RonnieT24
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Speaking of what is said by the player
Emmitt ws great but when ya have 4000 carries which is far more than anyone else you will have more yards. I showed you his last nine seasons where he never averaged more than 4,1 a season. Kinda funny you saying.....Emmitt is better than all those he has more yards than, ah...but can't say that about Frank Gore,,,,,,huh???
- Larry Allen was simply a freak of nature.
He was the anchor for the Cowboys line for 12 solid seasons. Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith attribute much of their success to their offensive line, specifically Larry Allen.
He was a man among boys.
Allen was simply a freak of nature
Everybody knows about that offensive line so why are you trying to belittle that? Like I mentioned I have seen the Cowboys//Emmitt play. Trust me that offensive line was HUGE in the success of Emmitt Smith.
Look man I have checked out about a dozen of those BEST ALL TIME RB's bits, nobody has Emmitt at number one. His highest,,,,4. He is always behind Barry, Payton and Jim Brown, always and he should be. Brown played in 12 game seasons, and only nine years, think if he'd played in 16 game seasons for 12 years. What if Barry had played longer?
Emmitt is among the great ones a top 10 cat, but get real with him being the best ever, that simply isn't reality and I will stack my NFL knowledge up against anyone, seen um all since 1957.
Top 10
1.Jim Brown
2.Walter Payton
3.Barry Sanders
4.Eric Dickerson
5.O.J.Simpson
6.LT
7.Emmitt Smith
8.Adrian Peterson
9.Marshall Faulk
10.Earl Campbell
A fine list.. and I would probably not bump anybody off it.. I would just rank them differently.. It's a fun discussion and one I appreciate because we've had it without belittling one another or acting like 15 year olds.. Just a good ole fashioned sports argument.. as it should be.. But I am not "belittling" Emmitt's lines.. I am simply stating that two dozen other backs ran behind those lines during his career and none put up the kind of numbers Emmitt did. Also two dozen different guys comprised those lines during his career (all 20 something of them were all pros?) and only Father Time slowed down Emmitt's production.. And we know Father Time gets everybody.. But it took Father Time longer to get Emmitt than any of the other backs on the list. You keep poo pooing his 4000 carries like it's something "any old back" could have done.. Yet there is exactly one member of the 4000 carry club.. And his name is Emmitt Smith. Not the biggest.. not the fastest, not the strongest.. not the most elusive.. but in my humble opinion .. simply the best. If I have one game to win against the forces of darkness with the fate of the universe in the balance.. He's the guy I want on my team.. Because I can ask him to do anything ... run inside, run outside, runs screens, catch it downfield, block, short yardage.. draw plays.. toss plays.. traps. Left side, right side. You name it, Emmitt could do it.. Sure you can name a half dozen guys better at any one or two aspects of the game than he was.. But you can't name any guys better at all of them.. Payton and LT are the only ones even on his level.
What if Brown and Sanders had played longer? What if works both ways.. What if they blew out a knee in year 10 or 11? Like OJ did.. If either of them had Emmitt's desire they both would have kept playing.. They didn't.. so I say again, they don't get extra points from me for quitting..