The best thing about Sanders was, he'd get a block, skip for a second and then accelerate the likes I've never seen. You could see him pour it on when he got room. Slow, fast, faster, fastest. I would scratch my head over what I just saw. Why was his skull three times the size when he retired, though? Weird.
Yep. Faulk was the Pedro Martinez of the NFL. Dude put up unbelievable, holy-shit-how-can-you-do-that type numbers for a while. He's changed the way teams use their RBs, and I think he's even partially responsible for the two back system.
1) Curtis Martin: Because he's a Jet 2) Who gives a shit about other teams RB’s? 3) You mean other teams have running backs also? 4) Dan Marino should die of gonorrhea and rot in hell 5) If Tom Brady is in the middle of the woods and a tree falls on him crushing his skull – does it made a sound?
Scrimmage yards per game- Code: Jim Brown 125.5 Billy Sims 119.6 Barry Sanders 118.9 Terrell Davis 113.9 Walter Payton 111.9 Marshall Faulk 108.8 Eric Dickerson 105.5 Curtis Martin 103.8 Ricky Watters 103.4 Tiki Barber 101.5 William Andrews 99.2 O.J. Simpson 99.1 Priest Holmes 98.5 Emmitt Smith 95.5 Tony Dorsett 94.2 Gale Sayers 92.1 Thurman Thomas 90.8 Eddie George 89.8 Earl Campbell 88.8 Lydell Mitchell 87.7 Corey Dillon 87.7 Wilbert Montgomery 86.8 Chuck Foreman 83.5 Franco Harris 83.3 Curt Warner 83.1 Robert Smith 82.8 Bo Jackson 82.5 Chuck Muncie 82.0 George Rogers 82.0 Larry Brown 82.0 Garrison Hearst 79.6 Marcus Allen 79.5 Roger Craig 79.4 Jerome Bettis 78.7 Terry Allen 78.6 Jim Taylor 78.4 Lenny Moore 78.4 Neal Anderson 77.0 Lawrence McCutcheon 76.9 John Riggins 76.8 Freeman McNeil 76.6 Gerald Riggs 75.2
In post #26, I was looking to show all the backs who averaged at least 75 yards from scrimmage per game. I only took into account retired players. My list may be complete. If it is not complete, then it is certainly close to complete. Sims really is #2 on the list, excluding active players. I know LaDainian Tomlinson and Edgerrin James would be high atop this list. An electrifying runner, Sims was the 1980 Offensive Rookie of the Year. He was on his way to a Pro Football Hall of Fame career when he suffered a devastating knee injury during his 5th and final season. I don't believe any of his Lions highlights can be found on YouTube, but his college highlights are there. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1978. Here are some- [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwi3hoYRAPE[/YOUTUBE]
nothing better than a highlight vid to Bittersweet Symphony. First one I saw like that was Mario Lemieux, the greatest of all time.
