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Who thinks Emmitt Smith is the best running back ever?
Posted on 8/7/10 at 9:35 pm
Posted on 8/7/10 at 9:35 pm
I don't. Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Jim Brown and Earl Campbell are just a few who come to mind that are as good or better. Barry Sanders is best ever in my opinion because he could have gotten 18K yards if he wanted to continue to play. He played on average (at best) teams compared to Emmitts Dallas squad. What you say?
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Posted on 8/7/10 at 9:36 pm to Raparooot
how 'bout one emmitt thread
Posted on 8/7/10 at 9:37 pm to Raparooot
great original thread
Posted on 8/8/10 at 1:25 am to Raparooot
not just no but hell no.
Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Earl Campbell all better than him and I'm not so sure OJ and Eric aren't either.
Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Walter Payton, Earl Campbell all better than him and I'm not so sure OJ and Eric aren't either.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 1:25 am to Raparooot
you forget Jim Brown quit early as well.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 2:33 am to Raparooot
Emmit was great, but also behind a fantastic offensive line and almost NEVER injured. I know injuries play a huge part in careers, but if you're going for RB GOAT, I think you have to take their peaks into account too.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 9:41 am to Raparooot
best ever? who really knows?
Best at fighting off tacklers with his hands? Definitely.
Best at fighting off tacklers with his hands? Definitely.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 9:46 am to Raparooot
He doesn't get my vote. I'd take Barry Sanders or Walter Payton or Earl Cambell over him anyday.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 11:15 am to Raparooot
Barry Sanders is the best.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 11:23 am to Raparooot
Cowboy fans. Other than that no one
Posted on 8/8/10 at 11:45 am to Raparooot
Jim Brown.
Liked to beat up women but the greatest RB ever.
Liked to beat up women but the greatest RB ever.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 1:30 pm to Raparooot
For my money I'll take Emmitt. dude could do it all. He wasn't the fastest, yet you constantly saw him breaking long touchdown runs, wasn't the strongest, yet you saw him always fall forward for the extra yard. Wasn't the shiftiest but nobody seemed to get a clean shot on him very often. He rarely fumbled or missed a game to injury. He played hurt and played in BEAST MODE. Did it for a long time. Did it when it counted and was a WINNER. Posted on 8/8/10 at 1:35 pm to Raparooot
Is he the best running back ever. No. Is he one of the greatest running backs in the history of football, YES. He deserves his spot in the HOF and if you disagree you are not that bright.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 3:30 pm to Raparooot
Bill Parcells once said "in the NFL you are what your record says you are". There may have been better pure runners than Emmitt but for whatever reasons they didn't have the careers that he had. Whether it be physical or mental toughness...maybe competitiveness or lack there of...there was some reason that they didn't last. If you put away any bias of being a Dallas Cowboy hater and look at what he accomplished at the very highest level I don't see how anyone can say that Emmitt wasn't the best.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 4:12 pm to Raparooot
quote:
Who thinks Emmitt Smith is the best running back ever?
Why do so many people have to shite on the man's accomplishments? You realize that a player doesn't have to be the "best ever" player to be in the HOF...
Posted on 8/10/10 at 11:19 pm to Raparooot
Emmitt ran behind Moose and a freakin great Dallas OLine, and he was so short he disappeared a lot. That's his story, good back, but not even in my top 5.
1. Sanders
2. Brown
3. Payton
4. O.J.
5. the underrated Gale Sayers
1. Sanders
2. Brown
3. Payton
4. O.J.
5. the underrated Gale Sayers
Posted on 8/11/10 at 8:35 am to Raparooot
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quote: Who thinks Emmitt Smith is the best running back ever?
The best so far, but AP will break his record... Book it!
Posted on 8/11/10 at 9:23 am to Raparooot
Pierre Thomas > Emmitt
Posted on 8/11/10 at 10:55 am to Raparooot
quote:
Who thinks Emmitt Smith is the best running back ever?
I haven't bothered reading this thread but my opinion on Emmitt(and I'll just say up front he's my 2nd favorite football player all time(not just RB) and I have him ranked behind Walter Payton as my favorite)....anyway, Emmitt is the biggest overachiever ever. He isn't the best at any particular category that makes a RB "Great", except maybe his durability, toughness and vision. He wasn't the fastest, most explosive, quickest, shiftiest, strongest etc. etc. But he used every tool he had to work for him, he was a great student of the game and had arguably the biggest heart anyone's ever seen.
So based on all the intangibles, IMHO he is one of the top 3 RB's all time. Barry Sanders and a few others that get mentioned in this conversation had a lot of what if's....Emmitt just straight did that shite. No one can take away his accomplishments.
Posted on 8/11/10 at 3:20 pm to Raparooot
Barry Sanders, dude quit in his prime. Theres no telling what his numbers would be had he kept playing.
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