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.

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Posted by prplhze2000

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Posted on 8/8/10 at 3:33 pm to dudeilovebeer

Its very damn simple how we can say he wasn't the best. Like I wrote, Walter Payton did everything Smith did better. Brown played fewer games and shorter seasons. They were both better than Smith. Those of us who saw Sanders play can say he is better as well. No way possible to say Payton inferior to Smith. Payton did it all: blocked, caught passes, ran his arse off, and even tackled if need by and got all the records WHILE playing on a sucky team for years.

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Posted by shel311

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Posted on 8/11/10 at 2:21 am to dudeilovebeer

quote:
There may have been better pure runners than Emmitt but for whatever reasons they didn't have the careers that he had

You say "whatever reason" like you don't actually know the reason, lol.

Emmitt ran behind what many say is the best OL ever. THAT is one of the reasons. Sure he was good, but to ignore that is just silly.

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I don't see how anyone can say that Emmitt wasn't the best.

Wow!!

Do you also think Kareem is the best basketball player of all time and Karl Malone is better than Michael Jordan? I mean, they both scored more points than he did.

Brett Favre, best NFL QB ever as well, correct?

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