What qualities make MBIII "The Barbarian"?

Another thing..............

Watch his actions "not on the field". When they show him on the sidelines, he's ALWAYS engaged to the hilt.
And, check him out after a play. After EVERY play he runs the ball and gets something positive out of it. I've NEVER seen him just casually get up and shuffle back to huddle. He snaps up with that knee-hop thing he does, and it's a "THAT'S RIGHT!!!' thing, but not "in your face" or cocky like. I've never seen him diss anyone or go "in your face" on anyone. But you still get that "UP YOURS" thing from him.

That's a defensive guy in an offensive players body...................
 
lewpac;1860497 said:
Another thing..............

Watch his actions "not on the field". When they show him on the sidelines, he's ALWAYS engaged to the hilt.
And, check him out after a play. After EVERY play he runs the ball and gets something positive out of it. I've NEVER seen him just casually get up and shuffle back to huddle. He snaps up with that knee-hop thing he does, and it's a "THAT'S RIGHT!!!' thing, but not "in your face" or cocky like. I've never seen him diss anyone or go "in your face" on anyone. But you still get that "UP YOURS" thing from him.

That's a defensive guy in an offensive players body...................
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Barber runs with absolute contempt. He is such a polite, soft spoken, and timid guy on camera in post-game interviews. It's an interesting dichotomy of personality- I wonder how much of it came from his childhood being the son of an NFL RB. If there were an ESPN or NFLN piece on MBIII, to me that would be must-see television. He is one intriguing cat.

He is one terrific player. His on-field energy is superb, he comes into the game totally stoked and ready to make an impact- and disappoints himself when he does not.

He has complete disdain for his opposition until the whistle blows, yet somehow does not ever engage in trash talk. It is CLEAR opposing defenses respect him immensely, they know they could be the next humiliated tackler or victim as it were. The guy runs like he's got napalm on his jersey.

My favorite MBIII thing is his "non-celebrations"- he has that cocky ball flip or head shake high step that is just annoying enough to get under the skin of the other team, and remind everyone that he is all about the business of winning football games. He's awesome.
 
lewpac;1860376 said:
He's a "throwback" player.

The game of football is about real-estate, and getting from here-to-there. No San Francisco 49er funny-happy feet game plans. No trick plays. Not for girly-men.

Barber is the Joe Frazier to the Whiners Joe Montana/Jerry Rice-Ali. . Barber is the Thomas Hearns to the pitty-pat of the Colts Bugger-Ray Leonard. The "banger" against the pretty boy. Barber is the "ANTI-" west coast offense. You know, that lie, sham and hoax on the NFL.........something about a "great offensive and brilliant scheme".

Marion Barber the Third is a lot closer the Jim Brown and Earl Campbell than he is to Franco Harris and Barry Sanders. He's a football player, not a side-show wonder boy.
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i'm loving this!!!

great post lewpac!!
 
mmohican29;1860531 said:
Barber runs with absolute contempt. He is such a polite, soft spoken, and timid guy on camera in post-game interviews. It's an interesting dichotomy of personality- I wonder how much of it came from his childhood being the son of an NFL RB. If there were an ESPN or NFLN piece on MBIII, to me that would be must-see television. He is one intriguing cat.

He is one terrific player. His on-field energy is superb, he comes into the game totally stoked and ready to make an impact- and disappoints himself when he does not.

He has complete disdain for his opposition until the whistle blows, yet somehow does not ever engage in trash talk. It is CLEAR opposing defenses respect him immensely, they know they could be the next humiliated tackler or victim as it were. The guy runs like he's got napalm on his jersey.

My favorite MBIII thing is his "non-celebrations"- he has that cocky ball flip or head shake high step that is just annoying enough to get under the skin of the other team, and remind everyone that he is all about the business of winning football games. He's awesome.
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i'm loving this shizznit!!

great post mmohican!!
 
You combine ridiculously impressive balance and a "I'll never go down" attitude and you have yourself a hell of a back. I've seen some posters accuse MB3 of "running backwards" (ex. safety saving run vs. NE). But I don't see it. I see him being HIT backwards and not falling down.

He is always moving his feet and staying upright. It can almost be downside at times. We've seen him get a first down with forward progress and lose the first down because he extended the play by not falling down.

We are damn lucky to have this guy. Between him, Romo, TO, and Witten, we Cowboys fans have been given quite the highlight reel this season.
 
More than anything, I love his enthusiasm, toughness and passion for the game. He's the type of guy that if you have a kid, you say, look son... that is a FOOTBALL PLAYER! Although he'll occasionally lose a couple yards attempting to bounce outside or make something happen, he has to be one of the most productive runners I've seen, always fighting for yards. Not very fast but he has great acceleration, vision and patience. He's also very intelligent, knowing when to get out of bounds, stay in bounds and of course he knows how to close/ice a game.
 
Barber reminds me of an 80's rock/metal song by WASP

something about doing something ". .... like a BEAST"
 
I call that his b slap, it is unique. He just has a jest for the game like few others, he's contagious, he's the opposite of JJ..
 
NextGenBoys;1860201 said:
Looking at Marion Barber, he isn't a guy who is going to blow by you with his great speed. He isn't a guy who's just going to lower his shoulder and knock you on your but like a Jerome Bettis. He isn't a guy who's going to make you look stupid like Barry Sanders. But I think we can all agree that Marion Barber is an exceptional back and he has alot of aspects to his game that make him The Barbarion.

I think his two greatest assests are his balance and vision. No matter if a defender gets a clean hit on him or not, he just seems to bounce off them, and like a cat somehow regain his balance and get an extra 4 or 5 yards. Added to this is his stiff arm. It makes it so tacklers cant wrap him up, but only hit him, and you cant just hit Marion Barber and make him go down. You have to wrap him him.

His vision is another thing. He see's cutback lanes very well, and is VERY good at bouncing runs to the outside. He isn't the fastest back, but it always seems that he is able to get to the corner and win the 1 on 1 battle with the linebacker or defensive back.

While he isn't the fastest, strongest, or shiftiest back in the league, he is VERY efficient at getting the job done. Sounds alot similar to another back we used to have...

Thoughts/Opinions???
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Are you serious about this? have you been watchin any cowboy games this year? Barber runs over almost every single defender that gets in his way. And no barber is not as big as bettis, but the guy has heart. good example take a look at Jones-Drew from the jags, homeboy is about 5'3 and hits like a ton of bricks. still remember that game when they played the chargeless, when he knocked Merriman into next week, that was great.
 
MBIII has the courage of a Lion!

MBIII has the balls of an elephant!

MBIII has the power of the Sun!

MBIII is 13 - 2!

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