y*so*blu Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 One of my favorite things about football is watching great running backs go to work. While quick "finesse" backs like Warrick Dunn are always fun to watch, to me there's nothing like seeing a sturdy north-south runner just explode out of the backfield and smash right through defenders. Who, in your opinion, are some of the strongest power RBs to ever play the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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riceman80 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Earl Campbell. He was known as The Human Wrecking Ball for a reason. He has many of the most amazing runs in league history. Still my favorite run of all-time. He embarrasses nearly the whole D. His jersey gets torn off before he goes down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Mack Lee Hill Okoye Bronko Motley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaserFocus Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 17 minutes ago, y*so*blu said: One of my favorite things about football is watching great running backs go to work. While quick "finesse" backs like Warrick Dunn are always fun to watch, to me there's nothing like seeing a sturdy north-south runner just explode out of the backfield and smash right through defenders. Who, in your opinion, are some of the strongest power RBs to ever play the game? Jerome Bettis would have to be on any top five power back list. One of his many memorable runs was against the Bills on MNF, it was like the Buffalo defense turned into a youth football unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragnarok Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 The Nigerian Nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Nix Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 anyone who played Madden in their younger days knows the answer is MIKE ALSTOTT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footbull3196 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Steven Jackson never seems to get a fair shake on these lists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
43M Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Jim Brown looked like a man playing against boys. I dont know if he was the strongest ever, but he was ahead of his time and Ive never seen another back look like he did vs NFL defenders. Bo Jackson is definitely up near the top. Dude was so strong and ran with such a low center of gravity, it was truly special. In more recent times....guys like Steven Jackson, MJD, Frank Gore and Marshawn Lynch come to mind....but none of them are near Bo IMO, and none of them had the same disparity vs competition as JB did against his. For me, it comes down to Bo and Brown. There have been some other great power backs, but those two were special. None of those other backs I mentioned were overly special....just good/very good players who happened to be power backs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakuvious Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 For me, it has to be either Christian Okoye or Earl Campbell. Those two were the definition of power running, to me. And they unfortunately had the short careers that came with it. Jim Brown I think does have kind of a weird place in this discussion. I wouldn't call him a power back, so if you just want power backs I wouldn't put him there. He was more an all-around great kind of runner, not just a power back. But he may well be the strongest RB of all-time relative to those tackling him. But a lot of that was Brown just being weirdly ahead of his time. He was a RB running against LBs that were smaller than him, behind an OL that was roughly the same size as him. He was bigger than all the starting LBs on his own team. The era and context either makes him hands down the strongest, or it discredits him, depending on how you want to look at it, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE DUKE Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 9 hours ago, Ragnarok said: The Nigerian Nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right Smarts Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Jamal Lewis deserves an honorable mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calvert28 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 10 hours ago, riceman80 said: Earl Campbell. He was known as The Human Wrecking Ball for a reason. He has many of the most amazing runs in league history. Still my favorite run of all-time. He embarrasses nearly the whole D. His jersey gets torn off before he goes down All other answers are wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nextsuperstar1 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 11 hours ago, johndeere1707 said: anyone who played Madden in their younger days knows the answer is MIKE ALSTOTT! The last fullback. Oh for the days of Alstott and Larry Centers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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