Best fantasy RB of all time*

[MilkSpiller22]

Peyton Manning

Alright, that's over, let's move on to the WRs!!!

umm... randy moss... that is boring too...

RB is really the only fun debate...

maybe TE, between Gronk, Gates and tony gonzalez...

 

[TREFF]

Peyton Manning

Alright, that's over, let's move on to the WRs!!!

umm... randy moss... that is boring too...

RB is really the only fun debate...

maybe TE, between Gronk, Gates and tony gonzalez...

Aww come on now. .. no discussion about Favre, Brady, Brees, Warner, Terrel Owens, Marvin Harrision, Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Jerry Rice???

 

[Bandit]

Aww come on now. .. no discussion about Favre, Brady, Brees, Warner, Terrel Owens, Marvin Harrision, Isaac Bruce, Torry Holt, Jerry Rice???

I know that you were going to do different threads for this, but for quarterback I have to agree that it's Manning right now, although in about 5 or 6 more years, Aaron Rodgers might be the top choice. As far as wide receiver, since fantasy became mainstream, it has to be Moss because of the touchdown production, if you're going all time, it's Rice. I actually went digging in their career stat lines, and this might surprise some people, but I only took their 10 best years at each category: receptions, yards, and touchdowns.

Receptions

Moss - 775
Rice - 967

**not a big shocker here since Moss was always more of a deep threat guy than possession guy.​

Yards

Moss - 13,145 yards for an average of 1314 per season for his ten best years which is amazing
Rice - 14,382 yards for an average of 1438 per season which is astounding

Touchdowns

Okay, so here's where everybody thinks Moss will make up the difference

Moss - 138 which is an average of 13.8 a year with a record high of 23 in 2007
Rice - 143 which is an average of 14.3 with a high of 22 in the strike-shortened 1987 season in just 12 games

So even in the stat that everybody thinks Moss would have the advantage he doesn't. Not to mention that Rice's 11th, 12th, and 13th best touchdown seasons were 9, 9, and 8.
​

So as surprising as it may be to some people, Randy Moss was not better than Jerry Rice was even if you take only their best years into account. I actually thought that Moss would have more touchdown and possibly more yards when I started this, but boy was I wrong. Not to mention the fact that Rice was by far the greatest Super Bowl fantasy player of all time too with these stats in his four games:

1988 11 catches for 215 yards and a touchdown
1989 7 catches for 148 yards and 3 touchdowns
1994 10 catches for 149 yards and 3 touchdowns
2002 5 catches for 77 yards and a touchdown

​

 

[MilkSpiller22]

I know that you were going to do different threads for this, but for quarterback I have to agree that it's Manning right now, although in about 5 or 6 more years, Aaron Rodgers might be the top choice. As far as wide receiver, since fantasy became mainstream, it has to be Moss because of the touchdown production, if you're going all time, it's Rice. I actually went digging in their career stat lines, and this might surprise some people, but I only took their 10 best years at each category: receptions, yards, and touchdowns.

Receptions

Moss - 775
Rice - 967

**not a big shocker here since Moss was always more of a deep threat guy than possession guy.​

Yards

Moss - 13,145 yards for an average of 1314 per season for his ten best years which is amazing
Rice - 14,382 yards for an average of 1438 per season which is astounding

Touchdowns

Okay, so here's where everybody thinks Moss will make up the difference

Moss - 138 which is an average of 13.8 a year with a record high of 23 in 2007
Rice - 143 which is an average of 14.3 with a high of 22 in the strike-shortened 1987 season in just 12 games

So even in the stat that everybody thinks Moss would have the advantage he doesn't. Not to mention that Rice's 11th, 12th, and 13th best touchdown seasons were 9, 9, and 8.
​

So as surprising as it may be to some people, Randy Moss was not better than Jerry Rice was even if you take only their best years into account. I actually thought that Moss would have more touchdown and possibly more yards when I started this, but boy was I wrong. Not to mention the fact that Rice was by far the greatest Super Bowl fantasy player of all time too with these stats in his four games:

1988 11 catches for 215 yards and a touchdown
1989 7 catches for 148 yards and 3 touchdowns
1994 10 catches for 149 yards and 3 touchdowns
2002 5 catches for 77 yards and a touchdown

​

I didn't say moss was better than rice. Rice, just like Faulk played most of his career before fantasy was popular. So most of us don't have the nostalgia of picking him first in drafts like we do with moss.
Tomlinson won RB in a landslide, even just comparing him with Faulk he would not win in a landslide.

