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Lament for Barry Sanders | 8 comments (8 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

The real best running back of all time was... (#3)
by CleBrowns79 on Sun Apr 02 2006 at 8:15 PM EST

JIM BROWN and he left early two, after only 9 seasons were he averaged 5.2 yards a carry. no one had the speed/strength combo like Jimmy, he was the man.
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Jim Brown was the best! (#6)
by highonhendrix on Thu Apr 13 2006 at 2:44 AM EST

If you read the article again you will notice that I never named Barry as my pick for the best ever. That honor truly has to go to Brown for the same reason that Ruth was the best baseball player ever: he was SO much better than any of his contemporaries that he stands as a giant among them. My point was not just that Barry would have owned the record had he played longer, but that he would have put it out of reach of the guy who owns it now, and probably even out of the reach of the new crop of RBs playing now (Portis, Edge, Tomlinson, etc.)

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: I understand (#8)
by dmanderek24 on Thu Apr 13 2006 at 3:44 PM EST

I get what you're saying there, but I have little lament for a guy who quit. I'd have no problem talking about the greatness of a man who tore an ACL, had a stroke, maybe even got kicked out for drug problems....but the fact that gets me is he quit. What-ifs just don't seem to mean as much when that's the case.
Also, I'll take you up on someone breaking that record. It won't happen simply due to injuries. You have to run a long time, and run a long time well to break that record. Nobody's legs will hold up long enough.

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Lament for Barry Sanders | 8 comments (8 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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