KhanYouDigIt Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 Fred Taylor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngusMcFife Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I'm surprised to see some votes for Bo. He obviously had great straight-line speed and had some spectacular long TD runs, but he was never really an every-down back. I'm not sure he had the complete skillset including vision and patience that would give him the status of most talented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superduperman Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 I watched just about every snap of Barry's career and I can tell you he was talented at pass catching too, but the Lions almost never ran plays for him to catch the ball. Pretty stupid of them because when he got the ball away from the LOS he was deadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Being 6'2" 232 in the late 50's and 60's instead of 5'8" 203 in the 90's is part of their talent level. If speed and quickness counts as talent then so does size and power. Its Jim Brown and its not close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Yards per carry - Brown 5.2 Sanders 5.0 Yards per game rushing - Brown 104.3 Sanders 99.8 Yards per reception - Brown 9.5 Sanders 8.3 Yards per touch - Brown 5.7 Sanders 5.1 TDs per games played - Brown 1.07 Sanders 0.71 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkronsWitness Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, SkippyX said: Yards per carry - Brown 5.2 Sanders 5.0 Yards per game rushing - Brown 104.3 Sanders 99.8 Yards per reception - Brown 9.5 Sanders 8.3 Yards per touch - Brown 5.7 Sanders 5.1 TDs per games played - Brown 1.07 Sanders 0.71 Brown averaged over 100 yards rushing per game for 7/8 year stretch during a time where there was only 20ish passing attempts per game. To put that in perspective--that is the same amount of 100 yd/gm year averages that Adrian Peterson, Jamal Charles, Shaun Alexander, Todd Gurley, Chris Johnson and Ladanian Tomlinson have combined. Edited May 13, 2022 by AkronsWitness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 On 5/12/2022 at 2:21 AM, KhanYouDigIt said: Fred Taylor Love Fred Taylor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwibrown Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 3 hours ago, SkippyX said: Being 6'2" 232 in the late 50's and 60's instead of 5'8" 203 in the 90's is part of their talent level. If speed and quickness counts as talent then so does size and power. Its Jim Brown and its not close. Nice to see some Jim Brown love. He also had the most complete resume of this group with post season success. Barry didnt get that many opportunities in the post season and Marshall didnt run that well in the post season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkippyX Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 48 minutes ago, AkronsWitness said: Brown averaged over 100 yards rushing per game for 7/8 year stretch during a time where there was only 20ish passing attempts per game. To put that in perspective--that is the same amount of 100 yd/gm year averages that Adrian Peterson, Jamal Charles, Shaun Alexander, Todd Gurley, Chris Johnson and Ladanian Tomlinson have combined. Brown is the superior RB in every measurable: per touch, per carry, per anything. That Barry got to rest at the goal line from time to time instead of getting pounded is supposed to make me think he was better? Henry gets more credit for lots of carries today, not less credit. Edited May 13, 2022 by SkippyX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinSting Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 Walter Payton was the starting RB but also the backup to the backup QB. So he gets my vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NVRamsFan Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Give me any of those guys on the list and I'm good for my team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYRaider Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Bo Jackson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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