LAz, name the 10 best Lions that played with Barry Sanders.
I'll get the ball rolling on Emmitt's side:
Aikman, Irvin, Johnston, Allen, Newton, Williams, Sanders, Woodson, Novacek, Haley...I'll wait. I have another set of 10 ready.
I agree with this 100 percent. Emmitt was an absolute warrior. He was an animal in the big game. Barry, not so much. That does not change the fact that Barry was an elite back. My top backs list goes 1. Payton, 2 A/B Sanders & Emmitt.
I just don't like every excuse in the book being...
Laz. I'm going to speak slowly for you.
You said that Barry was a product of his system and the players around him. i said so was Emmitt.
You said that Emmitt made his teammates better. I said so did Barry.
see what I did there?
Laz, I'm using your own mentally retarded duck duck goose logic against you. I'm implying that the only reason Emmitt Smith was so good was because of the players and system around him, just like you did to diminish Sanders. Think. Slowly.
Lots of quarterbacks have had flash in the pan seasons. Big deal. I guess Scott Mitchell > Troy Aikman.
Why is so hard for people to accept that Barry Sanders & Emmitt Smith were BOTH phenomenal running backs?
So lets work it the other way...Emmitt Smith had the luxury of playing with a HOF QB and WR, one the best offensive lines ever assembled, and perhaps the greatest blocking fullback ever. He also had that timing offense that put him the right position to succeed.
Screw swapping the lines...lets just swap the backs.
Oh, and TWO PRO BOWLERS!
As opposed to Nate Newton, Mark Stepnoski, Ray Donaldson, Erik Williams, Larry Allen, Mark Tuinei, Ron Stone, Kevin Gogan...