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Congrats to Emmitt Smith, for beating the record- but your only the 6th best of all times!!! SORRY...
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Don't start up an idiotic thread like this. You are just looking for trouble by doing this.
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He's the first or second best rb of all time. Reeds why did you make this dum ass thread[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img]
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I don't mind reeds ranking him at 6, I just want to hear why. The majority of us will obviously disagree.
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who is this reeds guy? 6th best, that's the stupidest stuff i've heard.
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OK guys sorry- but I wont go higher than 4th best. I WONT.
U tell me he was better than Jim Brown? NO Better than Barry Sanders? NO Better than Walter Payton? NO.. Ill go 4th, but no higher... Numbers sometimes are just numbers. I wont write a book about it, but Ill try to explain. Emmitt had it all, the best O line for many many years. Throw that in with a team that had many many weapons- it was LETHAL. NO one could key just on Emmitt- too many others on that team could beat you. DID Barry have that? NO..DID Jim Brown- NO, and his numbers were still way WAY better, but he decided to hang them up too early. Walter, even worse, he played for terrible teams his whole career, until he was washed up in 85. Is this Emmitts Problem? NO- Emmitt is great, no doubt AWSOME in fact, but you cant put him in the league with the above three. You can, but it wouldnt be right. You put Emmitt on the bears in the same games Walter played- PLEASE- he would be 3000 yards short right now! Put Barry on Emmitts teams in the same amount of games???OH ya, he would have had the record a year ago..numbers are sometimes just numbers.... This is not baseball I know, but look at Barry Bonds vs. Hank Aarron. If Bonds retired now, or next year, he wouldnt have the record. But could you say that Aarron was a better home run hitter? You could, but it would NOT be true. Bonds numbers are much better than Aarron- MUCH better..sometimes numbers are just numbers....JMHO
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<< U tell me he was better than Jim Brown? >> Yup more yards, more touchdowns << Better than Barry Sanders? >> Yup more yards, more touchdowns << Better than Walter Payton? >> Yup more yards, more touchdowns.
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Like I said..numbers are sometimes just numbers..
But of course, this being a Dallas board- I am fighting a battle I cant win anyway. But outside Texas, there are more people siding with me- LIKE IT OR NOT
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<< Like I said..numbers are sometimes just numbers.. But of course, this being a Dallas board- I am fighting a battle I cant win anyway. But outside Texas, there are more people siding with me- LIKE IT OR NOT >> So what, the facts are the facts... << U tell me he was better than Jim Brown? >> Yup more yards, more touchdowns << Better than Barry Sanders? >> Yup more yards, more touchdowns << Better than Walter Payton? >> Yup more yards, more touchdowns. Deal with it.
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#'s are just #'s, but heart puts Payton and Emmitt way above Sanders. They had the records, the Rings, they actually showed up in the playoffs, were great men, and NEVER QUIT ON THEIR TEAM. Sanders had a lot of beautiful runs, but a lot of ugly ones as well. I'd think the guy that can pound it out, as well as break the big one(EMMITT) is better than they guy that usually got either -2 yards or 60.
