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Top 10 of players of RB's of the past 25 years maybe, but all-time, no, I don't think he's really in that bracket at all. However, I think much of the argument about Davis is often repeated about Gale Sayers, similar lengths and shapes of career. If you contend that Sayers is top 10 all-time, then fair enough doing the same with Davis. I never saw Sayers play, but it's quite simple for me in that no matter the inherent talent, a player who is only effective for 5 or so years can't credibly be considered alongside players who did the same thing for twice as long in a lot of cases.
I suppose you can argue that point to an extent about Barry Sanders and Jim Brown as well though, although I'd counter that by saying that both of those players quit on their terms rather than having to give the game up. I think both could have easily played and remained highly effective for at least 2-3 more years, although I have a suspicion that Brown was always a hell of a lot more injured than he ever let on.


I can only really judge in what I’ve saw and heard and the fact he is 1 of the 20+ RB’s in the HoF. Sure he only played 4 full seasons but the impact he had during that period was special. He was the best player in the NFL for 2 of those seasons.


Sayers was a player before my time, so I can only judge him on what I’ve heard and he seems to have been an immense player. You wouldn’t get your star players being returners nowadays.


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5 hours ago, Brummie Clyde said:

I loved it when James signed for the Arizona Cardinals and said he was "excited to be moving to a team that played by the ocean" or something like that emoji23.png

We can laugh but they are not getting any brighter😂

Shocking to think that most of them leave with a college education.

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On 28/08/2020 at 06:49, strichener said:

We can laugh but they are not getting any brighter😂

Shocking to think that most of them leave with a college education.

Ummm... yeah.  If you saw the course loads some of the athletes take, you'd know this really isn't the case.

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