Barry
Was undoubtedly the best pure running back there ever will be. Take away the offensive line from any back listed in your top ten and then see if they get the yards that Barry did. He had no offensive line blocking after Utley became parylized and Eric Andolsek got killed in the same off season. Barry also took himself out of the game instead of rushing one more time as a rookie which would have allowed him to pass the "Nigerian Nightmare" Christian Okoye for the NFL rushing title.
Here is my favorites
1. Jim Brown
2. Barry Sanders
3. Da Juice
4. Walter Payton
5. Eric Dickerson
That's just who I like to watch.
Hey Norb, Barry and Herman Moore used to go up to, of all places, Palmer Park at the break of dawn on Saturday mornings with some other former players, shoot some hoops, fellowship and be gone. If you ever see that guy jump you wouldn't believe it, and that was after he quit. I wonder if they still do that?
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