Emmitt Smith career stats
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Rampage;1915607 said:
Go NFL.com, click on the "Players" tab... on the page that opens, click on the "Historical Players" bullet... type Emmitt's name in the search engine, then click on his name on the subsequent page that opens... you will be directed to his page, from where you can navigate to his career stats, even his game by game, season by season stats...
You can do this for every player in their database; I haven't tried to go WAAAY back, but have gone back and looked up the stats of some of the great Cowboys in our past...
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Hard to believe a Barry Sanders fan would have side tracked enough about Emmitt Smith that your actually taking the time to look up stats.Rampage;1915607 said:
That person was trying to provoke you, otherwise he'd be looking those stats up himself.
While your at it though, be sure to print a copy of Barry's stats, otherwise you'll be back just to prove him wrong again when he falsify's his Sanders stats.
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Rampage;1915672 said:
Yeah, nfl.com underwent a major change here a couple-three months back... at first I didn't care much for it, then I figured out that they'd added some really great stuff, like the ability to look up the stats of all the old guys... they also give you ways to sort their stats that they didn't have before...
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silverbear;1915688 said:
don't you mean the guys your age?
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Rampage;1915607 said:
Punch him in the throat.
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ok.......i have been chatting in Sports forums since 2000. I know many have been doing it since probably the mid 90s. I have to say that the whole Barry/Emmitt argument will never get resolved.
Cowboys fans say Emmitt. Lions fans say Barry. Most neutral fans say Barry.
The biggest drawback of Barry's career, was not that he quit. It was that he had Wayne Fontes as his coach. Fontes was an idiot. Who takes out Barry Sanders on 3rd down? Who takes out Barry Sanders in the red zone? Even if you are not going to use him, he is the perfect decoy. With Barry in the game, just like Emmitt, there are automatically 8 men in the box. This means the QB will be able to find someone in single coverage.
If Barry had a better coach, he would have wound up with over 20,000 yds. Of course, I firmly believe if Landry allowed TD to get 22-25 carries a game, instead of only 17, then TD would have ended up with about 16-17,000 yds for his career and probably 100 TDs.
While the Emmitt and Barry argument will never be resolved, one thing is for sure. The backfield of the 90s NFC Pro Bowl team was out of this world......Moose was the FB, Barry and Emmitt were the RBs.
Cowboys fans say Emmitt. Lions fans say Barry. Most neutral fans say Barry.
The biggest drawback of Barry's career, was not that he quit. It was that he had Wayne Fontes as his coach. Fontes was an idiot. Who takes out Barry Sanders on 3rd down? Who takes out Barry Sanders in the red zone? Even if you are not going to use him, he is the perfect decoy. With Barry in the game, just like Emmitt, there are automatically 8 men in the box. This means the QB will be able to find someone in single coverage.
If Barry had a better coach, he would have wound up with over 20,000 yds. Of course, I firmly believe if Landry allowed TD to get 22-25 carries a game, instead of only 17, then TD would have ended up with about 16-17,000 yds for his career and probably 100 TDs.
While the Emmitt and Barry argument will never be resolved, one thing is for sure. The backfield of the 90s NFC Pro Bowl team was out of this world......Moose was the FB, Barry and Emmitt were the RBs.
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vta;1915993 said:3 Super Bowl rings and the rushing title. 'Nuff said.
I loved Sanders, but nobody remembers the guy who lacked the heart to go on.
Or just punch him in throat.
both guys had 4 rushing titles. both guys were Pro Bowl lifers. Emmitt had 3 rings. Barry had 2000 yds.
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Maybe.Biggems;1916037 said:
The logic in restricting a RB carries is not to hold them back. It is to help them extend their careers. TD might not have last as long getting that many carries.
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The only argument and best argument to make against Barry Sanders is that he's a boom-or-bust running back.
1. Barry Sanders wouldn't take a 3-yard gain; he always wanted the home run, which is why you see him dance around behind the line of scrimmage all the time.
This type of running is not conducive to winning. If your team is up by 4 points with 8 minutes left in the game, you need a long drive with several first downs to kill the clock.
At running back, I'll take a consistent 4.5 yards per gain over a running back that has rushes -3, -2, 20 yards.
With Barry Sanders placing his team in 2nd and 13, it's almost a drive killer. Even if Emmitt Smith's Cowboys didn't get a TD, the Cowboys would get a couple first downs and punt from midfield instead of their own 20...very key in winning the field of position battle and the game.
Just like a QB...you need a QB to get the first downs while avoiding INTs. Throwing 35 TDs and 20 INTs is not good.
2. Barry-supports will cite that Barry Sanders had a horrific offensive line. His offensive line was not as heralded as Emmitt's, but Barry Sanders had a few Pro-Bowlers on his line - Lomas Brown, Kevin Glover, etc.
There were much worse OL's than Barry Sanders. Cincinnati's Corey Dillon comes to mind.
YET...Barry Sanders leads NFL History in negative yard rushes. This is not because of his so-called horrible OL, but because of Barry's running style.
3. Emmitt Smith played in the toughest division as well. Facing Jerome Brown, Reggie White, Seth Joyner, Brian Dawkins, Eric Allen, Dexter Manley, Charles Mann, Darnell Green, Lawrence Taylor, Carl Banks...NFC East defenses were much tougher than the pancake Buccaneers and Bears defenses.
1. Barry Sanders wouldn't take a 3-yard gain; he always wanted the home run, which is why you see him dance around behind the line of scrimmage all the time.
This type of running is not conducive to winning. If your team is up by 4 points with 8 minutes left in the game, you need a long drive with several first downs to kill the clock.
At running back, I'll take a consistent 4.5 yards per gain over a running back that has rushes -3, -2, 20 yards.
With Barry Sanders placing his team in 2nd and 13, it's almost a drive killer. Even if Emmitt Smith's Cowboys didn't get a TD, the Cowboys would get a couple first downs and punt from midfield instead of their own 20...very key in winning the field of position battle and the game.
Just like a QB...you need a QB to get the first downs while avoiding INTs. Throwing 35 TDs and 20 INTs is not good.
2. Barry-supports will cite that Barry Sanders had a horrific offensive line. His offensive line was not as heralded as Emmitt's, but Barry Sanders had a few Pro-Bowlers on his line - Lomas Brown, Kevin Glover, etc.
There were much worse OL's than Barry Sanders. Cincinnati's Corey Dillon comes to mind.
YET...Barry Sanders leads NFL History in negative yard rushes. This is not because of his so-called horrible OL, but because of Barry's running style.
3. Emmitt Smith played in the toughest division as well. Facing Jerome Brown, Reggie White, Seth Joyner, Brian Dawkins, Eric Allen, Dexter Manley, Charles Mann, Darnell Green, Lawrence Taylor, Carl Banks...NFC East defenses were much tougher than the pancake Buccaneers and Bears defenses.