Disagree regarding Adrian Peterson, but it is your opinion.
Lmao gayle sayers? Tomy dorsett? Not in your top 15? Wow.
Peterson stands at a disadvantage on the list compared to say Eric Dickerson. Defenses back then were specifically tailored to stopping the run. They'd stack 8 or 9 in the box on most plays because passing was a lot harder back then. Corners were also differently built and defensive backs were encouraged to knock you on your ass and knock your teeth out. Peterson, although easily a future hall of famer and all time great played in an era where defenses are more tailored to stopping the pass. Not that the running game isn't important, but people play more defensive backs now, the rules are a lot different, not allowed to be as physical.
A players that went his entire career as under appreciated would be Curtis Martin. He quietly has the 4th most rushing yards at over 14k. He is totally under appreciated and deserve to be in this or the top 15 and maybe top 10. Another top 15 back than went under appreciated due to the qb he played for was Edgerrin James. Great back
Tony Dorsett, Riggins, Thurman Thomas, all phenomenal backs as well. Davis belongs up there with those names even though his career was short.
My god to have 4.6 ypc and over 7,600 yards in his short career.
AP is as physical as they get lol. This man is not a normal human being. This man couldve played in any era bro and still wouldve done whatever. Ive seen AP run vs stacked boxes plenty of times so i dont really know what youre trying to get it. If he is not in your top whatever, thats fine but there is absolutley nothing you can say about his game especially playing vs corners that were built to stop the run cause not even the best cb of all time was built to stop the run
Very nice list but gale sayers and oj over AP? how can a player with short career be better than AP? i so forgot about LT he was great also.
Really, are you going to tell me that Ronnie Lott wasn't built well enough to stop the run. He was a cornerback before he made the transition to safety.
How do you forget about LT, he's going into the HOF this weekend
I know ill take this L!
I was talking about deion!
I understand that he's physical but defensive backs back then such as Ronnie Lott were more tailor made to stop the run. Notice how a Bernard Pollard wasn't nearly that great in the modern day. If Pollard played in the 90's he'd be an all pro because running backs would have wanted even less to do with him than he already did. Safeties today have to be good against the run, but strong safeties back then were specifically designed to be in the box to help out.
OJ had arguably the greatest season a back ever had. He ran over 2k yards in only 14 games.
He definitely had fumbling issues early on, but it's an area that was improved after his first three seasons. Most of his fumbles came in those three. Career wise, he fumbled in 31.7% of his games. For comparison, Barry Sanders fumbled once every 26.7%. Walter Payton fumbled once every 45.2%.