Emmitt Smith: Underrated Running Back

[PoetTree]

Sanders did what he did without help. Plug him into those early 90's teams and it's an upgrade.

You're wrong. Enjoy:

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124452


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[Doomsday101]

When I think of under rated RB I think of guys like Fred Taylor not Emmitt Smith or Jim Brown

 

[BAT]

You're wrong. Enjoy:

http://cowboyszone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124452


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Nice! Thanks, never saw that one.

 

[Reality]

I think the true way you judge a running back is over a span of 8-10 years rather than his entire career. You could make an argument that Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith had big career numbers due to games played. You could make an argument that Barry Sanders was the best and would have been the all time rushing leader if he kept playing.

Everyone knows though that most running backs' production and durability declines as they hit age 30. Who's to say that if Sanders had kept playing that the Lions would have not drafted a first round running back that took more of Sanders carries away from him in his 30's? Would Sanders have stayed healthy for 4-5 more years? Everyone was ready to hand LT the rushing record 2-3 years ago.

Overall, I think the phrase, "best running back of all time" is highly subjective depending on which team you support and how long you've been watching football.

The truth is that running backs should be ranked based on certain areas rather than "best of all time". For example, "most durable running back of all time" would be Emmitt Smith IMO. "Running back best at making something happen all on his own" would probably be Sanders. "Most exciting running back of his time" would probably be Jim Brown simply because he was in a league of his own. "Best running back who also cared about his team more than himself" would likely be Walter Payton.

Just my opinion though ..

-Reality

 

[Doomsday101]

I think the true way you judge a running back is over a span of 8-10 years rather than his entire career. You could make an argument that Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith had big career numbers due to games played. You could make an argument that Barry Sanders was the best and would have been the all time rushing leader if he kept playing.

Everyone knows though that most running backs' production and durability declines as they hit age 30. Who's to say that if Sanders had kept playing that the Lions would have not drafted a first round running back that took more of Sanders carries away from him in his 30's? Would Sanders have stayed healthy for 4-5 more years? Everyone was ready to hand LT the rushing record 2-3 years ago.

Overall, I think the phrase, "best running back of all time" is highly subjective depending on which team you support and how long you've been watching football.

The truth is that running backs should be ranked based on certain areas rather than "best of all time". For example, "most durable running back of all time" would be Emmitt Smith IMO. "Running back best at making something happen all on his own" would probably be Sanders. "Most exciting running back of his time" would probably be Jim Brown simply because he was in a league of his own. "Best running back who also cared about his team more than himself" would likely be Walter Payton.

Just my opinion though ..

-Reality

I think Barry was the best pure RB but when it came to all around RB, blocking, catching, running no I don't think he was as talented as ES. Barry could cut on a dime and give you change back then hit high gear and was gone but you need 2 or 3 yards he would very likely lose 5. You have a LB bearing down on the QB Barry was not going to stop him Emmitt would. Pure runner Barry hands down all around RB he is not close to ES

 

[CowboyMark]

Emmitt is the greatest. Period. 'Nuff said.

 

[Screw The Hall]

Barry Sanders uke:

Most overrated player in the history of the NFL.

 

[Thomas82]

Lincoln Coleman is who I think you are refering too.

Lincoln Coleman was from the both the Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer era.

 

[CATCH17]

Lincoln Coleman. Funny thing is, I was going to say Coleman was second only to Williams in the post, but didn't.

The flash in the pan, was the infamous Thanksgiving day game against the Dolphins when it was sleeting. He had 10 attempts for 56 yards, but those 56 yards were brutal. One play was for 16 yards. Of course it happen because he was big and strong and Miami was having trouble stopping that in the ice.

btw, Jimmy Johnson was the coach.

What year was that?


Robert Chancey and Lincoln Coleman both sound familiar.


I want to say this guy was an arena league player.

The only thing I do remember is he was big, we were at home, Emmitt was hurt, and he was basically never heard of again once 22 got back.

