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re: Who thinks Emmitt Smith is the best running back ever?
Posted on 8/8/10 at 2:56 pm to TigerintheNO
Posted on 8/8/10 at 2:56 pm to TigerintheNO
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Davis '96-'98 is the best three year run
very good pick.
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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 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.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 3:37 pm to prplhze2000
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Walter Payton did everything Smith did better
Move over Sweetness here comes Emmitt Smith.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 4:12 pm to Raparooot
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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 8/8/10 at 4:18 pm to Tiger Ryno
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I'm 36 years old. SERIOUS. If ES played for the Saints all you saintards would worship him.
I don't care who he played for. He IS NOT the BEST EVER!!!!!!
Posted on 8/8/10 at 5:09 pm to dukke v
O.J. was the best........ Slasher.
Posted on 8/8/10 at 5:32 pm to dukke v
as for career stats, you can't compare some of these guys to Jim Brown, who left in his prime, to guys who hang on for a few years padding the stats when they have clearly lost a step.
Posted on 8/10/10 at 11:00 pm to dudeilovebeer
104, 5.3, 0.
NFL rushing leader 8 years.
case closed. .
NFL rushing leader 8 years.
case closed. .
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 2:21 am to dudeilovebeer
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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?
Posted on 8/11/10 at 8:25 am to shel311
Then there is my personal favorite. Earnie fricking Nevers, one of the best athletes to ever play the game. One of the toughest guys too.
Keep in mind Jim Brown played when rules favored defenses too. Things like head shots, taped up forearms. No way to compare Emmitt Smith to Jim Brown.
Keep in mind Jim Brown played when rules favored defenses too. Things like head shots, taped up forearms. No way to compare Emmitt Smith to Jim Brown.
This post was edited on 8/11/10 at 8:27 am
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 8:36 am to Me Bite
you really think so? Cris Johnson may be on his way faster than Peterson!
Posted on 8/11/10 at 8:40 am to Me Bite
BS.
104 yards per game, 5.2 yards per carry. zero games missed. 8 times lead the NFL in rushing. Emmitt can't compare.
104 yards per game, 5.2 yards per carry. zero games missed. 8 times lead the NFL in rushing. Emmitt can't compare.
Posted on 8/11/10 at 8:41 am to Me Bite
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The best so far, but AP will break his record... Book it!
I just don't see this. Unless he gets traded to another team. Once Favre leaves the Vikes that offense will go nowhere FAST.
Posted on 8/11/10 at 8:49 am to dukke v
good to see you back in the mix ole man 
thought you died!
thought you died!
Posted on 8/11/10 at 8:58 am to tubucoco
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good to see you back in the mix ole man
thought you died!
OH I have been around!!!!! Football season is close. Time to STEP IT UP a notch!!!!!!!!
Posted on 8/11/10 at 9:07 am to dukke v
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don't care who he played for. He IS NOT the BEST EVER!!!!!!
The stats and hardware say otherwise. By your logic I could make the claim that Bo Jackson was the BEST EVAR!!!!!!
Posted on 8/11/10 at 9:12 am to Tiger Ryno
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The stats and hardware say otherwise
The team he played for makes a HUGE difference in those stats and hardware.
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