You know the players you loved...
to hate? Billy was one of those. It's a shame I could not put him on this list but I want to! Billy just did not play long enough and his career was cut short. I know the Gale Sayers argument and Billy was just as impressive.
I was fortunate to grow up in the Billy Sims era and loved his reckless abandoned running style. The only one I could see replacing him with is Ottis Anderson. When OJ Anderson was young, he was the BOMB! He was fast, had the hips, and could flat run over you.
Joe Perry and Lenny More were similar but Joe "The Jet" as better and that's saying something. He did not get all the pub he should have out west with SF 49ers but he was one heckuva runner.
Another not mentioned on here was Wille Galimore and Hug McElhenney. These guys were something special. Galimore was Sayers before Sayers was. But yes, the Hooks, Texas product Billy Sims was as good as they came but playing in Detroit hurt him and the fact that he got injured and it shortened a brilliant carreer. I know, see Bo Jackson too.
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