Best RB of All Time Game 10

[Nosferatu]

Emmitt Smith vs Adrian Peterson

Vote and Discuss...

 

[mrwallace2ku]

Smith...great RB who had a great O-line in front of him. Had AP had the same, I would vote for him.

Good game matchup here.

 

[douggie]

I Adrian Peterson's defense. He has to play behind that Viking O-line.

 

[RoboticDreams]

AP (AD?)

 

[Nosferatu]

If Emmitt wins this one i'm taking my ball and going home!

 

[Clayton]

If Emmitt wins this one i'm taking my ball and going home!

Emmitt was the best player on a dynasty. He missed a couple of games at the start of one season and the Cowboys went winless. He came back and they won a Super Bowl.

 

[SonnyCID]

Gonna go with Smith. Pound for pound Peterson may have him beat, but after age 28 (Where AP is now in his career) Smith had 3 more excellent seasons running the ball.

 

[Nosferatu]

Gonna go with Smith. Pound for pound Peterson may have him beat, but after age 28 (Where AP is now in his career) Smith had 3 more excellent seasons running the ball.

3 more excellent season? 4.2, 4.2 and 4.1 average yards per attempt is IMO not excellent, it's average.

 

[Xponentialchaos]

Emmitt Smith was good, but he may be the most over-rated RB in NFL history imo.

 

[Wazmankg]

Tough call. I went with Peterson assuming he has a few great years left... not a certainty. You never know when an RB is just going to run out of gas and/or have a career shortening injury.

 

[outlaw okie]

I'm a huge Smith fan and I'm leaning towards the TD machine, but what if AP/AD had played on that dynasty team...

 

[SonnyCID]

3 more excellent season? 4.2, 4.2 and 4.1 average yards per attempt is IMO not excellent, it's average.

Depends on how many carries you're getting. Smith was still getting 300 at that point.

 

[RoboticDreams]

Smith ran through holes the Madden Cruiser could go through. Smith was very good but not better than Peterson.

 

[Nosferatu]

Depends on how many carries you're getting. Smith was still getting 300 at that point.

Yes he was and 4.2, 4.2 & 4.1 is still average...

 

[Clayton]

I'm a huge Smith fan and I'm leaning towards the TD machine, but what if AP/AD had played on that dynasty team...

I'm sure he would've won at least 2 Super Bowls. Its still hard for me to get over the Saints/Vikings playoff game with Peterson. They got Farve's best year and had a dominant Dline and the Vikings couldn't find a way to win

 

[SonnyCID]

Yes he was and 4.2, 4.2 & 4.1 is still average...

We'll see if Peterson averages 300 carries and 4-4.2 ypc over the next three years. I doubt that you will see it as average if he does.

 

[Nosferatu]

I'm sure he would've won at least 2 Super Bowls. Its still hard for me to get over the Saints/Vikings playoff game with Peterson. They got Farve's best year and had a dominant Dline and the Vikings couldn't find a way to win

Yeah, if he could have done better than 122 yards and 3 TD's we might have had a shot.

 

[Nosferatu]

We'll see if Peterson averages 300 carries and 4-4.2 ypc over the next three years. I doubt that you will see it as average if he does.

Sure I will, league average is 4.15 if AD does that it won't matter if I think it's average it will be.

 

[SonnyCID]

Sure I will, league average is 4.15 if AD does that it won't matter if I think it's average it will be.

Average is not all that matters though. Average over carries is more important to me. There are always guys that average 5.5-6 yards per carry but only have 100 or so carries because they're simply not a work horse.

If Peterson averages 300 yds and has anything over 4 ypc at ages 29, 30 and 31 it will be impressive to me.

 

[SonnyCID]

Average is not all that matters though. Average over carries is more important to me. There are always guys that average 5.5-6 yards per carry but only have 100 or so carries because they're simply not a work horse.

If Peterson averages 300 yds and has anything over 4 ypc at ages 29, 30 and 31 it will be impressive to me.

300 carries, my bad.