OT: Fox Sports Top 16 Running Backs of All-Time

[RugbyMuffin]

What say you ?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl...nning-backs-in-nfl-history/ss-AA9ypre#image=1

1- Jim Brown
2- Barry Sanders
3- Emmitt Smith
4- Eric Dickerson
5- LaDainian Tomlinson
6- Walter Payton
7- Earl Campbell
8- Marcus Allen
9- Tony Dorsett
10- Thurman Thomas
11- Curtis Martin
12- Adrian Peterson
13- Marshall Faulk
14- Franco Harris
15- O.J. Simpson
16- Gale Sayers

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Hey Foxsports I FTFY....

1- Jim Brown
2- Walter Payton
3- Barry Sanders
4- Earl Campbell
5- Marshall Faulk
6- O.J. Simpson
7- LaDainian Tomlinson
8- Eric Dickerson
9- Marcus Allen
10-Emmitt Smith
11- Thurman Thomas
12- Adrian Peterson
13- Tony Dorsett
14- Curtis Martin
15- Gale Sayers
16- Otis Anderson

Runners up: John Riggins, Joe Perry, Fred Taylor, Jerome Bettis

 

[Dback Jon]

Sweetness should be #1

 

[Cheesebeef]

Peterson not being in the top 5 is ludicrous.

 

[Jetstream Green]

Sweetness should be #1

Or at least in the top three. This ranking and the secondary rankings not having Larry Wilson makes me have no interest in debating their rankings at all lol

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Peterson not being in the top 5 is ludicrous.

He should be or damn close by the end of his career.

Sanders 1, Brown 2, Payton 3. The rest are all pretty close.

 

[BW52]

Hey Foxsports I FTFY....

1- Jim Brown
2- Walter Payton
3- Barry Sanders
4- Earl Campbell
5- Marshall Faulk
6- O.J. Simpson
7- LaDainian Tomlinson
8- Eric Dickerson
9- Marcus Allen
10-Emmitt Smith
11- Thurman Thomas
12- Adrian Peterson
13- Tony Dorsett
14- Curtis Martin
15- Gale Sayers
16- Otis Anderson

Runners up: John Riggins, Joe Perry, Fred Taylor, Jerome Bettis

how about Jim Taylor,Hugh McElhenny,Ollie Matson,Steve Van Buren

Gale Sayers is ranked way too low,Thurman Thomas too high,

 

[BW52]

Jim Brown was the best.Gale Sayers and Walter Payton near the top.Earl Campbell looked like a 240 lb tank running over people.Gale Sayers was great in spite of injuring his knee several times and coming back until his knees where gone.Barry Sanders made a 5 yard run exciting.You just can`t really go wrong with any one of those guys.

 

[gamebird98]

Sweetness should be #1

 

[gamebird98]

makes me wonder where Bo would have ended up.

 

[Shane]

Sweetness should be #1

Barry Sanders and it ain't even close

 

[AZ Native]

Jim Brown all day long!

 

[jf-08]

makes me wonder where Bo would have ended up.

+1 - Bo was a beast.

Earl Campbell is my all time favorite player. Nice to see him get some recognition.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

Peterson not being in the top 5 is ludicrous.

Cheesy if Peterson is in the top five, then give me your top 10.

I could justify putting Peterson over E.Smith, and T.Thomas, but better than Marcus Allen, and Eric Dickerson ?

That is a tough sell, but a valid argument none the less.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

how about Jim Taylor,Hugh McElhenny,Ollie Matson,Steve Van Buren

Gale Sayers is ranked way too low,Thurman Thomas too high,

That is a very good name, McElhenny should be on my "just missing the cut" list.

Thurman Thomas may be too high, admittedly I am a Thurman Thomas nutcase, him and Marshall Faulk were such weapons out of the backfield in so many ways.

All these players are so good that is it tough to not let personal preference have influence. It took all I had not to be ridiculous and put Earl Campbell at the #1 spot. I thought Campbell was the best pure rusher ever since he played in a modern age, but not that modern that the players were "protected" as they are now. He could run over you, and if he got a step he was gone.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

+1 - Bo was a beast.

Earl Campbell is my all time favorite player. Nice to see him get some recognition.

Bo Jackson, I have always thought he doesn't get enough credit. If Gale Sayers gets appreciation for his short career, I think Jackson should be up there.

And no, not because he was good in video games, on the field he was extremely impressive.

If he had not gotten hurt, and had focused on football, goodness knows what he could have accomplished.

 

[cardpa]

Sweetness should be #1

Always has been my favorite RB of all time. Loved watching him play. Still pissed that he didn't get the carry in the SB over the Fridge for the TD.

 

[don7031]

O.J. Simpson would easily be number two if it wasn't for his post NFL infamy.

When was Walter Payton the man? If you asked who is the best running back in the league, he was never clearly the top guy. He was over shadowed by Simpson, Campbell, Dickerson and Sanders during his career.

 

[cardpa]

O.J. Simpson would easily be number two if it wasn't for his post NFL infamy.

When was Walter Payton the man? If you asked who is the best running back in the league, he was never clearly the top guy. He was over shadowed by Simpson, Campbell, Dickerson and Sanders during his career.

Watch these highlights of Payton.

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[jf-08]

All these players are so good that is it tough to not let personal preference have influence. It took all I had not to be ridiculous and put Earl Campbell at the #1 spot. I thought Campbell was the best pure rusher ever since he played in a modern age, but not that modern that the players were "protected" as they are now. He could run over you, and if he got a step he was gone.

And the defenses lined up 11 at the line of scrimmage just to stop him as well.

 

[RugbyMuffin]

And the defenses lined up 11 at the line of scrimmage just to TRY AND stop him as well.

ftfy.

 

[jf-08]

ftfy.

Well done.

 

[WildBB]

John Riggins was big in BIG games.

Not one of the top 15 though.

Larry Brown of Redskins was a very good RB in his day.

Sayers was the Sanders of his time. Too bad they couldn't fix knees well back then.