2007-05-08 09:10:53 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
Jim Brown.
Bo Jackson had the potential, but he got hurt.
Tomlinson is making a push, if he can stay healthy, he could break most or all of the rushing records.
2007-05-08 09:15:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barry Sanders is in my opinion. It would be easy to say Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, etc., but what Barry brought to the game (and to a lousy team nonetheless) was an excitement at that position that I don't believe will ever be duplicated.
Now, the best play ever by a running back is Bo Jackson's doing his best Mack Truck impersonation while running through Brian Bozworth into the endzone!
2007-05-08 09:18:34 · answer #2 · answered by Sam 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walter Payton is tops. Barry, Emmitt, Jim, Earl and Jim Thorpe make up the rest of the A list. B list would be OJ, Bo Jackson, Marcus Allen, John Riggins, Tony Dorsett, Eric Dickerson, Marshall Faulk, and Herschel Walker. Oh, and don't forget Sayers.
2007-05-08 12:19:26 · answer #3 · answered by drumbum811 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barry Sanders. There has never been a more amazing runnigng back in NFL history. Besides how many other backs made a run yard loss look so good. Barry had a rare combination of speed, power, and agility. The total package.
2007-05-08 10:16:43 · answer #4 · answered by Mike B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Barry Sanders - hands down the greatest running back ever. All of the other great running backs had good offensive lines blocking for them. Barry Sanders never had anything to run behind and he played on an offense that had NO weapons except for him. It was worse than Earl Campbell in the old Houston Oilers / Bum Phillips days. Every play - give it to Sanders. If he'd had an opportunity to play with any other team, we wouldn't ever need to have this conversation.
2007-05-08 09:41:00 · answer #5 · answered by blue26 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will have to go with Walter "sweetness" Payton on this one and here is why...
He could run through you, or around you... he was on a mediocre team (other than '85) and still made people miss and put up phenomenal numbers.
I would trust him on 3rd and 1 more than Barry.
I would trust him to know the blocking schemes and deliver a block on the oncoming blitzers better than all the great backs
He could catch the ball out of the backfield as well as anyone
The rest (in my opinion) in order and in their prime:
2. Barry Sanders
3. Jim Brown
4. Ladanian Tomlinson
5. O.J. Simpson
6. Gale Sayers
7.Eric Dickerson
8. Emmit Smith
9. Tony Dorsett
10. Bo Jackson
2007-05-08 09:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by Here2Help 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 Barry Sanders
2 Walter Payton
3 Bo Jackson
4 Jim Brown
Everyone else ain't close
2007-05-08 10:16:21 · answer #7 · answered by NOLA 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walter Payton
2007-05-08 09:32:45 · answer #8 · answered by Matt G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Walter Payton
2007-05-08 09:19:48 · answer #9 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
stats would say emmitt smith, the measuring stick is jim brown, walter payton was the perfect mix of speed and power, eric dickerson had such elusive speed, bo jackson had far too little time barry sanders like jim brown retired too early from the fans standpoint tomlinson is the most fun to watch right now. i gues there really is no wrong answer just who you prefer.
2007-05-08 09:35:31 · answer #10 · answered by dmurphy1525 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