The length of a career being beyond a players control , total numbers are not an honest assessment of skill . The only way to assess who is best is to compare top single season vs. top single season .
When the year is out and Peterson holds the single season rushing record he will be considered the best runningback in NFL history .
2007-11-09 12:04:25 · 30 answers · asked by Parapet 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
HELL NO! Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, and Jim Brown are tops!
2007-11-09 12:08:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Adrian Peterson has been good thus far, but Barry Sanders is the best ever. Look at what the guy did all those years with the Lions. Imagine if he would have had the line that Emmet Smith had with the Cowboys. Barry would have broke every record if he would have been on a team like the Cowboys.
As a side note, Bo Jackson had the potential to be the best ever, but his career was cut short with his injury.
2007-11-09 13:29:58 · answer #2 · answered by Eric 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8 Games and he's already the best in NFL history? What about Barry Sanders? Emmitt Smith? Or the man who's farther on that road than Peterson is; Ladainian Tomlinson? A record does not make a career. He will be great, if he can keep it up and if he doesn't do anything stupid, like accept being on the cover of Madden. But, it's stupid to name him the best in NFL history, this soon.
2007-11-09 14:34:15 · answer #3 · answered by Alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i does not bypass with Randy Moss because of the fact he won't in any respect have a super bowl ring. EVER! Peyton Manning is having an incredible twelve months so in line with threat Adrian Peterson although has carried the Vikings in the previous and final twelve months they shoulda beat the eagles then they could have beat the cardinals to bypass to the super bowl, yet this twelve months he has Brett Favre and individuals who say that the Vikings cant make the super bowl are out of their minds. notably the guy who mentioned they'll in line with threat make the playoffs haha that became fantastically dumb to assert. With Brett Favre having a fantastically good recieving center and Adrian Peterson working like the final participant in the nfl like he does there is not any doubt to bypass with Adrian Peterson because of the fact he would be able to positioned on it super Bowl Sunday
2016-10-02 00:13:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you count nly a players first 8 games, then yes. Even if you assess only single season stats vs. single season stats, you can't really call him the best ever because he hasn't played a full season. Who knows whats going to happen in the next 8 games.
2007-11-09 13:17:15 · answer #5 · answered by DoReidos 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, let's slow down a bit. Adrian is a good RB, without question, but to say he is better than Jim Brown, Walter Payton, Gale Sayers, Eric Dickerson, Earl Campbell, Tony Dorsett, and Barry Sanders is a little crazy considering this is his rookie year. But he may join that company of great RBs when his career is done.
2007-11-09 12:38:24 · answer #6 · answered by uthamanj 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a huge Viking fan, but don't want to say he's THE best...yet. Yes, I know he has an amazing line, but he does a lot in the open field. He refuses to go down. Barry Sanders is still the best of all-time because he had no line and should be the all-time leader in rushing. For those who say Jim Brown is, I can still agree on that. But Emmitt. Emmitt was a very good back, but if you put him on Barry's teams and Barry on Emmitt's, Emmitt is a good back with a few good years. Barry has over 20,000 yards.
2007-11-09 12:12:09 · answer #7 · answered by VikeFan 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
if he can keep this up for the next 7-10 yrs then he is obviously in the question. He is by far thebest rookie ever. You cannot say that a player is the best in NFL history on 9 games!!! but again if he keeps it up.....maybe
2007-11-09 12:17:50 · answer #8 · answered by tvollmzer246 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree with your assessment. Yds per carry might be a better way of judging- the higher the yds per carry the more likely that the runner broke tackles etc after the linemen were behind him. Either way, one season is no way to judge a player
2007-11-09 12:12:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Watch him. He's a legend in the making. He's already the best rookie.
O.J. Simpson broke 2,000 in 14 games. He averaged 6.0 yards per carry.
Peterson is averaging 6.6 yards per carry. Of course to break O.J.'s pace, he would have to gains 1000 yards in 5 games. That might be too hard, but then again this is a rookie we're talking about. To even consider the possibility of breaking 2000 is huge.
2007-11-09 12:13:18 · answer #10 · answered by Felix 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Length of career vs. accomplishments, Jim Brown wins hands-down!
2007-11-09 15:45:29 · answer #11 · answered by Answer Master Dude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