2007-12-21 23:35:23 · 22 answers · asked by Telly 4 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
NONE OF THE ABOVE! Jim Brown!!!!!
2007-12-21 23:37:47 · answer #1 · answered by da_zoo_keeper 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If you're talking shear running ability I would have to go with Jim Brown. He had it all from a running stand point. I don't think there's ever been quite the blend of speed, power and balance in a player. Check out an NFL films title called the Great Ones, and I think you might see where all these people who say Jim Brown are coming from. That having been said Walter Payton still gets the edge in my book because he was a much better pass catcher and blocker than Jim Brown. He was a pretty fair ball carrier too...
2007-12-22 02:32:50 · answer #2 · answered by Michael J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Payton. Lots of people say Sanders, but Payton in known as the greatest back of all time.
2007-12-22 00:46:04 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Touchdown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that Duane Thomas?
Jim Brown, Gale Sayers and Ollie Matson need to be added to the list.
All were great, but I would lean towards Sanders or Payton and only because of the exciting runs.
2007-12-22 00:18:15 · answer #4 · answered by Gregory W 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All the Jim Brown answers are correct.
Walter Payton was excellent, but he would have been a bench player for Cleveland in the 50's and 60's or been traded.
2007-12-22 06:53:35 · answer #5 · answered by gfcbarracker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Payton
2007-12-22 00:31:15 · answer #6 · answered by kathlleen s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walter Payton.
2007-12-21 23:58:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to put Jim Brown on that list also. But my vote goes to Walter Payton. He was LT before LT was around, only better. He could do everything.
Not only was he a great power & finess runner, he was also a great receiver, passer, and perhaps the most overlooked part of the running back position, he was a great blocker.
Rest in peace, Sweetness.
2007-12-21 23:41:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walter Payton. Case closed.
2007-12-22 00:08:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jim Brown led the NFl in rushing 8 of 9 years. No one else has even come close.
His 1863 yard season was in under 300 carries with what is still the best average gain per carry for a rushing leader since 1934. His career totals were in 12 (for four years) and 14 game seasons.
He retired at the peak of his career for the money of Hollywood when sports wasn't big money. He was the sports equivalent of Superman in the comic books.
Jim was a unanimous first-team All-NFL pick eight out of nine years. Nine Pro Bowls in nine years.. He closed out his career with a three-touchdown outburst in the 1966 Pro Bowl.
He was unanimously voted as Rookie of the Year in 1957 and won league MVP honors four times (1957, 1958, 1963, and 1965).
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Fans still ponder what heights he might have reached had he stayed on the firing line a few more seasons. As exceptional as Brown's statistics were, his durability may have been even more amazing. Despite a constant pounding from defenses always stacked against him personally, he never missed a game in nine years.
2007-12-22 01:09:55 · answer #10 · answered by Rim Shot 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Out of your list I would say Walter Payton because he played on a team where the O-line sucked and he still rushed for 16,726 yards.
2007-12-22 04:56:04 · answer #11 · answered by steelersdynasty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