The Jewnited States
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just a dumb hypothetical thread
If you put Bo Jackson in the NFL today is he the best running back?
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Yes. Especially with the increasingly bad form tackling nowadays.
fukk yeah. That nikka is Peterson 2.0
He's AD and CJ in one player, he'd dog the shyt outta NFL defenses today.
Jesus Shuttlesworth
I Got Game
Jim Brown and Barry are the GOATs depending on what year you were born in but Bo woulda been right there with em had he not gotten hurt.
So I'd hafta say yes.
So I'd hafta say yes.
I think the better question would be Gayle Sayers. It's pretty much stamped that Bo woulda dominated any era of football.
C/S. Bo was way too explosive for most defenses Bo would regularly have 200+ yards games in this era. Guys like MJD and Ray Rice (imo the best running backs now in the NFL) are fast enough and can get to edge and their holes but are sometimes bottled up by a team like the Packers or Patroits with Bo he was equally as fast but had power to break fully wrapped up tackles, Bo also had great recognition for schemes too. He would be a headache for real.
BO KNOWS
Amare's Right Hook
Southeast World Champion
Yes
I would most definitely be interesting to see gayle play in a an era with modern medicine
payton would obviously dominate these new soft nfl players as well
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Gonna catch some flack and not trying to be a contrarian but no. Dude was a faster Brandon Jacobs. All that contact would have added up and taken its toll on him with his style of running Barry on the other hand would be deadly in this era
Schwarzkopf
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greatest athlete of the last 100 years period.