 

[TREFF]

I know that you were going to do different threads for this, but for quarterback I have to agree that it's Manning right now, although in about 5 or 6 more years, Aaron Rodgers might be the top choice. As far as wide receiver, since fantasy became mainstream, it has to be Moss because of the touchdown production, if you're going all time, it's Rice. I actually went digging in their career stat lines, and this might surprise some people, but I only took their 10 best years at each category: receptions, yards, and touchdowns.

Receptions

Moss - 775
Rice - 967

**not a big shocker here since Moss was always more of a deep threat guy than possession guy.​

Yards

Moss - 13,145 yards for an average of 1314 per season for his ten best years which is amazing
Rice - 14,382 yards for an average of 1438 per season which is astounding

Touchdowns

Okay, so here's where everybody thinks Moss will make up the difference

Moss - 138 which is an average of 13.8 a year with a record high of 23 in 2007
Rice - 143 which is an average of 14.3 with a high of 22 in the strike-shortened 1987 season in just 12 games

So even in the stat that everybody thinks Moss would have the advantage he doesn't. Not to mention that Rice's 11th, 12th, and 13th best touchdown seasons were 9, 9, and 8.
​

So as surprising as it may be to some people, Randy Moss was not better than Jerry Rice was even if you take only their best years into account. I actually thought that Moss would have more touchdown and possibly more yards when I started this, but boy was I wrong. Not to mention the fact that Rice was by far the greatest Super Bowl fantasy player of all time too with these stats in his four games:

1988 11 catches for 215 yards and a touchdown
1989 7 catches for 148 yards and 3 touchdowns
1994 10 catches for 149 yards and 3 touchdowns
2002 5 catches for 77 yards and a touchdown

​

What sucks though, , fantasy football wasnt nearly what it is today during Rice's hay days.

 

[SmokingMonkey]

The Oakland yrs have me sour on moss, where they make me even more amazed at Rice

 

[MilkSpiller22]

The Oakland yrs have me sour on moss, where they make me even more amazed at Rice

The first of the 2 Oakland years wasn't bad, just not a normal moss season.

 

[TREFF]

The first of the 2 Oakland years wasn't bad, just not a normal moss season.

A greatest of all time doesn't have seasons like those, especially pre age 30...i have a feeling there's plenty of peeps that wouldn't take Moss as the best fantasy WR..heck, id rather have TO who played in the same time frame. . Much more consistent

 

[MilkSpiller22]

A greatest of all time doesn't have seasons like those, especially pre age 30...i have a feeling there's plenty of peeps that wouldn't take Moss as the best fantasy WR..heck, id rather have TO who played in the same time frame. . Much more consistent

I can write with a sharpie 5 reasons i disagree with you... But doesn't change the fact TO was amazing too....

 

[SteelersPride]

I can write with a sharpie 5 reasons i disagree with you... But doesn't change the fact TO was amazing too....

lets hear 3 of them

 

[TREFF]

I can write with a sharpie 5 reasons i disagree with you... But doesn't change the fact TO was amazing too....

lets hear 3 of them

What he said

 

[tlance]

Guess that settles it - the Commish office will be closed that day !. ..... I'm gonna go on a limb here and say mine came before your's T (as in 1973).

Little bit!

Coming up on year 10 for me.

 

[tlance]

I don't think you can compare them. Put Barry behind the Great Wall of Dallas and something tells me he wouldn't be looking sideways so much.

Emmitt is unmatched in being a horse... that's about it, imo. The Bruce Smith of running backs.

I may be biased as a Redskins fan.

But, I know Emmitt always killed us. Barry on the other hand, the Skins seemed to have his number. At least in the biggest games.

 

[eaglesnut]

How can this be anyone other than Ladainian Tomlinson?

I even drafted him in the 1st round one of his last years and it wasn't a great pick or a great year for him and I still kicked ass all year and won my league. The dude was solid nearly every year and he was legendary for a few.