Is Derrick Henry the best RB you ever seen?

[AlbertPullhoez]

cj2k the most effortless speed ever

he would burn everyone it looked like he was jogging

ha

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He had crackhead speed

 

[010101]

He had crackhead speed

that twitch*

 

[supertrekker]

So no one mentioned Jerome Bettis?

Because he was just power. A poor mans Jim Brown.

 

[jericho]

Come on.. just off the top

LaDainian Tomlinson 2006/07

All Day MVP year

shyt Todd Gurley two years or three years ago

 

[Stick Up Kid]

Marshawn Lynch from 2010-2015 was ridiculous, especially in the playoffs where he was an all time great back

 

[Absolut da poet ®]

Barry Sanders
Bo Jackson
LT
Adrian Peterson
Walter Payton

 

[Copy Ninja]

Barry
Emmitt
Thurman
Marshal
LT
AP

All better.

You can argue that Lynch, Bettis, Edgerrin, Terrell, Curtis Martin, Fred Taylor were just as good.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Adrian Peterson is the best running back I've ever seen college and pros

 

[Voice of Reason]

Ricky Williams was just as good as his peak as well.

 

[Keengcong]

Imagine if Taylor Lewan didn’t get hurt... would be 2k yards and 20+ TDs this year

 

[intruder]

He's pretty damn good. But my all-time favorites that i've seen play are Barry Sanders and Ricky Williams.
But i must say Henry is close too. Lotta fun to watch. Great combination of power and speed. He reminds me of both Ricky Williams (power, speed) but wit the style of Shawn Alexander (patience in picking holes).

Shaun Alexander




Ricky Williams

 

[Womb Raider]

Madden 07' was my shyt

And don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to play him or any one of the ones I mentioned like they're trash or anything. I just wouldn't take them over a prime Henry. Especially if he strings together another year(s) like the past few.

same here

 

[MoneyTron]

Barry and AP the two best I’ve seen.

 

[nieman]

What's always gonna be held against Alexander is that as soon as Hutchinson left, his career flatlined. Went from 1,880 yards and 27 TDs on 5.1 Y/A to 3.6 Y/A the very next season. You can say injuries but those holes weren't there either.

Notice not one person has mentioned Terrell Davis in here. @murksiderock his years 2-4 are as good as anybody when you go by the numbers and his team won two straight Super Bowls with him putting up ungodly playoff stats.

But everyone also realized after he tore his ACL and never recovered that the Denver line/blocking scheme was the main reason for his numbers. Every RB after him was still putting up monster stats: Olandis Gary, Mike Anderson, Clinton Portis (look at the drop in his Y/A once he got to Washington), Ruben Droughns, Tatum Bell, Selving Young. Basically anyone with a pulse was putting up huge numbers in Denver if they got the carries.

This.

 

[nieman]

He made three second-team all-pro teams in Indy. Faulk was great in Indy, but that team sucked, which is why they were able to get Peyton in the first place with the number one pick. It's not the best barometer, but look at who Faulk compares to on Pro Football Stats after five years, its the best RBs of all time. In 1998, he lead the NFL in yards from scrimmage.

Edge was obviously a beast, but he came into a more talented team and stable organization than what Faulk had.

It's the all-pro teams that baffled me then.

Ok - I just went and looked back at the stats. Yeah, I'm not seeing it. I didn't realize it was like that, 12th-13th in yds, in 20s in YPC. But some of these names, I've long forgotten. Natrone Means, Rashaan Salaam, Karim Abdul-Jabbar, Ericc Rhett, Dorsey Levens, Curtis Enis (PSU). robert smith...sheesh