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Most Seasons Leading League 5 Jim Brown, Cleveland, 1957-59, 1963, 1965 4 Steve Van Buren, Philadelphia, 1945, 1947-49 3 Abner Haynes, Dall. Texans, 1960-62 Cookie Gilchrist, Buffalo, 1962-64 Paul Lowe, L.A. Chargers, 1960; San Diego, 1961, 1965 Leroy Kelly, Cleveland, 1966-68 Emmitt Smith, Dallas, 1992, 1994-95 AVERAGE GAIN Highest Average Gain, Career (750 attempts) 5.22 Jim Brown, Cleveland, 1957-65 (2,359-12,312) 5.14 Eugene (Mercury) Morris, Miami, 1969-75; San Diego, 1976 (804-4,133) 5.07 Barry Sanders, Detroit, 1989-97 (2,719-13,778 Most Consecutive Games, 100 or More Yards Rushing 14 Barry Sanders, Detroit, 1997 11 Marcus Allen, L.A. Raiders, 1985-86 9 Walter Payton, Chicago, 1985 Most Games, 100 or More Yards Rushing, Season 14 Barry Sanders, Detroit, 1997 12 Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, 1984 Barry Foster, Pittsburgh, 1992 Jamal Anderson, Atlanta, 1998 11 O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, 1973 Earl Campbell, Houston, 1979 Marcus Allen, L.A. Raiders, 1985 Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, 1986 Emmitt Smith, Dallas, 1995 Terrell Davis, Denver, 1998 Most Games, 100 or More Yards Rushing, Career 77 Walter Payton, Chicago, 1975-87 76 Barry Sanders, Detroit, 1989-98 64 Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, 1983-87; Indianapolis, 1987-91; L.A. Raiders, 1992; Atlanta, 1993 Most Yards Gained, Season 2,105 Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, 1984 2,053 Barry Sanders, Detroit, 1997 2,008 Terrell Davis, Denver, 1998 I can and will go on if you want me to- Bottom line is easy. Emmitt is not on these lists because he wasnt as good- he had Longevity- SIMPLE. He played well for enough years without getting hurt, and he now has the record. Not because he was the best back ever....
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#'s are just #'s
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a few more I couldnt resist.
Most Seasons, 1,000 or More Yards Rushing 10 Walter Payton, Chicago, 1976-81, 1983-86 Barry Sanders, Detroit, 1989-98 8 Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, 1972, 1974-79, 1983 Tony Dorsett, Dallas, 1977-81, 1983-85 Thurman Thomas, Buffalo, 1989-96 Emmitt Smith, Dallas, 1991-98 7 Jim Brown, Cleveland, 1958-61, 1963-65 Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, 1983-86; L.A. Rams-Indianapolis, 1987; Indianapolis, 1988-89 Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League 4 Steve Van Buren, Philadelphia, 1947-50 Walter Payton, Chicago, 1976-79 3 Jim Brown, Cleveland, 1963-65 Cookie Gilchrist, Buffalo, 1963-64; Denver, 1965 O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, 1973-75
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Where is Emmitt??? if he is the best ever, shouldnt he be on all these lists? Ya he should. Wake up HOMERS
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I don't think Emmitt is #1, but I don't think Barry is either. I don't think there is truly a #1. This is an argument that never has an answer. There are plenty of great RB's that played in totally different eras, and can't be fairly compared.
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<< Where is Emmitt??? if he is the best ever, shouldnt he be on all these lists? Ya he should. Wake up HOMERS >> http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/1094 Hmmmm.... I don't know where you are getting your stats from, how about pointing me to it. Looking at the below it seems he made it 11 times. YEAR TEAM G GS Att Yds Avg Lg TD 1990 Dallas Cowboys 16 15 241 937 3.9 48t 11 1991 Dallas Cowboys 16 16 365 1563 4.3 75t 12 1992 Dallas Cowboys 16 16 373 1713 4.6 68t 18 1993 Dallas Cowboys 14 13 283 1486 5.3 62t 9 1994 Dallas Cowboys 15 15 368 1484 4.0 46 21 1995 Dallas Cowboys 16 16 377 1773 4.7 60t 25 1996 Dallas Cowboys 15 15 327 1204 3.7 42 12 1997 Dallas Cowboys 16 16 261 1074 4.1 44 4 1998 Dallas Cowboys 16 16 319 1332 4.2 32 13 1999 Dallas Cowboys 15 15 329 1397 4.2 63t 11 2000 Dallas Cowboys 16 16 294 1203 4.1 52 9 2001 Dallas Cowboys 14 14 261 1021 3.9 44 3 2002 Dallas Cowboys 7 7 107 447 4.2 30t 1
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I agree with reeds, if u go back to my remark in the Seahawks thread, Emmit played longer than all of them, Walter Payton had the worst teams imaginable, just imagine Walter Payton with our line, if u think Emmit is good, he might not be as good now, but he isnt as bad as it looks, its alllll the o-line. Emmit, he had the best o-line from 94-96, no doubt, he is NOT the best rb ever. Walter, he had the worst o-lines ever, he played LESS time, he got just as many yards, hes leading Emmit in many categories, Emmit is leading in TDs because Walter and Barrys offenses couldnt get far enough with their passing game to score a TD. Barry, in my opinion, the best rb is this man, he is the most explosive, fun to watch, and best, because he had a pretty bad team and o-line, he got almost to Walter, he retired way way too early, everyone knows he could have shattered that record by now. and another thing Emmit had,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,this is probably the biggest part of his success.
