re: Is the era of the Hall of Fame Running Back coming to an end?

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Henry is a probability.

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That will further prove how weak the Pro football hall is

The rest have even less of a case.

Henry is a great player but needs a few more seasons to be deserving IMO

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Corey Dillion- 11241 yards, 82 touchdowns
Eddie George- 10441 yards, 68 touchdowns
Fred Taylor-11695 yards, 66 touchdowns
Shaun Alexander- 9453 yards, 100 touchdowns
Chris Johnson- 9651 yards, 56 touchdowns
Ricky Watters- 10643 yards, 78 touchdowns
Priest Holmes- 8172 yards, 82 touchdowns

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LeSean McCoy - 11,102 yards, 73 touchdowns

No

Running the ball with success is still how you win in football

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LeSean McCoy - 11,102 yards, 73 touchdowns

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Interestingly, Edgerrin James did get in with 12,246 and 80 TDs

James total yards and TDs:
15,610 and 91

McCoy total yards and TDs:
15000 and 89

Wonder why James for in. His career is basically Shady McCoy.

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*Mark Ingram 8,111 Yds 65 RushTDs 10 RecTDs
Melvin Gordon 6,462 Yds 55 RushTDs 14 RecTDs
*Ezekiel Elliot 8,262 Yds 68 RushTDs 12 RecTDs
*Derrick Henry 8,335 Yds 78 RushTDs 3 RecTDs
*Christian McCaffery 4,726 Yds 38 RushTDs 22 RecTDs 3756 RecYds
Alvin Kamara 5,135 Yds 49 RushTDs 22 RecTDs
Jonathan Taylor 3,841 Yds 33 RushTDs 3 RecTDs
Nick Chubb 6,341 Yds 48 RushTDs 4 RecTDs

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Very interesting question. RBs are going to have to be really special to get in given the rules now all favor passing the ball.

The only near lock I see is Derrick Henry. He is special. It's too early to tell on the rest. McCaffrey is probably next on the list and now that he's on a contender, a ring would certainly help his chances. Zeke will struggle to get 11,000 yards which is very good but I don't think he's a HOF.

Frank Gore is the 3rd all time rusher, and some think he doesn't make it. He was 2nd team all pro once, five pro bowls and made the 2010s all decade team.

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The only RBs with a track record in the league I feel have a chance at HOF are Derrick Henry(best shot of any), Nick Chubb, and Josh Jacobs. McCaffery has too much of an injury risk for me to be comfortable including him. There is such a logjam of retired running backs who need to be inducted first--Steven Jackson, Otis Anderson, Roger Craig, Frank Gore, Marshawn Lynch, Shaun Alexander, Adrian Peterson, Leshon McCoy, Corey Dillon, Ricky Williams, Fred Taylor, Eddie George, Chris Johnson, Priest Holmes, and possibly Ahman Green and Jamal Charles. There aren't a lot of backs in the league on track to have the same career as those guys and they are still waiting to get in . (Admittedly Gore and Peterson just haven't been retired long enough to be eligible. They should get selected the first year they become eligible.)

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Of all the guys you list, Roger Craig is a guy who to me is a Hall of Fame player. He seemed like a HOF guy when he played and in hindsight.

Peterson is likely in but the off field stuff may make him wait a couple of years.

After that, the rest of the guys all seemingly have decent cases that can be made but also seem to have 1-2 big sticking points. Some may have an exceptional peak production but limited longevity. Others were very good over a long time, but never had the peak.

Mostly though, when I think of these guys when they played I never remotely thought of guys like Ahman Green, Corey Dillion, Chris Johnson or Jamal Charles as hall of fame RB. I always saw them a level below Alexander, Williams, Taylor and George.

If CMC stays in San Fran he has a great shot.

If Henry stays this productive for another 4-5 years he should get in.

Elliott ONLY gets in because he is a Cowboys player.

So basically thats just punishing Zeke, who has been better throughout his entire career statistically, because Davis' team has done more in the playoffs, something a RB doesn't really have that much control over.

And I'm not really arguing that Zeke should be in, like I said I think he is just "Hall of Very Good" which is a large set of players. Just that its interesting comparing the two because Zeke's stats are clearly better.

Henry is a lock

CMC is a bit on an anomaly because he's as much a receiver as he is a running back. I think he needs 3 more good, healthy years to get in.

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Never would have guessed Zeke and Henry have had almost exactly the same career.

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Henry is much more the dynamic runner. King Henry is only one of 8 players in NFL history who rushed for over 2000 yards in a season. You miss him after the LBers and he is gone. All 6'3" and 240 LBs of him. He's a freak of nature. And that stiff arm is legendary in the NFL. Poor, poor, comparison.