Yes he was no doubt an awesome runner, I just question his helpfulness to the team. One of the greatest backs in the game is off the field in short yardage situations.

I seem to remember a playoff game in Green Bay, where they held Sanders to very few yards--he may have ended up negative for the game. There were a number of games like that against the Bears in the Silver Stretch days where they would contain him for most of the game, then he would rip off a 75-yard run and a TD.

i don't recall Barry having much of an offensive line. so, i'd take 2, 5, -3, 7, 4, 89, 5, 10 23, -6, all day....

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Can you imagine an offense with Barry Sanders at RB and Rex Grossman at QB? Every play would be a touchdown.

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Jim Brown
Barry Sanders
O.J. Simpson
Walter Payton
Emmitt Smith

Not enough O.J. love. What gives?

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Jim Brown
Walter Payton
Steve Van Buren
Marcus Allen
Bo Jackson

To quote Snoop, " Ain't got no love for the new school?"

Barry Sanders
Jerome Bettis
Curtis Martin
Thurman Thomas
Emmitt Smith

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I think he would have bested Payton even in Detroit if they did not play the gimmick offense for several years. I remember teams setting up eight in the box and he still got his yards.

[quote="donspiracy"]Jim Brown
Walter Payton
Steve Van Buren
Marcus Allen
Bo Jackson

at least someone know who is steve van buren is. he was the the jim brown of the 40's and he was just as good and he won 1 more title that jim brown. when he retired he was the nfl leader with 5,860 yds. which was big back in the day.

my top 5
jim brown
walter payton
emmit smith
lt2
STEVE VAN BUREN

DISCUSS

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AND ANOTHER THING YALL EMMITT SMITH HATERS,YALL TALK ABOUT HOW EMMIT HAD THOSE GREAT BLOCKERS WELL JIM BROWN HAD GUYS LIKE LOU GROZA,GENE HICKERSION,DICK SCHAFRATH AND JOHN WOOTEN,GUYS WHO MADE PRO BOWLS,ALL-PROS AND ONE OF THEM MADE THE HALL OF FAME IN LOU GROZA,THE REST SHOULD BE IN THE HALL OF FAME. THE POINT IS YOU NEED GREAT BLOCKERS,IN MOST CASES TO BE A GREAT BACK, THAT IS NOT A BAD THING,AND MOST OF YOU EMMIT HATERS SOUND LIKE THOSE YANKEES FANS BACK IN 61 WHO WANTED MANTLE TO BREAK RUTH'S HOMERUN RECORD INSTEAD OF MARIS BECAUSE HE WAS THE YANKS GOLDEN BOY,AND MARIS WAS SOMETHING OF A FREAKSHOW BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THE CHARISMA THAT MANTLE OR RUTH HAD

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rich... thorazine comes in flavors now

best RBs in NFL History? What is this, the North show? Light em up like Christmas trees....

"what's up fellas?"

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If Quinn would be that much better, what would Barry and a good O-line make Scott Mitchell look like? The lovechild of John Elway and Jesus Christ?

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Actually I more or less agreed with you, though I couldn't pass up some exaggeration.

QB is really important, too. I'm inclined to put Payton and Sanders very high on my list just on account of the junk they played with.

1. Payton
2. Sanders
3. Brown
4. Emmit
5. Dickerson

The five spot is the hardest for me to judge. In some ways, it doesn't matter, since I'm pretty sure LT is taking one of the top five spots in the next 3-4 years.

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Terell Davis would have murdered the all time yards record if he would have been able to stay healthy.