THE MOOSE, the best fullback blocker to play the game, he was in front of him every time. That is my point. Jim Brown is too better than Emmit, the most amazing fact and easily more important then the all time rushing record is yards per carry. All the other stats dont really matter. YARDS PER CARRY, that is the ranking of it all. No doubt, Jim averaged 5.2, THATS A FIRST DOWN EVERY 2 DOWNS. Not saying Emmit is bad, but we live in Dallas and we need to act like we live in Hawaii where there is no team and we arent biased,
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You can make all kinds of revisionist history work. JBrown had more yards because nobody threw the ball like they do now, everyone ran it. The defenses were not nearly as good or quick as they are now, ronnie lott would have knocked his head off. See what I mean.
Emmitt has the numbers both yards (which he will add another 1000 to probably) and the tds, super bowls, mvps, super bowl mvps, rushing titles. He's got it all, he's the best.. Of course that's just my humble opinion, but I DO have the stats to back it up, you do not.
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Emmitt is one of the best of all times, I dont give a damn what reeds or dirks cuzin say. Walter played 13 years, Emmitt has played now for thirteen years. So stuff that he played longer. I still say he is in the top 3. They were all different types of players. Barry didnt have to play for detroit. He had his chance to sign elsewhere when his contract was up. But no, instead he signed for 7 years with losers. Sounds like his problem to me. Go Emmitt Go. Hope you are around for a few more years.
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Also REEDS AND DIRKS CUZIN,
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"SUPER BOWLS, SUPER BOWL MVPS", are you really going to use that as an argument of how great he was??? Or does that have something to do with the great teams he played on???? Come on...
Dan Marino never won a super bowl..guess he wasnt great huh? Barry Sanders- ditto..Guess he sucked too...
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I agree with the yards per carry argument, but it is funny how Wayne Gretzky is almost unanimously considered the greatest hockey player even though he does not hold the record for average points per game on his career. While he enjoyed many of the same benefits as Emmitt (amazing teammates & longevity), Gretzky is never questioned as being anything less than #1 because of the absurdness of his goal and assist totals, like it or not.
i will give jim brown and walter payton their due as the best running backs ever, in that order. Both of these guys also played in less games per season than Emmitt, robbing them of key games in their youth. Sanders and Emmitt are on the same level to me, because Emmitt was much more complete a back than Barry. |
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And after all my slight bashings, I will say this...Emmitts Record may stand for a LONG LONG TIME. Perhaps never be broken. RBs this day and age just dont last that long anymore...It may be untouchable..like Ripkens streak, Dimaggio's streak, Pete Rose hits record...Nolan Ryans strikeouts...?????It may stay forever...
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<< "SUPER BOWLS, SUPER BOWL MVPS", are you really going to use that as an argument of how great he was??? Or does that have something to do with the great teams he played on???? Come on... Dan Marino never won a super bowl..guess he wasnt great huh? Barry Sanders- ditto..Guess he sucked too... >> NO, I'm using YARDS GAINED and TOUCHDOWNS. But you keep wanting to throw out how great other backs are who did not get as many YARDS GAINED or TOUCHDOWNS. You want to say how great jbrown was and if he had ONLY played longer he WOULD HAVE taken emmitt. And the same thing for Sanders and Payton IF, IF, IF they had played on better teams. Bull.. You don't know and I don't know... But what you and I BOTH know is: Emmitt Smith has more yards and rushing touchdowns than any back in the history of the NFL, that's ALL of them. Sounds like the best to me. And what about that other statistic you trotted out about 1000 yard games, you going to retract that or just ignore it?
