Both had shortened careers.
2007-02-09 08:16:50 · 15 answers · asked by Yankee Dude 6 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Some excellent points made but remember, Sayers never had an even fair offensive line to protect him. Everything, every yard he gained he did basically on his own. He played on some terrible teams. Davis had the good fortune of playing behind a great offensive line. Yes, two SB's but he was on the best team in football at the time.
2007-02-11 00:53:15 · update #1
definetley gale sayers. If he didnt hurt his leg he might have gone on to hold the record for career rushing yards
2007-02-09 08:21:30 · answer #1 · answered by Bob S 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sayers. He is the only guy that could challenge Barry Sanders as the best pure runner. However unless you get a guy that good at straight running, you need a guy who can be physical too, and for that I'd take Terrell just because of a bit of a size advantage.
I don't think Sayers would have had any rushing record. He had great ypc, but look how few carries he got (plus, the ypc might drop as the carries increased --thats a probably trend, especially since he wasn't a bigger workhorse type guy). Of course that wasn't uncommon of RBs then (compared to now when all teams are looking for a guy who can take it 25-30 times a game every game). I actually think Davis stood a good chance were he not hurt. He had a great number of yards and TDs those first 4 years.
2007-02-09 10:11:16 · answer #2 · answered by Andy T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gale Sayers. I go the Hall of Fame once a year. The most amazing RB film in the joint belongs to Gale Sayers and Jim Brown. Sayers moves like he has no inertia (its scary - only Barry Sanders could be called even similar). Brown goes from 0 to putting guys like Sam Huff on the ground in half a step.
2007-02-09 08:30:24 · answer #3 · answered by faceman888 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Terrell Davis, he has 2 Super Bowl rings to 0 for Sayers. Not to mention Terrell was NFL MVP, Offensive player of the year twice and Super Bowl MVP, first player in Super Bowl history to rush for 3 touchdowns. He played in 8 post season games in his career and had 1,140 rushing yards and 19 TD's. Only Earl Campbell and Eric Dickerson had more rushing yards their first four full seasons. Not Gale Sayers, so hands down the answer to this question, even though both players careers were cut short by injury, is Terrell Davis.
2007-02-09 08:30:40 · answer #4 · answered by James K 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
If Gale Sayers played when there was better technology for injuries, his carrer would have lasted a lot longer and he probably could have won a championship. He got injured and they couldn't help him. Gale Sayers was way better.
2007-02-09 09:12:11 · answer #5 · answered by Eric 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sayers...Whoever gives Terrell the nod because of the Rings is nuts. Do you know the difference between playing on a team with Elway as your QB vs. say Bobby Douglas.
2007-02-09 08:48:21 · answer #6 · answered by Hoosier 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All Hale Gale. Davis was good, but was he a main character in a movie/play? "Brian's Song". If you have never seen it or read it check it out....real sad story about his buddy Brian Picollo.......there is a new version and old version of the movie.
Anyways, I wasn't around during Gale's prime, but my brother was and I believe he would say Gale was a better running back.
The comparison is almost ludacris, except you did point out that they both had shortened careers. Awkward, yet nice comparison.
2007-02-09 08:26:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gale Sayers without a doubt. He was one of the most elusive rbs. But, I wouldn't say Barry Sanders is similar to Gale. As great as Gale was, Barry is the most agile and elusive rb ever. If there was a rb closest to Barry it would be Gale. I've seen highlight clips of him and he is amazing, but a lot of his runs he would move sideline to sideline. Barry would do that as well, but he was so elusive that he would literally make a whole pile of guys miss with a few square feet. You couldn't tackle Barry in a phone booth. Barry was houdini how he would be tackled and surrounded and then just pop out somehow without being tackled. But Gale would be the second most elusive rb in NFL history in my opinion.
2007-02-09 16:08:52 · answer #8 · answered by Brennan Huff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gale Sayers by light years. And Walter 'Sweetness' Payton was even that much better than Sayers, especially effective stiff-arming would-be tacklers.
2007-02-09 08:40:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gale Sayers, the Kansas flash, had he played longer would have redefined the game.
2007-02-09 08:23:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