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Peterson is definitely a top 10 back. I agree that the only real debate here is who is 2-10.

I'd probably go:

1. Brown
2. Sanders
3. Payton
4. Dickerson
5. Tomlinson
6. Faulk
7. Peterson
8. Campbell
9. Dorsett
10. Smith

Honorable mention: Martin, Sayers, Thomas, Harris...

 

He so good Dorsett is at both 12 and 16?

 

Thurman over Peterson, OJ or Allen is tough, but it seems solid.

I'm not the biggest fan of Sanders, but I can see the love for him.

Now, if you wanted one back for one game, Campbell and Jackson go very, very high on this list.

 

Franco Harris at 16.

 

Again, we are all aware that Curtis Martin is No. 4 on the all-time rushing list, right? Scored 100 total touchdowns? Just checking here.

 

Emmitt Smith himself once said that if Barry Sanders had played behind that Cowboys line of the early 90s, he would've finished his career with 20,000 yards. That's good enough for me to make Sanders No. 3 and Smith No. 4.
Seems we've got a consensus on Brown at No. 1. Payton should be No. 2. He was probably the most complete back ever.

 

Isaac Bruce is fourth all-time in receiving yards. Where is he among your top 10 receivers?

 

Sanders freelanced so much it could've rendered even the best blocking schemes obsolete. Remember when the Lions tried to have a fullback back there with him?

Smith was a perfect system running back. Sanders was the complete opposite.

 

Yes, but he did it over 14 seasons. Martin is one of four men to rush for 14,000 yards and did it in 11. He rushed for more than 1,000 in 10 straight seasons to start his career. All I'm saying is he belongs in the top 20, probably 11 or 12. The OP left him out completely.

 

Christ, so you don't even have Curtis Martin ranked in the Top TWENTY? Frickin absurd. You do realize he's the game's fourth all time leading rusher right?

And Bo Jackson's name belongs nowhere remotely near this discussion.

 

The more I think about it, the more I would put Payton No. 2, ahead of Sanders.

Sanders just had nobody else on most of those teams. At least Payton was on a few good teams (and arguably the greatest team of all-time) late in his career.

Payton was the first player who I watched as a kid who made my jaw drop. Sanders was the same way.