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    Default Terrell Davis or Barry Sanders?

    Who do you think was the better overall running back and more importantly why?
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    Good question. Hard to say what Sanders would have done on another team.

    TD was amazing in his prime and it is so wrong that Curtis Martin is in the HOF and TD is not. I am sure there are many who think differently. Would anyone ever take Martin over TD for one season? No freakin way.

    Im going to say TD over Sanders because of what TD did in the playoffs and SB.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Dzone View Post
    Good question. Hard to say what Sanders would have done on another team.

    TD was amazing in his prime and it is so wrong that Curtis Martin is in the HOF and TD is not. I am sure there are many who think differently. Would anyone ever take Martin over TD for one season? No freakin way.

    Im going to say TD over Sanders because of what TD did in the playoffs and SB.

    It is hard to argue with Davis' post season production. I feel that Davis is the best post season back in the history of the NFL. For that reason alone he deserves to be in the HOF.

    I've said it before, in 97 and 98 we had the best running game in the NFL, specifically TD was more consistent than Barry Sanders. TD did not make negative plays. Sanders arguably was the most exciting back in the history of the league. Both averaged 5 yards per carry but I always believed that Sanders had to many negative plays. Still, who was the better overall back. Sanders was healthy his entire career, TD's career cut short. I'm a homer, I will take the healthy Davis, especially the post season version, 143 yards a game and 5.6 yards per attempt. Unbelievable numbers.
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    Barry Sanders.

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    Barry sanders had a knack of lots of negative yard carries that often gets overlooked.

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    Too hard for me, i know Sanders was an amazing RB but to me for the short time period that TD was in the league i had not seen any back better than him. Too hard to really say for me so im going to be biased. TD FTW

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    Quote Originally Posted by sneakers View Post
    Barry sanders had a knack of lots of negative yard carries that often gets overlooked.
    Sanders had a career ypc of 5.0. Davis had a career of ypc of 4.6.

    Sanders had five years with ypc over 5.0 and one over 6.0. Davis had one (his 2,000 yard season).
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    Quote Originally Posted by MOtorboat View Post
    Sanders had a career ypc of 5.0. Davis had a career of ypc of 4.6.

    Sanders had five years with ypc over 5.0 and one over 6.0. Davis had one (his 2,000 yard season).
    He lead the league EVERY YEAR in negative yard carries! Also, when you are down by 28 points in the 3rd quarter like the lions ALWAYS were in the 90s, the other team will let you run the ball.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sneakers View Post
    He lead the league EVERY YEAR in negative yard carries! Also, when you are down by 28 points in the 3rd quarter like the lions ALWAYS were in the 90s, the other team will let you run the ball.
    But clearly, even with that, he still had a ypc that is one of the best all time.
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    Sanders would have carries of -2, 3, 5, 7, -2, 3, 82, 4, 6, -1, etc. Sure he would have lots of breakaway runs for big yards (this would affect his average), but most of the time, he was not very consistant

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    lol sneakers is talking football

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    With sanders it was Feast or famine, I would rather have someone who is consistant every drive....(don't forget for years the lions went to a different back in goal line situations)

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    Quote Originally Posted by sneakers View Post
    Sanders would have carries of -2, 3, 5, 7, -2, 3, 82, 4, 6, -1, etc. Sure he would have lots of breakaway runs for big yards (this would affect his average), but most of the time, he was not very consistant
    I would normally agree with you.

    But not with Sanders.
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    I love TD as much as the next Broncos fan. But besides maybe Walter Payton I think Sanders is the best back I ever saw. He played with one of the worst lines in football and that is why he had so many negative carries. Hell it seemed like half the time he had a guy hanging on him by the time he took the ball from the QB. If Sanders had played longer (damn Lions for not trading him) he would have the all time rushing record.

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    I hate being put in a position to not show TD some love, but Barry was an absolute freak and always played on crappy teams. He was truely one of a kind. TD was playing on a great offense with a HOF QB, TE, and LT. The 97 Broncos were stacked on O.

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