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Would you rate Warren Moon, Fran Tarkenton and Dan Fouts as the 3rd, 4th and 5th greatest QB's of all-time as well? Perhaps Dave Krieg as #8 and Boomer Esiason as #9? By this logic, Troy Aikman gets absolutely no mention as one of the 20 greatest QB's of all-time. |
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Maybe... But only because to make the argument it is hard to have it both ways. Emmitt Smith is the all time leading rusher AND won three super bowls etc. If Troy for example was top 10 in yards then he would certainly have more credence to being one of the best of all time. I think Troy is a hall-of-famer, but I don't put him in that elite class.
It does seem that QB's get more credit for super bowls. But... Marino, fouts, etc. might just rank up there.
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I didn't mention Super Bowl victories on purpose. A profession football team, on average, consists of 22 starters, 1 kicker, 1 punter, a handful of special teamers, a hanful of special package players(nickel backs, blocking tight ends), so I view it as more of a team accomplishment. To illustrate my point, James Washington and Larry Brown were vital in helping the Cowboys win the Super Bowl games. Walter Payton didn't become any better of a player in 1985 when the Bears won the Super Bowl, he just had more contributors around him on both sides of the ball.
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Ok.. then I'll say yea' they are the best ranked straight up with yards. That's my opinion.
But the masses DO put special significance to qb's leading their teams to super bowls.
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I don't think Emmitt is the bset running back of all time but hey he does have the most yards and it onlyt ook him 3 more games then Payton. I put Jim Brown in front of him and that is it and Jim doesnt evne come close to the stats Emmitt has. Reeds, Marino was a great qb but didn't have any rings so therefore isnt the greatest of all time. I think reeds is getting Emmitt confused with the Emmitt that is playing now. Barry was a better running back then Emmitt yes but he didn't have the whole package. You could have EMmitt out there blocking for you or running the ball or even catching passes for you. CAn you say that about all these runnings backs you guys are naming?
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Not much into analyzing things are you? I will leave you with 3 other things for non-consideration then:
Jim Brown 104 ypg, Emmitt Smith 87 ypg Jim Brown 5.2 ypc, Emmitt Smith 4.3 ypc Jim Brown 118 games, Emmitt Smith 192 games Even with me being as big an Emmitt fan as their is, dating all the way back to watching him play in person multiple times with the Florida Gators, I just don't see how Emmitt compares with Jim Brown. Walter, Barry and the rest are all open to questioning as to whether or not they placed above Emmitt, but I personally rank Emmitt #3 for all the intagibles he had on his side. Am I the only one that remembers opposing defenses having their will squashed by the Cowboys o-line (the greatest ever), while Emmitt routinely racked up 60 yards every 4th quarter? |
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<< Not much into analyzing things are you? I will leave you with 3 other things for non-consideration then: Jim Brown 104 ypg, Emmitt Smith 87 ypg Jim Brown 5.2 ypc, Emmitt Smith 4.3 ypc Jim Brown 118 games, Emmitt Smith 192 games Even with me being as big an Emmitt fan as their is, dating all the way back to watching him play in person multiple times with the Florida Gators, I just don't see how Emmitt compares with Jim Brown. Walter, Barry and the rest are all open to questioning as to whether or not they placed above Emmitt, but I personally rank Emmitt #3 for all the intagibles he had on his side. Am I the only one that remembers opposing defenses having their will squashed by the Cowboys o-line (the greatest ever), while Emmitt routinely racked up 60 yards every 4th quarter? >> Nope I really am not into analyzing "things" much. Compare Jim Browns records to Emmitts then holla back at me. Hey I said I think Jim is a better running back then Emmitt which I stated but he doesen't have as many titles as Emmitt does. And he doesen't have the one that really matters of all which is the rushing title. I hate when people try to penalize good players for having good players surrouding them.
