Give Us Your Top 10 NFL Running Backs

kevhed72
kevhed72 Posts: 5,047
edited January 2011 in The Clubhouse
With possibly some of the most memorable playoff games being played today, I thought it would be fun to do a Top 10 for the NFL....starting with running backs. Given years in the league and total performance, give us your top 10 running backs still in the NFL. Being a Bears fan I'll throw in a kicker and argue Matt Forte should be in the top 10 of current, relevant running backs. Let's hear some lists...
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  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,190
    edited January 2011
    I jumped right in but don't have a favorite anymore.

    I miss Terrell Davis
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited January 2011
    top 3 are my top 3 but rest are no particular order

    Arian Foster
    Jamal Charles (make him the full time starter already)
    Chris Johnson
    Matt Forte
    Ray Rice
    Frank Gore
    Adrian Peterson
    Steven Jackson,
    Rashard Mendenhall
    Peyton Hillis
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited January 2011
    mantis wrote: »
    I jumped right in but don't have a favorite anymore.

    I miss Terrell Davis



    This man was just awesome.. shame on him being hurt.. i think he still deserves HOF consideration... He got Elway his superbowls.
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,220
    edited January 2011
    mantis wrote: »
    I jumped right in but don't have a favorite anymore.

    I miss Terrell Davis

    +100000:cool:
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  • bopicasso
    bopicasso Posts: 878
    edited January 2011
    Its a shame Barry Sanders retired when he did, he could have set records that would never be broken.
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  • coolsax
    coolsax Posts: 1,824
    edited January 2011
    yeah.. that's what happens when the team you play for isn't willing to try and win.. he should have tried to force his way out but they would have never let him go, retiring or playing for a losing team were his only two options.
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,047
    edited January 2011
    coolsax wrote: »
    top 3 are my top 3 but rest are no particular order

    Arian Foster
    Jamal Charles (make him the full time starter already)
    Chris Johnson
    Matt Forte
    Ray Rice
    Frank Gore
    Adrian Peterson
    Steven Jackson,
    Rashard Mendenhall
    Peyton Hillis

    My top 10 is close to this, but I'm curious about some others'....
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  • kevhed72
    kevhed72 Posts: 5,047
    edited January 2011
    bopicasso wrote: »
    Its a shame Barry Sanders retired when he did, he could have set records that would never be broken.

    I heard one very strange version of why he retired...which really didn't put the Lions franchise in a good light. He was unbelievable...
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2011
    I'm curious why you didn't include Michael Turner. After all, he did lead the NFC in rushing. Pro-Bowl and all that jazz.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,392
    edited January 2011
    #1... Walter Peyton
    2... Adrian Peterson
    3... Barry Sanders
    4... Emmitt Smith
    5... Earl Campbell
    6... Gayle Sayers
    7... O.J. Simpson(yes, that guy)
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    1. Jim Brown
    2. Walter Peyton
    3. Barry Sanders
    4. Gayle Sayers
    5. Eric Dickerson
    6. Jerome Bettis
    7. Emmitt Smith
    8. O.J.
    9. Earl Campbell
    10. Bo Jackson

    Just realized there's not a single active player on my list...
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited January 2011
    I'd have to vote for Walter Peyton. I never saw him dodge a hit and he was a total class act. :cool:
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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited January 2011
    I believe the OP asked for current players.
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited January 2011
    **** on the current guys........"The Diesel"-John Riggins is my pick ! :biggrin:
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,270
    edited January 2011
    gdb wrote: »
    **** on the current guys........"The Diesel"-John Riggins is my pick ! :biggrin:

    The old guys rule

    Earl Campbell:biggrin:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,392
    edited January 2011
    txcoastal1 wrote: »
    The old guys rule

    Earl Campbell:biggrin:

    +1000


    The only guy on my list that will earn a spot with the greats is AP..... Most of the new crop are to fragile for me, with exceptions made for that great run by that rb for the Eagles as I recall...
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  • txcoastal1
    txcoastal1 Posts: 13,270
    edited January 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    +1000


    The only guy on my list that will earn a spot with the greats is AP..... Most of the new crop are to fragile for me, with exceptions made for that great run by that rb for the Eagles as I recall...

    I remeber the days when the old guys would bang out 200 every game...taped up banged up laughing at the end of the game...it was just different back then....No pretty boys in the league
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  • xsmi
    xsmi Posts: 1,798
    edited January 2011
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    +1000


    The only guy on my list that will earn a spot with the greats is AP..... Most of the new crop are to fragile for me, with exceptions made for that great run by that rb for the Eagles as I recall...

    It was the Seahawks.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited January 2011
    zombie boy 2000 wrote: »
    I believe the OP asked for current players.

    Well in that case I vote for Mike Ditka. :cool:
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited January 2011
    Just seein' if you were paying attention. :wink:
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  • ryanjoachim
    ryanjoachim Posts: 2,046
    edited January 2011
    Michael Vick
    Aaron Rodgers

    Yeah, I went there.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited January 2011
    Of all the youngsters, I personally like Jamaal Charles. That guy is lightning in a bottle! I don't recall a game where he got more than maybe 15 carries a game and he still put up 100+ yards a week most weeks.

    He reminds me of Mike Wallace in Pittsburgh. It's not so much "if" he'll break a big play as much as "when"...
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited January 2011
    Ohhhhhh... Still active.... Should have known when Jim Brown was not at the top of all the lists.... :tongue:

    LT would have to be my #1... he's the only first ballot HOF lock in the league right now.
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