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OJ Simpson best running back ever?

Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:36 pm
Posted by RyleD
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:36 pm
Before the trial was he considered the GOAT? Based on what I have seen he was not guilty but I could be wrong.
This post was edited on 3/6/19 at 3:42 pm
Posted by Champs
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:36 pm to
Best runner from cops
Posted by 1BamaRTR
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:37 pm to
I’m pretty sure Jim Brown was still considered the GOAT
Posted by keakar
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:37 pm to
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Based on what I have seen he was not guilty


you must be a liberal to be so blind to the facts

he was found not guilty because he was a black man and cops are racists so its ok he was a murderer
This post was edited on 3/6/19 at 3:39 pm
Posted by TT9
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:38 pm to
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you must be a liberal to be so blind to the facts


oh my.
Posted by Statsattack
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:41 pm to
thought dickerson was a smoother runner than OJ

OJ is the goat spokesperson
Posted by Rep520
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:42 pm to
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Before the trial was he considered the GOAT? Based on what I have seen he was not guilty but I could be wrong.


Maybe, but it's less about the trial and more that Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, LaDanian Tomlinson, etc. didn't then exist, so there were fewer contenders.

I'd still have put Jim Brown and Walter Payton over OJ in the early 90's, but OJ was very good on the field. He just did some other stuff too, so no on thinks of his football career any more.
This post was edited on 3/6/19 at 3:43 pm
Posted by gumbo2176
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:44 pm to
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Based on what I have seen he was not guilty but I could be wrong.


Tell you what, if that was you on trial and the prosecution presented the evidence they produced in his trial to convince a jury that you were the killer, you'd be in jail for life without parole or on death row. No doubt in my mind about that.
Posted by VABuckeye
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:49 pm to
Death by downvote.
Posted by TT9
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:50 pm to
He was awesome as Nordberg too.
Posted by RyleD
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:51 pm to
LAPD made some critical mistakes. Can you imagine this on the age of twitter?
Posted by OldTigahFot
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 3:53 pm to
I will say that OJ was the best runner in the snow that I ever saw. I guess playing in Buffalo will do that for you.
Posted by TrapperJohn
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 4:04 pm to
I doubt OJ even thinks he's the best ever. Brown, Sanders, Payton are all better. You could argue that Dorsett was better than OJ.
Posted by ThePTExperience1969
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 4:05 pm to
quote:

OJ Simpson best running back ever?
Before the trial was he considered the GOAT? Based on what I have seen he was not guilty but I could be wrong.


Could make a good argument for it, dude did it all and did it while in the winter moshpit of Buffalo, excelled at all levels and achieved great feats now I think Walter and Jim Brown are ahead of him but Juice's great
Posted by NOLALGD
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 4:06 pm to
If I remember right OJ played 10 or 11 seasons, had 4-5 amazing seasons and the rest were average. He had a great peak but didn't sustain it through out his career.

GOAT at any point - no
Pre-1994 - easily top 10 all time, but not higher than 5
Today - maybe still top 20 - but way closer to 20 than 15

College is another story.
Posted by Jcorye1
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 4:08 pm to
Jim Brown, Gayle Sayers, and Barry Sanders are all better, so no.
Posted by mdomingue
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 4:09 pm to
quote:

Based on what I have seen he was not guilty


4 replies in, 2 bites. Better bait than I thought it was.

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OJ Simpson best running back ever?



Na but probably a top 5.
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 4:19 pm to
Top 5 for sure
Posted by dukke v
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 5:08 pm to
quote:

Pre-1994 - easily top 10 all time, but not higher than 5



Wrong... He was top 5 pre 1994.........

Remember that he ran for 2,003 yards in a 14 game season.... And in 1975 ran for 273 yard on thangksgiving in Detroit............. A then record that Walter broke in 1977.........
Posted by David Ricky
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Posted on 3/6/19 at 5:41 pm to
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he was found not guilty because he was a black man and cops are racists so its ok he was a murderer



He was found not guilty because the LAPD severely mishandled the crime scene, Mark Fuhrman got caught lying under oath and had to plead the fifth to avoid perjury, and Marcia Clark & Chris Darden looked like incompetent amateurs with OJ’s all star group of attorneys in the same court room.
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