Sure he holds the record for total rushing yards, but he also holds the record for most rushing attempts. Which leads to believe his yards per carry is not that of a top 5 RB.
To be clear, this is not a debate as to which team is better. I'm an Eagles fan, but I'm a fan of the game and I cannot find it in my head to put Emmitt in the top 5.
Hear is my Top 5, Jim Brown - Barry Sanders - Walter Peyton - Marshall Faulk - OJ Simpson
I'm only 33 and only seen highlights of Jim Brown, and OJ, but they were beast. Five is interchangeable though I still can't put in Emmitt.
Honorable Mention for 5th spot - Eric Dickerson, Bo Jackson, Earl Campbell, Gale Sayers
Current players that still have to prove themselves, but I would still take on my team over Emmitt:
LT
B West
Adrian Peterson (still has alot to prove)
Larry Johnson
What do you think? Is Emmitt Top 5? With or without the record? There are a lot of what ifs that you can use. Like what if Barry never retired? He was only 1457 yards behind him and 3086 behind where Emmitt left it. And he had 1347 fewer carries, thats like 3 seasons worth of carries if he broke LJ's single season rushing att record of 416 3 straight years.
Emmits ypc avg: 4.16
Barry's ypc avg: 5.0
Walter's ypc avg: 4.35
Jim's ypc's 5.2
OJ's ypc 4.7
Marshall's ypc 4.3
See where I'm going with this?
To be clear, this is not a debate as to which team is better. I'm an Eagles fan, but I'm a fan of the game and I cannot find it in my head to put Emmitt in the top 5.
Hear is my Top 5, Jim Brown - Barry Sanders - Walter Peyton - Marshall Faulk - OJ Simpson
I'm only 33 and only seen highlights of Jim Brown, and OJ, but they were beast. Five is interchangeable though I still can't put in Emmitt.
Honorable Mention for 5th spot - Eric Dickerson, Bo Jackson, Earl Campbell, Gale Sayers
Current players that still have to prove themselves, but I would still take on my team over Emmitt:
LT
B West
Adrian Peterson (still has alot to prove)
Larry Johnson
What do you think? Is Emmitt Top 5? With or without the record? There are a lot of what ifs that you can use. Like what if Barry never retired? He was only 1457 yards behind him and 3086 behind where Emmitt left it. And he had 1347 fewer carries, thats like 3 seasons worth of carries if he broke LJ's single season rushing att record of 416 3 straight years.
Emmits ypc avg: 4.16
Barry's ypc avg: 5.0
Walter's ypc avg: 4.35
Jim's ypc's 5.2
OJ's ypc 4.7
Marshall's ypc 4.3
See where I'm going with this?
