period Barry is a close close second tho... who are your favorites to play the game?

Walter Payton
Reggie White
Johnny Unitas

Talking RB's Mr. Sanders



Mf

Tight End - Dave Casper
Middle Linebacker - Jack Lambert
Full Back - Larry Csonka

A few from back in the day.

MF, i grew up with Barry (watching, not litterally), hes one of my favorites, but statistically, hes no Jim Brown, Brown in 9 seasons went over 1000 yards,(well over in some cases), lead the league 8 times, is the only player in NFL history to average over 100 yards per game through career, and has a 5.2 yard average... Barry is 5.0 yards per carry, and even his dad said that Brown was the best hed ever seen... but since i grew up with Barry, its kinda a difficult one for me... stats dont lie tho...

Jack Tatum
Butkis
Bruce Smith
Earl Campbell
and even Dickerson are some of my favorites as well...

cant forget Largent tho

Anthony Munoz

Bozworth LMAO... funny 2many, ill never forget when Bo ran over his a$$, and then ill never forget when he blew by him and ran into the tunnel... i remember Boz talkin all that sh!t sayin he would stop him, and Bo ran for over 200 yards that game... not the greatest, but what could have happened if he stayed? i still have all his rookie cards

Gale Sayers

Jim Brown era was before my time. A bruising back @ 6'2" & gifted power.

Barry was just magical in his foot work. And was able to amass such greatness while playing for the Lions.

Arguably the greatest athlete in American history is Jim Thorp. He could play darn near any sport. Imo

Mf

What about Bo Jackson?

Namath never compiled big stats, I think you like him for another reason.

Joe won a Super Bowl which beats stats.

That's why MJ is so much better than LeBron, or WF Russell better than just about any of 'em.

if you ever compare Jordan to James again, ah hell, i wont do anything, but DONT do it again... thats sacreligious...

alot of people dont know just how great George Blanda really was, dude played a few positions, on both offense and defense...

i started this thread, because i read that people were stealing the football from Ernie Davis's grave in NY, the GREAT Ernie Davis, the first black Hiesman winner, that died before he could ever even have a real chance to shine... he was supposed to be in there with Brown, but didnt... dear god what a tandem that would have been...

Jordan is in a leauge of his own.

i always liked Okoye, and of course, the legendary Derrick Thomas...

Nigerian nightmare? Earl Campbell was better!

i said Campbell earlier one of the greatest power backs of all time for sure... him and Tatum went head to head, and both of em got knocked the F out... true football players...

even in recent news, LT (NOT Tomlinson) is still a great, and a legend as well...

Yep, Football lost a warrior in DT. One of the greatest right there.

Mf

Ickey was fun to watch too, along with Thurman Thomas, Andre Reed, John Taylor, and of course Rice and Montana..

salmo, you compare Emmit to Sanders, and say going backwards? Barrys lifetime YPC is 5.0, Emmits is like 4.2... if Barry played as long as Emmit did, with the line that he did, there would be no touching that record... Emmit to Sanders, is like Ruth to Aaron...