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Listen guys, There is a very very good argument for both sides, and being 13 years old, Im not literate or as smart as u. But I add a good point.
If u go back to the time like 4 games ago, dont u guys remember when Emmit broke Walters attempts record, now if u arent smart, that means that Emmit had more chances to break the record, that is point #1. #2, We all know that Emmit had a better o-line, since we agree on that, that means that Walter had to work harder for his yards. #3 If all the ppl in Jims time were little and he would have gotten pounded now, right? Doesnt that mean that Jim was just as weak as ppl in his time. Its the same situation as the RB and Defense comparison now. #4 I know that u guys agree with me on the fact that winning the super bowl means that u score a lot. and Emmit scored so many TDs because his team and ppl around him and Michael IRvin could get him to the red zone TO score those TDs. #5 Its the same situation as a quarterback, the better your recievers, the better u r going to look. Thats why Troy Aikman was so good. He wasnt exactly the best scrambler or the best throw, THat belongs to John Elway or Jonny Unitas. but the recivers and TE allowed him to look good. Im getting off the QB subject, we are getting off subject. Maybe u r right about the old running crap. But u cant take away all of Jims achievements because of that. And like I said, 5.2 yds per carry. thats incredible. Unbelievable. that erases the fact of more running back then. All those stats about Emmit and TDs are stupid, his team gets him to the red zone and lets him finish it. 1. Jim 2. Barry 3. Walter 4. Emmit I give him #4 That record he broke today means nothing to whos the best, the most important, is yards per carry
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Im being as polite as possible. When u compare RECORDS, the only thing that matters is LONGETIVITY, it has nothing to do with whos the best, whoever was the best in all phases of the game on average, we need to get all the AVERAGES. thats the key. U R TALKING ABOUT LONGEVITY, STOP
EMMIT WAS 1/50 of the SUPER BOWL wins, a bigger part of the super bowl was Rich Cunningham
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Well if you want to rank running backs on stats that is another thing. I don't think Emmitt would even say he is the greatest running back of all time matter of fact he has said he isn't better then Payton. I agree he isn't the greatest of all time but that rushing title does mean something. It took him 3 more games to get it then Payton and he was still well over that title mark. Guys like Payton, Barry and Brown can anyone honestly say they did the things Emmitt did? Could they block like him? Could they catch passes like him? It is more to being a running back then running the ball.
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<< << Not much into analyzing things are you? I will leave you with 3 other things for non-consideration then: Jim Brown 104 ypg, Emmitt Smith 87 ypg Jim Brown 5.2 ypc, Emmitt Smith 4.3 ypc Jim Brown 118 games, Emmitt Smith 192 games Even with me being as big an Emmitt fan as their is, dating all the way back to watching him play in person multiple times with the Florida Gators, I just don't see how Emmitt compares with Jim Brown. Walter, Barry and the rest are all open to questioning as to whether or not they placed above Emmitt, but I personally rank Emmitt #3 for all the intagibles he had on his side. Am I the only one that remembers opposing defenses having their will squashed by the Cowboys o-line (the greatest ever), while Emmitt routinely racked up 60 yards every 4th quarter? >> Nope I really am not into analyzing "things" much. Compare Jim Browns records to Emmitts then holla back at me. Hey I said I think Jim is a better running back then Emmitt which I stated but he doesen't have as many titles as Emmitt does. And he doesen't have the one that really matters of all which is the rushing title. I hate when people try to penalize good players for having good players surrouding them. >> My post was directed towards dude, not you. |
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LaDainian Tomlinson Yds/G 112.1, Avg 4.5, Games in 2002-- 7... 2nd greatest back.
