Calvert28 Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 6 hours ago, SmittyBacall said: The last guy I would want to tackle is Brandon Jacobs. Last guy? I doubt you would even try the first unless you were just Irish sh!t faced. I know I wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Buck Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 16 hours ago, Non-Issue said: Earl Campbell is unparalleled imo. The Tyler Rose is what every RB aspires to be. An absolute punisher. Here is one of my favorite anecdotes about Campbell. It was written by Hanford Dixon and included in a book of his football memoirs. And it is absolutely hilarious. Although I was all of 170 pounds, I looked forward to taking shots at the big boys, like Pete Johnson and later Earl Campbell. By December of my rookie year, the Browns were mired in last place, but I looked forward to taking on Campbell when we went to Houston for a nationally televised Thursday night game on December 3. “Damn. You haven’t seen Earl Campbell,” my teammates told me all week. “Well, Earl Campbell hasn’t seen Hanford Dixon,” I responded with all due cockiness. Early in the game, Campbell came around the left side on a sweep. I fixed my eyes on him and charged forward. He looked at me and took aim, and bam! I saw stars. It was just like running into that telephone pole while playing football with my friends back in Theodore. The first thing I thought to myself was, “Oh ****. I’m hurt.” But I wasn’t about to let Campbell, or any of the Oilers for that matter, see me hurt. It’s not just a pride thing. If the opposing coaches upstairs see that you’re hurt, they’ll run a go pattern past your sagging *** on the next play. So I jumped up, maintained my composure as best I could, jogged to the sideline, and sat my *** down. After a second or two, I realized something was wrong. I was sitting on the wrong bench, on the wrong sideline. I jumped up and trotted over to our sideline, much to the amusement of the veterans. We went on to lose that game, 17-13. 1 That WAS absolutely hilarious, and I can totally believe it too. Earl Campbell was head and shoulders above the rest when it came to power backs. The best way I could describe him was that he was like Adrian Peterson on steroids. He is my all time favorite running back. The guy was just a monster out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtait93 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Earl Campbell and it’s not even close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Issue Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 9 hours ago, Uncle Buck said: That WAS absolutely hilarious, and I can totally believe it too. Earl Campbell was head and shoulders above the rest when it came to power backs. The best way I could describe him was that he was like Adrian Peterson on steroids. He is my all time favorite running back. The guy was just a monster out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLExpert49 Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Best power back or best back in power? Some of the best in power: Walter Payton, Marshawn Lynch, Maurice Jones-Drew, Mike Alstott, John Riggins, Bo Jackson, Dalton Hilliard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenoRazon Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1.Mack "The Truck" Lee Hill 2.Marion Motley 3.Cookie Gilchrist 4.Jim Brown 5.Earl Campbell 6.Larry Csonka 7.Paul "Tank" Younger 8.Jerome Bettis 9.John Riggins 10.Mayshawn Lynch Best Thunder & Lightnin'...........Jim Brown & Bobby Mitchell (Big10 100/110hh champ, both avg over 5 yards a carry) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZenoRazon Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Tony Gonzales was added to that Chiefs Ring of Honor tonight, looking at the names there, we see HOFers....Len Dawson, Buck Buchanon, Bobby Bell, Willie Lanier, then ya notice....Mack Lee Hill. Who? Mack "The Truck" Lee Hill was a 5-10 230 pound monstrosity out of Southern U. He signed on as a free agent. He was a fullback. Here we had a guy who played angry, it was as if a tackler had sad something about his mama, he wanted to inflict punishment, so he did. The refused to go down, he fought it with all he had. He only played two seasons running over defenders, both seasons he averaged 5 yards a carry between the tackles. In his second season, he banged up a knee, died on the operating table. I have never seen a more physical/powerful RB/FB that The Truck. Two seasons and he's in the Chiefs Ring of Honor says it all. Career NFL statistics Rushing yards: 1,203 Yards per carry: 5.2 Receptions: 40 Receiving yards: 408 Total touchdowns: 9 Player stats at NFL.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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