Part of what I was trying to get across was that had Barry played as long as Emmitt, he would have put the record out of reach of Emmitt.  He would probably have also put the record out of reach of the good young backs who are playing right now.  Emmitt's record will be broken in 10 years or less, mark my words.  Maybe it will be Clinton Portis; maybe LaDanian Tomlinson; maybe somebody else.  Barry would have set the bar too high for them to reach.  THAT was my point.  

PS - Neither Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, or Walter Payton ran behind the kind of road-graders Dallas had as an O-line during Emmitt's career.  My MOM probably coulda racked up 1,000 yards behind those guys.

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