NFL Top 5 National Football League running backs of all-time

Started by TimmyT, Nov 26, 2015, in Sports Add to Reading List

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    5. O.J. Simpson
    4. Adrian Peterson
    3. Barry Sanders
    2. Jim Brown
    1. Walter Payton

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    Eric Dickerson is top 5 for the jheri curl and glasses combo alone.
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    lol i considered adding him, but i couldn't put him above the others. also thought about gale sayers, but meh

    who's your top 5?
     
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    1. Barry Sanders
    2. Walter Peyton
    3. Eric Dickerson
    4. Adrian Peterson
    5. Jim Brown
     
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    Barry Sanders is in my top 5, not sure what the other 4 would be and where they are ranked. Will have to think about it
     
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    Haven't been into football in years, but I'd definitely put Marshall Faulk up there for being a receiving threat as well.
     
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    Enigma Civil liberties > Police safety

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    I was contemplating putting him in my list but his production did kind of trail off in the 2nd half of his career. He's top 10 for sure though.
     
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    I don't think it's really fair to hold that stuff against players you actually got to watch. Especially running backs since they absorb the most punishment of anybody. People like Erick Dickerson and Jim Brown have been romanticized because they played before most of us were alive. Conversely, I doubt anybody here puts LT in their top 5 because of the latter half of his career despite him still being statistically as good or better than anybody.
     
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    Spending time with the fam right now so I don't really feel like coming up with a list, but the Raider in me really wants to add Marcus Allen and Bo Jackson.
     
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    5. O.J. Simpson
    4. John Riggins
    3. Walter Payton
    2. Jim Brown
    1. Barry Sanders

    It's too early to add Adrian Peterson
     
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