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If u were listening to Deion Nantz Boomer and I forgot who, then u would have heard that Barry and Jim were better blockers, and Barry could catch better than him
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10-27-2002, 09:28 PM
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<< a few more I couldnt resist. Most Seasons, 1,000 or More Yards Rushing 10 Walter Payton, Chicago, 1976-81, 1983-86 Barry Sanders, Detroit, 1989-98 8 Franco Harris, Pittsburgh, 1972, 1974-79, 1983 Tony Dorsett, Dallas, 1977-81, 1983-85 Thurman Thomas, Buffalo, 1989-96 Emmitt Smith, Dallas, 1991-98 7 Jim Brown, Cleveland, 1958-61, 1963-65 Eric Dickerson, L.A. Rams, 1983-86; L.A. Rams-Indianapolis, 1987; Indianapolis, 1988-89 Most Consecutive Seasons Leading League 4 Steve Van Buren, Philadelphia, 1947-50 Walter Payton, Chicago, 1976-79 3 Jim Brown, Cleveland, 1963-65 Cookie Gilchrist, Buffalo, 1963-64; Denver, 1965 O.J. Simpson, Buffalo, 1973-75 >> Those stats are incorrect - maybe you should look elsewhere for your stats. Here is a good story with some more accurate stats. LINK "But no running back boasts the all-around resume of Smith, who has gained 1,000 yards in a season an NFL-best 11 straight times, winning the league's rushing title on four occasions. He also is the only running back to rush for 1,400 yards in five consecutive years. " |
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10-27-2002, 09:35 PM
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Thanks MFFL.. Nice story and certainly puts my contention that he is the best ever on very solid ground.
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Here are some more stats about Emmitt.
Link Rushing Yards, career -- 16,743. Attempts, career -- 3,929. Touchdowns, season -- 25. Touchdowns, career -- 150. Yards, postseason -- 1,586. Touchdowns, postseason -- 19. 100-yard games, postseason -- 7. 1,000-yard seasons -- 11 (1991-2001). Fastest to 100 career TDs -- 93 games, tying Jim Brown. Seasons with 10 TDs -- 8. Other NFL rankings Yards from scrimmage, career -- 19,476, third. Touchdowns, career -- 161, second. 100-yard games -- 74, third. Overall touchdowns, season -- 25, second. Seasons led league in rushing -- 4, tied for second. Consecutive season led league in rushing -- 3, tied for second. Seasons led league in touchdowns -- 4, tied for second. Most consecutive 100-yard games -- 11, tied for third (twice) Seasons led league in carries -- 3, tied for fourth. Most 100-yard games, season -- 11, tied for fifth. Misc. Super Bowl titles -- 1992, 1993 and 1995 seasons. Super Bowl MVP -- XXVIII (January 1994). Seasons led league in rushing -- 4, 1991-93, 1995. Seasons led league in carries -- 3, 1991, 1994-95. Fourth player to lead NFL in rushing three straight years -- 1993-95. First player with five straight 1,400-yard seasons -- 1991-95. Fifth in rushing yards since start of 1998 -- 4,953. First-round draft selection (17th overall) -- 1990. Team record when Smith gets at least 20 carries -- 97-25 overall, 89-23 regular season. Team record when Smith gets at least 100 yards -- 63-19 overall, 56-19 regular season. In addition to holding record for most touchdowns, season, also tied for third -- 21, 1994. Most yards gained, game -- 237, at Philadelphia, Oct. 31, 1993. First 100-yard game -- Oct. 7, 1990, vs. Tampa Bay, 23 carries, 121 yards. (fifth career game) First 1,000-yard season -- 1991, 365 attempts, 1,563 yards. (second season) Pro Bowl Selection -- 9, 1990-95, 1998-2000. AP Most Valuable Player -- 1993. AP All-Pro Team -- 4, 1992-95. |
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