless abandon kind of style. He's amazing, but just like he's so fast and strong and agile that he's just everywhere. Sanders on the other hand seems SO controlled - like every movement is a controlled, planned movement that he thought about and practiced for years.

Regardless, they're both just incredible - if you're ever board, hit up youtube.com for some good classic RB entertainment.

It sounds like I'm going gay, but watching Sanders' legs move just never gets old - that guy is from another planet or something.