 

[CATCH17]

I think the true way you judge a running back is over a span of 8-10 years rather than his entire career. You could make an argument that Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith had big career numbers due to games played. You could make an argument that Barry Sanders was the best and would have been the all time rushing leader if he kept playing.

Everyone knows though that most running backs' production and durability declines as they hit age 30. Who's to say that if Sanders had kept playing that the Lions would have not drafted a first round running back that took more of Sanders carries away from him in his 30's? Would Sanders have stayed healthy for 4-5 more years? Everyone was ready to hand LT the rushing record 2-3 years ago.

Overall, I think the phrase, "best running back of all time" is highly subjective depending on which team you support and how long you've been watching football.

The truth is that running backs should be ranked based on certain areas rather than "best of all time". For example, "most durable running back of all time" would be Emmitt Smith IMO. "Running back best at making something happen all on his own" would probably be Sanders. "Most exciting running back of his time" would probably be Jim Brown simply because he was in a league of his own. "Best running back who also cared about his team more than himself" would likely be Walter Payton.

Just my opinion though ..

-Reality

I dont think any running back was better @ everything that is required from a back like Emmitt was.

He could catch, he could block like no other, and he could obviously run.

 

[Thomas82]

What year was that?


Robert Chancey and Lincoln Coleman both sound familiar.


I want to say this guy was an arena league player.

The only thing I do remember is he was big, we were at home, Emmitt was hurt, and he was basically never heard of again once 22 got back.

Robert Chancey was a Cowboy in 1999. Lincoln Coleman was a Cowboy in 1993 and 1994.

 

[CATCH17]

Robert Chancey was a Cowboy in 1999. Lincoln Coleman was a Cowboy in 1993 and 1994.

It might have been Chancey then because I don't recall there being any ice and I could've sworn it was in the later 90's.

We might have even had Chris Warren on the team but he was either hurt or around the time we let him go.

 

[Doomsday101]

It might have been Chancey then because I don't recall there being any ice.

We might have even had Chris Warren on the team but he was either hurt or around the time we let him go.

Coleman did a good job in the Dallas vs Maimi Thanskgiving day game one year and it was sleeting and snowing that day. It is also the day Lett make the big mistake that cost us the game

 

[Thomas82]

It might have been Chancey then because I don't recall there being any ice.

We might have even had Chris Warren on the team but he was either hurt or around the time we let him go.

We still had Chris Warren in 1999, but he missed a couple of games that year too. We cut him in the middle of the 2000 season, and I remember the Eagles picking him up for a few games.

 

[CATCH17]

Coleman did a good job in the Dallas vs Maimi Thanskgiving day game one year and it was sleeting and snowing that day. It is also the day Lett make the big mistake that cost us the game

Yeah it definetely wasnt that game then.

We still had Chris Warren in 1999, but he missed a couple of games that year too. We cut him in the middle of the 2000 season, and I remember the Eagles picking him up for a few games.

It was probably him.

Did he have an arena league back ground?

 

[Arch Stanton]

Yeah it definetely wasnt that game then.





It was probably him.

Did he have an arena league back ground?

The other guy that springs to mind was Nicky Sualua.

 

[Thomas82]

Yeah it definetely wasnt that game then.





It was probably him.

Did he have an arena league back ground?

He did, and he played for a couple of other NFL teams too, the Chargers and Bears.

 

[Thomas82]

The other guy that springs to mind was Nicky Sualua.

I remember us drafting him to back up Moose. He was from Ohio State, only played 2 years for the Cowboys.

 

[Big Country]

The other guy that springs to mind was Nicky Sualua.

Sualua was a FB and he has some really bad history as far as the Cowboys organization... He certainly wasn't anything to write home about. Pretty much sucked.

 

[Thomas82]

Sualua was a FB and he has some really bad history as far as the Cowboys organization... He certainly wasn't anything to write home about. Pretty much sucked.

That's why he only lasted 2 years.