All time best Running BAck!!!

[Omaha_Dolfan]

no brainer except order.
1. JIM BROWN
2. JHON RIGGINS
3. O.J. Simpson
4.Ricky Williams yea I'm sick of his name but If you want a back thats gonna run over and through a D and to hit a deffender harder than he was gonna get hit then these are your guys. with honorable mentions 2 Bo and berry sorry fellas u were good even great but I want punishers.

Walter was one of the most punishing runners of all time.

 

[DonShula84]

no brainer except order.
1. JIM BROWN
2. JHON RIGGINS
3. O.J. Simpson
4.Ricky Williams yea I'm sick of his name but If you want a back thats gonna run over and through a D and to hit a deffender harder than he was gonna get hit then these are your guys. with honorable mentions 2 Bo and berry sorry fellas u were good even great but I want punishers.

No Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith or Walter Payton and you call your list a no brainer?

 

[SCall13]

Are you nuts? Barry Sanders was a shifty back who was always a threat to break a big run, but realistically, in the nfl consistancy is key. Barry would run for minus yards a lot and then bust a 40 yarder. Emmit kept drives going. Barry was a drive killer and a quitter. His style of running was flashy, usually 100+ yards on 3 runs. Give me the guy who grinds out yardage and keeps drives moving any day of the week. Even if Barry was with a good team it would have been difficult for him to carry a team anywhere. Negative plays=punts. And that was the story of Barry Sanders. Emmit won sb's, Barry wasn't even close. I can't say I am a big fan of Emmits, I just call 'em like i see 'em.

If taking Barry over Emmitt without a seconds hesitation is nuts, then YEAH I am NUTS. It isn't as if Emmitt never got dropped for a loss. BArry didn't get dropped for a loss often in comparison to the big plays he had. BArry was a much better, much more explosive back than Emmitt. PERIOD. Barry had more "home run" ability and was just as, or more, powerful.

 

[SCall13]

I dont think Barry would have fit in Dallas running system. You can always say if he didn't retire well maybe if he didn't retire he would have had a career ending injury. Emmitt wouldn't have done as good on the Lions and I dont think Barry would have done as good on the Cowboys they were both used in different ways. The only thing Barry had better then Emmitt was footwork. His heart and desire are nowhere near Emmitts, Emmitt could pass block better then him, and Emmitt was more durable and Emmitts footwork and elusiveness were very good. You can always say IF this and IF that. Well maybe Barry Sanders only wanted 1 ring and IF he played for Dallas he would have got the first one and said I don't have nothing else to prove. IF Emmitt played for Denver he would have had like 30 thousand rushing yards all time. You people need to look at what happened and how it happened instead of looking at what could have happened IF this person was there or IF this person had that.

You could put Barry in any system and he would have been incredible. If you had put him behind Dallas' line, he would have flirted with 2500-2600 yards. And that isn't even an outrageous estimation.

 

[Nappy Roots]

If taking Barry over Emmitt without a seconds hesitation is nuts, then YEAH I am NUTS. It isn't as if Emmitt never got dropped for a loss. BArry didn't get dropped for a loss often in comparison to the big plays he had. BArry was a much better, much more explosive back than Emmitt. PERIOD. Barry had more "home run" ability and was just as, or more, powerful.

Homerun ability and power has what to do with anything? is that how you measure your backs? are you one of those people that look at the 40 time and size and say, damn hes good?

 

[romio]

jim thorpe

 

[byroan]

I would take Barry over Emmitt ANYDAY.

 

[Quelonio]

So true

 

[DonShula84]

Homerun ability and power has what to do with anything? is that how you measure your backs? are you one of those people that look at the 40 time and size and say, damn hes good?

Are you trying to say Barry Sanders had nothing but a good forty time? Looking at homerun ability and a backs power are important I dont really understand what you're trying to get at here.

 

[SCall13]

Homerun ability and power has what to do with anything? is that how you measure your backs? are you one of those people that look at the 40 time and size and say, damn hes good?

You need to go back and read all the post that I wrote and the ones I was responding to before making a comment. BArry Sanders wasn't SUPER fast. Neither was Emmitt. SO no, I dont' base RBs on 40 times. Barry's power and quickness and explosiveness was unmatched. His vision, and his ability to make people miss and get to the second level was and is unmatched. That is what I mean.
By the way, "homerun ability" and "power" do have a lot to with running the football. That's part of what made all the running backs being discussed in this thread so great.

 

[SCall13]

Are you trying to say Barry Sanders had nothing but a good forty time? Looking at homerun ability and a backs power are important I dont really understand what you're trying to get at here.

Thank you. It made no sense to me either. Just someone trying to argue without any ground whatsoever to stand on.

 

[Nappy Roots]

Are you trying to say Barry Sanders had nothing but a good forty time? Looking at homerun ability and a backs power are important I dont really understand what you're trying to get at here.

no no no no, im just saying that there is more to the RB position that speed and power. i agree that Sanders is better than Emmitt, but to say he had more power and speed doesnt do anything for the argument.

 

[DonShula84]

no no no no, im just saying that there is more to the RB position that speed and power. i agree that Sanders is better than Emmitt, but to say he had more power and speed doesnt do anything for the argument.

Alright, you scared me for a second there :)

 

[SCall13]

no no no no, im just saying that there is more to the RB position that speed and power. i agree that Sanders is better than Emmitt, but to say he had more power and speed doesnt do anything for the argument.

:roflmao: :roflmao: OHHH Nooooo....power and speed have NOTHING to do with what can make one back better than another. :shakeno: They are definetly two factors that would be put into what ANY coach thinks about a RB. We sure didn't draft Ronnie Brown because he could win the Dolphins a beauty pageant. He was drafted because of his power, his speed, his hands. (TO name a few things)

 

[Halifax]

1. Barry Sanders

2. Waltor Payton
3. OJ Simpson
4. Jim Brizzown
5. Emmit Smith

In 10 years the list will be different:

1. Barry Sanders
2. Edgerrin James (who is on the same pace Barry was on at this stage of career)
3.Waltor Payton
4.Ladanian Tomlinson
5.OJ
6.Jim Brizzown