The greatest running back ever?

[saturdaysarebetter2]

Number of Hall of Famers that Emmitt Smith ran behind in his career: 1
Number of Hall of Famers that Barry Sanders ran behind in his career: 1

I hear the stuff about Emmitt's offensive line all the time. Sure, it was great. But I found it odd that no one else seemed to be able to run behind it nearly as well. Emmitt held out the first two games after their first 90s Super Bowl win. Team couldn't run the ball, started 0-2. Emmitt came back, ended up winning the rushing title, and the Cowboys won their second straight Super Bowl. Coincidence? I guess.

Emmitt must have had great luck with offensive lines. He finished high school as the leader rusher in Florida high school history (I think 2nd all time in the COUNTRY). He also left the University of Florida as the leading rusher in that school's history. That all isn't coincidence. The guy was amazing.

What's the Pro Bowl count for Emmitt vs Barry's offensive linemen? One was nicknamed The Great Wall. What was Detroit's OL's nickname?

 

[NoBareFeet]

What's the Pro Bowl count for Emmitt vs Barry's offensive linemen? One was nicknamed The Great Wall. What was Detroit's OL's nickname?

Barry played with the first pair of receivers to ever both go over 100 catches in a season. Can you imagine if Emmitt had receivers like that where defenses had to account for them????? See, you can make dumb arguments like that all day.

More yards? Emmitt. More TDs. Emmitt. More team success? Emmitt, by a mile. Not sure what metric one could point to where Barry > Emmitt.

 

[saturdaysarebetter2]

Barry played with the first pair of receivers to ever both go over 100 catches in a season. Can you imagine if Emmitt had receivers like that where defenses had to account for them????? See, you can make dumb arguments like that all day.

More yards? Emmitt. More TDs. Emmitt. More team success? Emmitt, by a mile. Not sure what metric one could point to where Barry > Emmitt.

That's all well and good but....

 

[saturdaysarebetter2]

Barry played with the first pair of receivers to ever both go over 100 catches in a season. Can you imagine if Emmitt had receivers like that where defenses had to account for them????? See, you can make dumb arguments like that all day.

More yards? Emmitt. More TDs. Emmitt. More team success? Emmitt, by a mile. Not sure what metric one could point to where Barry > Emmitt.

Ok, I'll play.
Career yards per carry: Barry 5.0 Emmitt 4.2 Barry>Emmitt example 1
Yards per game average: Barry 99.80 Emmitt 81.22 Barry>Emmitt example 2
Average Yards per season: Barry 1526.90 Emmitt 1223.67 Barry>Emmitt example 3
I'll stop now because I'm bored.

 

[NoBareFeet]

Ok, I'll play.
Career yards per carry: Barry 5.0 Emmitt 4.2 Barry>Emmitt example 1
Yards per game average: Barry 99.80 Emmitt 81.22 Barry>Emmitt example 2
Average Yards per season: Barry 1526.90 Emmitt 1223.67 Barry>Emmitt example 3
I'll stop now because I'm bored.

He also has the most rushes for loss, resulting in the most negative yards in NFL history. And he routinely was taken out of the game in short yardage situations because he was so bad at it. That is not winning football, as evidenced by his 1 career playoff win.

Emmitt won 3 Super Bowls.

 

[saturdaysarebetter2]

He also has the most rushes for loss, resulting in the most negative yards in NFL history. And he routinely was taken out of the game in short yardage situations because he was so bad at it. That is not winning football, as evidenced by his 1 career playoff win.

Emmitt won 3 Super Bowls.

Maybe because Sanders' OL wasn't that good. NAH, that couldn't be it. I'm still waiting for the total Pro Bowls Emmitt's OL vs Barry's OL. Like you'll provide that information. Most surveys and opinions have Brown, Sanders, and Payton in their top three and recognize that Emmitt was the beneficiary of the Cowboys' great OL. How'd he do in Arizona? Sorry you can't recognize that. Our discourse has concluded.

 

[Chickenman Testa]

Maybe because Sanders' OL wasn't that good. NAH, that couldn't be it. I'm still waiting for the total Pro Bowls Emmitt's OL vs Barry's OL. Like you'll provide that information. Most surveys and opinions have Brown, Sanders, and Payton in their top three and recognize that Emmitt was the beneficiary of the Cowboys' great OL. How'd he do in Arizona? Sorry you can't recognize that. Our discourse has concluded.

It’s like ignoring a very current example of a great back hampered by a substandard line - little ole’ Saquon. Saquon finally gets on a team with a top line and he’s putting up what might be a top 10 all time season.

Sanders behind Williams, Stepnoski, Larry Allen, Nate Newton, Tuinei? He’d have been illegal

 

[PSUcup1]

Maybe because Sanders' OL wasn't that good. NAH, that couldn't be it. I'm still waiting for the total Pro Bowls Emmitt's OL vs Barry's OL. Like you'll provide that information. Most surveys and opinions have Brown, Sanders, and Payton in their top three and recognize that Emmitt was the beneficiary of the Cowboys' great OL. How'd he do in Arizona? Sorry you can't recognize that. Our discourse has concluded.

Well. Emmitt definitely had a better OLine. Not even a debate But I’d you watched Sanders, he absolutely was not that keen on taking a 2 yard gain. He often turned a 2 yard gain into a 2 yard loss.

 

[cyrizzle]

Barry Sanders set a single season record that has never been broken and rarely even challenged. But a Boise State back is about to do so.

He will have the advantage of playing in more games but his stats are impressive. Also he plays at a school not known to dominate teams. And, being a Navy brat that moved around a lot, was lightly recruited.

https://www.wsj.com/sports/football/ashton-jeanty-boise-state-barry-sanders-a8d84f7a

“Jeanty was doing something quite different: taking 12- or 18-hour bus rides around Europe. His father, Harry, was a Navy officer stationed in Southern Italy. And as a freshman on the Naples Wildcats football team, Jeanty ran through defenses from Germany to Spain. He wreaked havoc on overmatched opponents from such vaunted programs as the International School of Brussels.

“I remember in Belgium, parents coming up to him after the game, wanting to take pictures with him,” said Jim Davis, the Wildcats’ coach. “They’d go, ‘You’re going to be famous”

Saquon is the best

 

[bvillebaron]

Maybe because Sanders' OL wasn't that good. NAH, that couldn't be it. I'm still waiting for the total Pro Bowls Emmitt's OL vs Barry's OL. Like you'll provide that information. Most surveys and opinions have Brown, Sanders, and Payton in their top three and recognize that Emmitt was the beneficiary of the Cowboys' great OL. How'd he do in Arizona? Sorry you can't recognize that. Our discourse has concluded.

Taking your ball and going home? Nice.

 

[87 Penn St8]

My vote would be for Bo..........human monster of a man.

We had a home and home scheduled with Auburn that would've brought Jackson to Beaver Stadium but it was cancelled....

 

[87 Penn St8]

I was going to make a Rashaan Salaam joke...but just realized he committed suicide in Boulder in 2016.

Regardless- Ki Jana was more deserving....

 

[saturdaysarebetter2]

Taking your ball and going home? Nice.