Give Me Your Top 5 RBs of ALL Time In Order
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booksbestfriend
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How did I leave the juice off?
A couple I liked watching that aren’t list worthy were Okoye and Earl Campbell. Both punished tacklers, unless your name was Steve Atwater.
Capaholic
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These lists are great. All worthy players.
Going in the other direction and Bringing out the homer in me per the usual, (and I don’t think he belongs here or in any HOF chatter) but of all the players I’ve seen up close, I’d put Jamaal Charles up against anyone I’ve ever seen. Played on horrible teams and was made of glass. But was as pure of a runner since Barry to me
Terrell Davis had Major All-time potential if healthier as well
Going in the other direction and Bringing out the homer in me per the usual, (and I don’t think he belongs here or in any HOF chatter) but of all the players I’ve seen up close, I’d put Jamaal Charles up against anyone I’ve ever seen. Played on horrible teams and was made of glass. But was as pure of a runner since Barry to me
Terrell Davis had Major All-time potential if healthier as well
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
If you make a list, and even include “honorable mentions,” and Walter Payton doesn’t appear anywhere, your opinion is invalidated and your post should be deleted. What in the actual fuck?
Jim Brown is the greatest running back in the history of the NFL. He played 9 seasons. He led the league in rushing 8 of those 9 seasons.
He not only may be the greatest football player to ever live, he is in the voting for the greatest ATHLETE to ever live. Brown to this day by those who were into the sport (and it is HUGE in the NORTHEAST), say that Brown may be the greatest Lacrosse player ever also. Dude was a men among boys.
He not only may be the greatest football player to ever live, he is in the voting for the greatest ATHLETE to ever live. Brown to this day by those who were into the sport (and it is HUGE in the NORTHEAST), say that Brown may be the greatest Lacrosse player ever also. Dude was a men among boys.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Lol. But the 2 people I was referring to had Jim Brown on their lists.
Ah....was just making a general statement for all posts in the thread, but gotcha....makes sense. I just hate how Jim Brown gets forgotten so often...guy was amazing.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
So can we delete those 2 posts? :tiphat:
I totally forgot about him.
He bumps Dickerson down for me. I'll keep Emmitt at 5 and ED loses 2 spots.
booksbestfriend
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Deleted just for you.
detroit187
Pretty much a regular
1. Barry 2. Walter 3. A. Peterson 4. LT 5. Faulk/Emmitt (didnt see OJ or JB so cant go there)
RetroVK
This claim is disputed
Will narrow to the best i actually watched (never saw jim brown) and by who i would want for one game. List would be different if it was about career numbers
1. Earl Campbell
2. Walter Payton
3. Barry Sanders
4. Hello Twitter World
5. Emmitt Smith (probably too high but ran behind possibly the best oline ever which makes it tough to judge him)
Ask me tomorrow and my list might be different, other than #1
1. Earl Campbell
2. Walter Payton
3. Barry Sanders
4. Hello Twitter World
5. Emmitt Smith (probably too high but ran behind possibly the best oline ever which makes it tough to judge him)
Ask me tomorrow and my list might be different, other than #1
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Lol, it was a joke there was no need to do that.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Jim Brown
Walter Payton
OJ Simpson
Barry Sanders
Eric Dickerson
Honorable mention:
Gale Sayers
Earl Campbell
Marshall Faulk
Ladanian Tomlinson
Bo Jackson (probably top 5 if he didn’t get hurt, he was a baaaaad man)
Walter Payton
OJ Simpson
Barry Sanders
Eric Dickerson
Honorable mention:
Gale Sayers
Earl Campbell
Marshall Faulk
Ladanian Tomlinson
Bo Jackson (probably top 5 if he didn’t get hurt, he was a baaaaad man)
twinkie13
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twinkie13
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Much respect for the Kevin Faulk shoutout
smh...
GSlap
Pretty much a regular
I cannot edit my last post but the title is clear, it says who is the greatest. Some of the lists in this thread are laughable - most importantly the RetroVK guy. I don't think he read the thread title. It's not who was the best overall, it's who was the best you've seen
RetroVK
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hmmmm
booksbestfriend
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Surprised by this. I would think you would be in the Lawrence Phillips camp. Dude was the truth in college.
twinkie13
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Lol......cmon that wasn’t funny?
CPA-hole
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1) Brown
2) Earl
3) Barry
4) Walter
5) OJ
I didn't see 3 of those play, so I have to go by historical data.
Gayle Sayers and Bo probably get on the top 5 without the injuries.
College that I have actually seen
1) Bo
2) Herschel
3) Dickerson
4) AP
5) Faulk (the non-Kevin one)
2) Earl
3) Barry
4) Walter
5) OJ
I didn't see 3 of those play, so I have to go by historical data.
Gayle Sayers and Bo probably get on the top 5 without the injuries.
College that I have actually seen
1) Bo
2) Herschel
3) Dickerson
4) AP
5) Faulk (the non-Kevin one)
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
I’m not sure you read the thread tile either. Nowhere does it say best “you’ve ever seen.” Good grief.
It says give me your 5 best of all time. I guess you can define “best” however you’d like, but for most it probably means best overall RB of all time.
cubsker
Used to be "Fun Cub"
He was great, but man he had it good with our OL and Tommie.
twinkie13
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Still think Martinez can be Tommie?
horses
Brady licks Marino's knob
'Greatest' requires some definition before making a list, and for me, I need to have seen the player play at least a little bit. That relegates Sayers and Brown to the honorable mention list for me. Emmitt also is only honorable mention since he played on arguably the most talented team in NFL history from '92-95. There were probably 3-4 other backs in the league at the time that may have come close to his numbers if they played for Dallas. Therefore:
Payton
Campbell
Sanders (also my favorite rb ever)
OJ
Marshall Faulk (a little Aztec bias I suppose)
My list of course is completely based on NFL career, not college, or Archie Griffin would be on here. Eric Dickerson also has to get honorable mention and I would probably put him at six.
Payton
Campbell
Sanders (also my favorite rb ever)
OJ
Marshall Faulk (a little Aztec bias I suppose)
My list of course is completely based on NFL career, not college, or Archie Griffin would be on here. Eric Dickerson also has to get honorable mention and I would probably put him at six.
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cubsker
Used to be "Fun Cub"
Has to get healthy. I think physically he was in pretty bad shape. Already had at least 1 surgery. They got him some serious weapons yesterday.
booksbestfriend
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Thurmon Thomas has to be one of those RBs that would have thrived in Dallas.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
For sure. Thurman thrived here in Buffalo, and was more talented than Emmitt. He would have put up bigger numbers than Emmitt did, and that shouldn’t be that controversial to say.
Thurman was Marshall Faulk/Curtis Martin/LT/etc before any of those guys played “that” role as a RB.
Thurman gets forgotten about so much. It's still nuts to me that Okie Lite had him and Barry at one point.
jedi ninja
Larry the liberal
Right? That’s the best backfield ever. College, pro, however you want to gauge it. And it’s not even close.