Which group would you take?

[Steelboy84]

AD and sanders are a push.

No they're not. Barry Sanders easily.

 

[broncosmitty]

I have to strongly disagree with this one. Brown and Sanders are complete opposites. LDT and Peterson are jack of all trades backs.

Barry Sanders was the Michael Jordan of football. The difference is that football is not a 5 on 5 sport. You could take Barry Sanders out of a game completely if you wanted to. But Jim Brown? Just the best. If your team was down in the game, put in Sanders. If you had a lead, put in Brown.

So Barry retired second all time in rushing because teams just didn't feel up to taking him completely out of the game? Pfffft .... Please....

 

[JDM]

No they're not. Barry Sanders easily.

Yes, they are. AD has a fraction less explosiveness and significantly more power. Barry was absolutely a great, but he had far more negative plays. AD has every bit the big play capability and punishes defenses far more.

 

[Clayton]

So Barry retired second all time in rushing because teams just didn't feel up to taking him completely out of the game? Pfffft .... Please....

Playoffs. Tomlinson had similar problems. It wasn't Barry's fault, though, but we all remember the Emmitt vs Barry debates. One dimensional teams almost always got taken out of the playoffs before the 'parity' days. See: Marino

I call Barry Sanders 'Michael Jordan with 2 caveats' and get slammed for the caveats lol

 

[JDM]

I have to strongly disagree with this one. Brown and Sanders are complete opposites. LDT and Peterson are jack of all trades backs.

Barry Sanders was the Michael Jordan of football. The difference is that football is not a 5 on 5 sport. You could take Barry Sanders out of a game completely if you wanted to. But Jim Brown? Just the best. If your team was down in the game, put in Sanders. If you had a lead, put in Brown.

Peterson is nearly as explosive as Barry and every bit as punishing as Brown. He's miles above brown.

 

[broncosmitty]

Barry played six playoff games. His "best" playoff game, was still a loss. (All but one were losses)I don't see six games defining a player. Especially when it's defining a player as one which can be completely taken out of the game. (That awful NFC Championship game against the Skins always stands out in people's minds when it comes to Barry)

 

[Clayton]

Peterson is nearly as explosive as Barry and every bit as punishing as Brown. He's miles above brown.

1. Peterson has more fumbles than Barry Sanders had in his whole career and thats like a 3 year advantage. Peterson's fumbling cost his team a chance at the Super Bowl.

2. Peterson can't do the things Sanders did. Agility wise, you're comparing Johnny Manziel to Cam Newton. Sanders could literally change directions at will. Peterson in general is more like Jim Brown.

Its hard to compare Jim Brown to Peterson because one was playing white people and the other is on the best supplements/deer antler spray in the world.

 

[broncosmitty]

Jim Brown is about 20 years older than my dad, so I can't really comment on what he's bringing to the table.

 

[JDM]

1. Peterson has more fumbles than Barry Sanders had in his whole career and thats like a 3 year advantage. Peterson's fumbling cost his team a chance at the Super Bowl.

2. Peterson can't do the things Sanders did. Agility wise, you're comparing Johnny Manziel to Cam Newton. Sanders could literally change directions at will. Peterson in general is more like Jim Brown.

Its hard to compare Jim Brown to Peterson because one was playing white people and the other is on the best supplements/deer antler spray in the world.

1. He had fumbling problems early but these have been corrected and are no longer relevant.

2. Yes, he could. There is not a player in the NFL who's ankles AD cannot break. He is more agile than any other running back in the NFL and a tiny handful are semi-close.

 

[broncosmitty]

McCoy has more agility IMO.

 

[broncosmitty]

Reggie Bush possibly as well.

 

[broncosmitty]

And probably Jamaal Charles.

 

[WizardHawk]

Brown? They played real football back then. None of this pussy ass no hitting bullshit they try and pass off like the same game. They took hits that would get you ejected now and got back up and did it again, and again, and again. Many of the players from that era had so many lasting effects from the concussions and other repeated injuries that they were not right after they retired, died way early, or could barely walk.

Brown excelled in an era when real men played real football. He blew up defenders and never avoided contact. He broke tackles like no other before him or after.

You can believe the pussies who play modern ball are better, but those who have at least seen much of the highlights of his career would ALL tell you how very wrong you are.

 

[JDM]

Charles is the best of the three (agility-wise) IMO but AD is at the very least every bit as agile.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Group A, without a doubt

A few of those guys in group B have been unreliable or injury prone late in their careers - LT was not the same the last few seasons when he went to the Jets - Randy Moss had some BAD seasons before he went to New England too

Group A has players who were more consistent throughout their careers

 

[broncosmitty]

Charles is the best of the three (agility-wise) IMO but AD is at the very least every bit as agile.

Peterson's agility/power combo is ridiculous. He's one of the players I'll tell my Grandkids about someday. (Glad ive already seen him play in person)But I just see him a little less "shifty" than those other three. Albeit obviously a much better all around back and football player. If Jahvid Best were currently active I'd put him up there on the agility list also.

 

[JDM]

Group A, without a doubt

A few of those guys in group B have been unreliable or injury prone late in their careers - LT was not the same the last few seasons when he went to the Jets - Randy Moss had some BAD seasons before he went to New England too

Group A has players who were more consistent throughout their careers

Those bad years were with a joke of an organization and a worse QB. Not everyone can play the bulk of their careers with joe Montana then Steve young.

Moss had 2700 yards and 36 TD in his only two years with a real QB throwing him the ball.

 

[Cobiemonster]

Those bad years were with a joke of an organization and a worse QB. Not everyone can play the bulk of their careers with joe Montana then Steve young.

Moss had 2700 yards and 36 TD in his only two years with a real QB throwing him the ball.

I honestly would take TO over Randy Moss - TO was more consistent throughout his career and while he had good QB's(Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb, Tony Romo), he didn't have any lead pipe lock HOF guys throwing him the ball and he was consistently good year after year - Randy Moss' career was too up and down imo

 

[JDM]

TO was very good but talent wise Moss was easily GOAT. Garcia, McNabb, and Romo were all better QBs than culpepper. If you gave moss in his prime 5 years with an elite QB he'd have had over 100TD in that stretch.

 

[Clayton]

Really, we'd know what Team B would look like in today's game. Brady has had an elite RB, an elite TE and an elite WR and has also led some of the most explosive offenses of all time.

We don't know what Team A would look like in today's game with today's rules and today's medical advances.