Bo Jackson, Earl Campbell, Walter payton or Barry Sanders? I got into a discussion today about this... I was struggling to pick one.. But I settled on Bo Jackson. I think he was on track to be the greatest of all time. And I love me some Earl Campbell, what a freaking load he was..
Guess its kind of depends. Give them all the same O-line and decent WRs and just ask them to run and it's Barry all day every day. Bo and Sweetness were better receivers though. Admittedly I'm a little too young to remember much of Earl. Guess if you're asking me to draft#1 for an expansion team- it would be Bo. He could do it all including as a good power back.
Yeh, I would say with the average O line, Bo all the way. With a line like the cowboys had in the 90s? Barry! I was able to see a small bit of Earl but he was broken down by then..But there are some great youtube things on him
Barry Sanders nobody could ever get a good hit on him, so he would not be on the IR. The best ability in football is availability.
Barry Sanders. I barely remember getting to see Bo play, he was always out with an injury of some sort.
I know his career was cut way too short but you are giving Bo way too much credit as a receiver. He finished his career with just 40 receptions total in 38 games. Barry averaged 35 receptions per season. Walter averaged 37 receptions per season I’ll take Barry Sanders and it’s not even a debate to me. Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
What I did like about bo was his size, power and speed. dude was fast and a truck. Deon said Bo was hands down the best athlete to ever live...
..I may or may not have been basing some of my assessment of Bo's receiving prowess on late 80s- early 90s video games.
by the way, those same video games always portrayed Barry as having pan hands. They made it seem as if he couldn't catch anything at all which was BS. He wasn't a great receiver like Marcus Allen or Payton, but he was decent. if you don't have the full 10 minutes to watch, start at about the 7:40 mark. My favorite here is where he leaves Mark Carrier and Mike Singletary, both perennial pro-bowlers, in the dust. This clip doesn't even have what I consider to be his best play ever, which was I think a draw or maybe shovel pass against the Bears where he literally sliced, diced, and bull rushed through almost their entire team. I think there were 7 missed tackles on that play. Can't find it now.
Standing behind him at the 40 and about 6 rows up was me, I just gave my son the jersey I bought at that game of Barry.
You know, I think Barry just lost the love for the game... hell I would have too playing for Lions in those days...no offense Lions fans
Wasn't an option, but I'll take Jim Brown and hope the unknowns of his true potential would be materialized and not cut short with such a short career. The other unknowns have to be answered to answer honestly though, would they all get to have the same length careers injury free, same line in front of them and more importantly a defense that can keep getting the offense on the field? I'd take the greatest defense over the greatest offensive player any day of the week, as I'm sure most would
I'd agree with this, he accomplished all he could as a player and why keep risking injury when he knew he could average 200 yds a game and never win a ring. Can't say that I can blame him either. Baker Mayfield will soon learn rationality of it, sometimes the management and system completely negate the talent on the field. Looking at you as well Dallas....
I am not a Cowboys fan, but, I have always said that Cowboy's rise to mediocrity is tied directly to Jerry Jones. The biggest ego in the Cowboys organization in the last 30 years is found in the owner.I used to laugh at the Cowboys and their confused fans, now I just feel sorry for them.
Not because I am a life long cowboys fan, but a fan of football. That 90's dallas team was so stacked with talent. If Jimmy Johnson would have stayed, I think they would have won 2 more rings.
