Edgerrin James, how good was he?
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I read the article today on Colts.com about Edgerrin's upcoming honor and got me to thinking, where does he rank, all-time?
As always it's subject to opinion, without giving it a great deal of thought I think there are 5 RB's who seperated themselves from the rest and I ranked them ( also without a lot of thought )
1. Jim Brown-much like Unitas and Berry his career stats don't look as impressive as some, but it was a different era and they played far fewer games in that era
9 years-12,300 yds-7 (1,000 yd seasons) 2400 yds recieving
2. Walter Payton
13 -16,700 (10) 4500
3. Barry Sanders
10-15,200 (10) 2900
4. Eric Dickerson
11-13,200 (8) 2100
5. Ladainian Tomlinson
11-13,600 (8) 4700
I was focusing on all-around backs, factoring in running , receiving and blocking and ranked the next 5
6. Emmitt Smith
15-18,300 (11) 3200
7. Marshall Faulk
12-12,200 (7) 6800
8. Edgerrin James
11-12,200 (7) 3300
9. Tony Dorsett
12-12,700 (8) 3500
10. Curtis Martin
11-14,100 (10) 3300
The only other RB that I felt deserved mention (aplogy to Sayers fans) was O.J. Simpson
11-11,200 (5) 2100
Edgerrin ranks #11 on the all-time rushing list, but with his other talents I ranked him #8 all-time
note-the Colts were well represented with Dickerson, Faulk and
James
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