re: Wait wait wait...RE: Walter Payton

I became aware of how special Sweetness was at a time when the game was dominated by one-note power backs.

Payton was not only a workhorse rusher, but was an excellent receiving back, and a tremendous blocker who could stay on the field all three downs.

He was the first elite combo back I ever saw.

The prevalence of the West Coast offense throughout the league eventually made those traits a standard as Roger Craig begat a Marshall Faulk who begat a Lesean McCoy etc..to where now workhorses like Adrian Peterson and Fournette are the unicorns.