POLL Who is the Greatest Overall Running Back since 1988?

[Rock Strongo]

Total package at RB...whos been the best overall RB since 1988?

vote and discuss.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Marshall Faulk slight edge over LT

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Curtis Martin being here feels very cringey even if he is in the HOF. Ditto with Bettis.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Marshall Faulk slight edge over LT

vote

i also tend to agree. i think emmits the most overrated back ive ever seen. sure, he had moments like that game in NJ where he had to get his hammys treated with electrodes....but i dont think he was even the best of his era, let alone all time....or the last 29 years or so.

barry was the most dynamic runner i ever saw, but he wasnt the best overall back.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Curtis Martin being here feels very cringey even if he is in the HOF. Ditto with Bettis.

i did the list in order of career rushing yards, excluding guys before my time frame.

 

[Balljim55]

Barry Sanders was definitely the most fun to watch. Too bad he played for a crap team. When asked about Barry one opposing coach said "He has two speeds - Here he comes and There he goes"

 

[Fountain City Blues]

i did the list in order of career rushing yards, excluding guys before my time frame.

Yeah, I picked up on that when I saw Bettis, Martin, and Smith in reverse order.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Of the listed backs I'd probably take Sanders. There have been others with excellent peaks themselves though. Gets pretty deep into the weeds at that point.

 

[Wamu]

Total package at RB...whos been the best overall RB since 1988?

vote and discuss.

My vote goes to Tom Brady.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Barry Sanders was definitely the most fun to watch. Too bad he played for a crap team. When asked about Barry one opposing coach said "He has two speeds - Here he comes and There he goes"

my favorite player as a kid that wasnt a patriot.

people underestimate his receiving skills too. he was no faulk in that respect tho.

 

[DirtDirtDirt]

Of the listed backs I'd probably take Sanders. There have been others with excellent peaks themselves though. Gets pretty deep into the weeds at that point.

ERA is a huge part of how you evaluate

In todays NFL, a RB that cant catch a football, wouldnt even qualify as a great

 

[Rock Strongo]

ERA is a huge part of how you evaluate

In todays NFL, a RB that cant catch a football, wouldnt even qualify as a great

barry had a few 40+ reception seasons.

 

[Wamu]

ERA is a huge part of how you evaluate

In todays NFL, a RB that cant catch a football, wouldnt even qualify as a great

ERA? Earned run average? Wait a minute, wrong sport.

 

[tducey]

Barry Sanders

 

[SteelersPride]

lt

 

[BallsOfFurry]

Emmitt was the most effective. Sanders would lose yards on too many carries, Smith almost always went forward.
It was feast or famine with BS, Smith was the type of back you could consistently move the ball with.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

I went with Tomlonson.

I posted a poll a year or so ago LT vs Faulk and it was pretty even for the most part. All around I think those 2 were the best.

 

[Wamu]

Emmitt was the most effective. Sanders would lose yards on too many carries, Smith almost always went forward.
It was feast or famine with BS, Smith was the type of back you could consistently move the ball with.

If Smith almost always went forward why did he finish his career w/ a 4.2 average? Sanders finished w/ a 5.0 average.

 

[SJ76]

How can you not have Bo Jackson on that list?


Need to work on your lists Rock

 

[Rock Strongo]

Emmitt was the most effective. Sanders would lose yards on too many carries, Smith almost always went forward.
It was feast or famine with BS, Smith was the type of back you could consistently move the ball with.

sanders has the most negative carries in nfl history. hed lose 10 then gain 40.