Comments on: NFL’s Best: Running Backs http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/ Where every man is king. Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:06:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: baba http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-90416 baba Wed, 30 Jan 2008 02:30:31 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/#comment-90416 LT is the best. He will eventually be #1. LT is the best. He will eventually be #1.

]]> By: drew3rd http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-86456 drew3rd Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:36:51 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/#comment-86456 I like your list. LT is definitely the best now. I do believe that Brown is the best ever. Payton has to be # 2. After that it is debatable. I do disagree with anyone who says that Barry Sanders is top 5. He couldn't put it in the end zone and he certainly couldn't take over and win a game like an Emmitt Smith, one of his contemporaries. O.J., speaking strictly football, has to be on a top 10 list along with Eric Dickerson and Earl Campbell. You have to give a shout out to Jim Thorpe for the old timers. No one mentioned Tony Dorsett, Franco Harris, or Larry Csonka. They may not have been sexy, but man, they could dominate a game. I like your list. LT is definitely the best now. I do believe that Brown is the best ever. Payton has to be # 2. After that it is debatable. I do disagree with anyone who says that Barry Sanders is top 5. He couldn’t put it in the end zone and he certainly couldn’t take over and win a game like an Emmitt Smith, one of his contemporaries. O.J., speaking strictly football, has to be on a top 10 list along with Eric Dickerson and Earl Campbell. You have to give a shout out to Jim Thorpe for the old timers. No one mentioned Tony Dorsett, Franco Harris, or Larry Csonka. They may not have been sexy, but man, they could dominate a game.

]]> By: Adam http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-20670 Adam Thu, 01 Feb 2007 02:58:08 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/#comment-20670 I grew up in Detroit, which automatically makes me a Sanders fan. But, my comment is about Payton. I met the guy. While in college I worked at a bike store in Westland MI during summer and winter vacations. I was working there one summer day and these two guys walk in. One is wearing a sweat shirt and sweat pants with a hat pulled low over his face, totally built. The other guy is tall. Pro basketball tall, and they were in a huge rush. The really built guy told me he was on his way to a picnic and needed to get his kids' bikes fixed right away. He told me he would give me a big tip. I thought he was sketchy as hell being in such a rush and offering a tip, but he was a customer and I did what I could. On the spot he also bought a rack for his car to hold the bikes and when I loaded them he gave me a 20. He was super polite the whole time and really nice, never asking me to hurry up or anything. After he left he store my coworker said, "Hey, I think that was Walter Payton!" and the moment he said that I realized that massive ring on his finger was as superbowl ring. I grew up in Detroit, which automatically makes me a Sanders fan.

But, my comment is about Payton. I met the guy. While in college I worked at a bike store in Westland MI during summer and winter vacations. I was working there one summer day and these two guys walk in. One is wearing a sweat shirt and sweat pants with a hat pulled low over his face, totally built. The other guy is tall. Pro basketball tall, and they were in a huge rush. The really built guy told me he was on his way to a picnic and needed to get his kids’ bikes fixed right away. He told me he would give me a big tip. I thought he was sketchy as hell being in such a rush and offering a tip, but he was a customer and I did what I could.
On the spot he also bought a rack for his car to hold the bikes and when I loaded them he gave me a 20. He was super polite the whole time and really nice, never asking me to hurry up or anything.
After he left he store my coworker said, “Hey, I think that was Walter Payton!” and the moment he said that I realized that massive ring on his finger was as superbowl ring.

]]> By: Jay Wilson http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-20226 Jay Wilson Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:34:24 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/#comment-20226 I think many people overlook Emmitt because "he was given huge gaps by the Dallas line". Personally, I never was a huge fan. Sweetness was my childhood hero, and then I latched onto Sanders. i was always a big fan of the more agile RBs instead of the tanks (think Bettis). I think one guy that doesn't get enough respect is BO. Had he not shattered that hip, he would've had a stellar career. Granted, he only played in a handful of games, but still he was amazing to watch. Bo trucking Bosworth? CLASSIC. I think many people overlook Emmitt because “he was given huge gaps by the Dallas line”. Personally, I never was a huge fan. Sweetness was my childhood hero, and then I latched onto Sanders. i was always a big fan of the more agile RBs instead of the tanks (think Bettis).

I think one guy that doesn’t get enough respect is BO. Had he not shattered that hip, he would’ve had a stellar career. Granted, he only played in a handful of games, but still he was amazing to watch.

Bo trucking Bosworth? CLASSIC.

]]> By: Ryan http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-20218 Ryan Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:51:26 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/#comment-20218 Emmitt Smith was great, as was Barry Sanders. There are perhaps a dozen other RBs I would have liked to mention, especially the lesser known greats of the early NFL, but I figured these two were good choices for people who don't know anything about the game to name-drop. ;) Emmitt Smith was great, as was Barry Sanders. There are perhaps a dozen other RBs I would have liked to mention, especially the lesser known greats of the early NFL, but I figured these two were good choices for people who don’t know anything about the game to name-drop. ;)

]]> By: Vic http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/comment-page-1/#comment-20205 Vic Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:39:20 +0000 http://dethroner.com/2007/01/30/nfls-best-running-backs/#comment-20205 It's a shame that Barry Sanders retired as early as he did, otherwise he'd be mentioned in the same breath as Payton and Brown. He had a ton of great years left in him, but he decided to step away from the game while in his prime (or perhaps just reaching the peak of his prime (sadly)). And is it me, or does Emmett Smith not get the respect he deserves as one of the great RBs of all time? He broke Payton's all-time rushing record and was a crucial component of the dominant, Superbowl-champion Dallas teams of the 90s. It’s a shame that Barry Sanders retired as early as he did, otherwise he’d be mentioned in the same breath as Payton and Brown. He had a ton of great years left in him, but he decided to step away from the game while in his prime (or perhaps just reaching the peak of his prime (sadly)). And is it me, or does Emmett Smith not get the respect he deserves as one of the great RBs of all time? He broke Payton’s all-time rushing record and was a crucial component of the dominant, Superbowl-champion Dallas teams of the 90s.

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