5 best RBs ever.......

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Fine Vol

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O yea, 5 best Running backs ever
1.Walter P.
2.Thurman Thomas
3.Emmitt S
4.OJ
5.Ladainian Tomlinson
 
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Ummm, no offense, but you are crazy if you don't list Barry Sanders as one of the top 5 RBs of all time. Jim Brown is a fine candidate as well.

1. Sanders
2. Brown
3. Payton
4 and 5. About 30 good candidates.
 
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finevol said:
O yea, 5 best Running backs ever
1.Walter P.
2.Thurman Thomas
3.Emmitt S
4.OJ
5.Ladainian Tomlinson
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Thurman Thomas, but no Jim Brown, Earl Campbell, Gale Sayers, Eric Dickerson, or Barry Sanders?

Any of the five should be above Thomas. In fact, that is a pretty strong list of 5 by itself.
 
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Wow, how did I forget about those? You could compile a top 6 of Brown, Campbell, Sayers, Dickerson, Sanders, and Payton in any order and call it a day.
 
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Jim Brown is #1 by such a large margin that the debate begins with who's number 2.
 
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The only reason I don't have Brown at #2 is because of the era he played in. Had Sanders played on a decent team and played through his prime, he would have crushed the record books.
 
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hvwarrior58 said:
The only reason I don't have Brown at #2 is because of the era he played in. Had Sanders played on a decent team and played through his prime, he would have crushed the record books.
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Yes, but Jim Brown may have made bigger records if he had actually played until he wasn't physically gifted anymore.
 
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checkerboard_charly said:
Thank you Hat for laying down some good words.


Jim Brown
Watler Payton
Barry Sanders
O.J.(Like him or not, he belongs.)
Emmitt
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i just can't put emmitt there. for the same reasons I think Cal Ripken is slightly overrated essentially. Yeah, Emmitt has his record. But it was more a durability issue than anything else. If Sanders hadn't left early, Smith wouldn't have even been thought of as best back of his era. He's a Hall Of Fame back, and I understand why some put him in there, I just can't do it.
 
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volfanbill said:
i just can't put emmitt there. for the same reasons I think Cal Ripken is slightly overrated essentially. Yeah, Emmitt has his record. But it was more a durability issue than anything else. If Sanders hadn't left early, Smith wouldn't have even been thought of as best back of his era. He's a Hall Of Fame back, and I understand why some put him in there, I just can't do it.
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So Emmitt's all time rushing record, 4 rushing titles, league MVP, Super Bowl MVP, and three Super Bowl rings dont qualify him?
 
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