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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 10:59 AM
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Poll question: Best Runningback - All Time.
Gearing up for the next season...
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:02 AM
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1. "Sweetness"
'Nuff said!
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:08 AM
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2. #34
forever. I miss him.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:46 PM
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23. Yup. Sweetness
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 02:58 PM by Skittles
he was it. *sniff*

"When I get through with Chicago, they'll be loving me"
-Walter Payton in January 1975 after being drafted by the Bears
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:58 PM
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25. And we still love him.
RIP Sweetness. We miss you.
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mix68 Donating Member (137 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:10 AM
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3. emmit
played on one of the most productive offenses
not flashy, but tough !
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:12 AM
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4. I love Sweetness and Jim Brown ....
but i haver to vote for Sanders. The mans talent, skill level, durability, smarts on the field etc were the most dangerous package ever on a football field. If I could vote for a tie I would vote Sanders, Brown, Payton and the all others a distant 4th.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:15 AM
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5. Walter was great but Jim brown was the best ever. period. next question
:hi:
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section321 Donating Member (632 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:17 AM
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6. What about Gale Sayers?
Sayes had moves on top of his moves.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:26 AM
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7. Emmitt Smith? Ha!!!!!
The man never saw a sideline his didn't want to get to.

Or a block he couldn't throw.
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:38 AM
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11. I agree with you
But, he does hold the current rushing record, so I had to include him.
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zekeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:50 PM
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15. An extremely boneheaded trade by my Vikes
gave Dallas all the room they needed to give Smith an incredible line. You take that way from, remove all the holes and that speed and lack of great moves made him dead meat on the field. Then the ()*^*% Cowgirls got Herschal back at the end of his career to spell Smith anyway. Geeez.
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kcwayne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:36 AM
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8. Others
Franco Harris, John Riggs, Tony Dorsett, Eric Dickerson, Matt Snell
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:36 AM
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9. Thank you
Thank you for *not* listing Franco Harris in here. He could run, but he wouldn't block. Feh.
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a_random_joel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:39 AM
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12. That's why I put OTHER in there.
Heck, OJ is warranted too, but...
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:37 AM
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10. Another mention
The Tyler Rose, Earl Campbell.
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5thGenDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 11:44 AM
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13. Well, I'm a Lions fan (it's true -- I AM), so I gotta go with
Dexter Bussey (hey, Dexter needs love too).
Naw, I voted for Sanders (a TOUGH interview, BTW), remember Billy Sims and, like every other NFL fan, thought the world of Walter Payton (even when he killed us -- which was always).
John
Too young to really remember Jim Brown.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:12 PM
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14. Jim Brown.
REAL oldtime football.
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gyopsy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:53 PM
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16. Payton
n/t
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:54 PM
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17. Barry Sanders
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 01:58 PM by VermontDem2004
If he didn't retire so early he would of smoked Walter Payton's record. The last year he played in, he had 1,400+ yards. To bad, Terrell Davis could of been on that list if he never got injured.
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terryg11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 01:56 PM
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18. Sanders - most elusive running back ever
If the Lions had gotten an offensive line for him (I mean a REAL o-line then he would have the rushing record sewn up by the time of his premature retirement). Imagine him running behind the same line that Emmit had in his glory days.
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VermontDem2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:04 PM
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19. Exactly
Walter played for 13 years and got 16,726 yards. Barry Sanders played 10 years and got 15,269 yards. Barry was still healthy and still on the top of his game, he could of broke the record if he stayed for 1 more year. Barry Sanders really never had a great O-line but managed to get 15,000+ yards 4 times. One year he had 6 yards per carry, which is impressive. No one could dodge tackles like Barry could.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:24 PM
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20. Jim "fuck Mister Charlie" Brown
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beanball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 03:13 PM
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24. Running backs
Jim Brown the best of the best,the best athlete among the running backs,All American in LaCross,very gifted basketball player,drafted by the Syracuse NBA team,track star,baseball star in high school,and he is a man of honor.Thanks Jim as Jackie Gleason used tom say you are the greatest.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:25 PM
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21. Chuck Foreman, Boobie Clark, Archie Griffin&Pete Johnson,
Allen, Mack, Blyer, Morris, Morris, Simpson, King, Gorge, Warner, Csonka, Hill, Newhouse, Dorsett, Walker, Metcalf, And On And On! Football is a hell of a fine game!
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-22-03 02:29 PM
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22. Barry Sanders, no question. Imagine if the Packers had not been
Edited on Fri Aug-22-03 02:29 PM by MrsGrumpy
misguided that fateful draft day, and had picked Barry instead of Mandarich? Sigh. Lombardi would have come home a lot sooner. Double sigh. Oh well.
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