You know what I think about Manning at QB. So lets hit the skilled positions.
The Decade limitation hampered some great ones by retirement half way through.
How to judge it was my biggest question.
Time Played? Yards? Yards per attempt? Combination with Rushing and Passing?
I decided minimum of 6 years to qualify.
The yards of each whether combined or not gave some winners.
LT was the run away winner as expected.
2001-present-151 TD's 3rd alltime 24 behind Emmitt, 139 games, 12,430 yds 4.3per attempt, receiving 3934, 7.5. Combo 16364.
Who is second? I was a little surprised and became aware of the injuries that stopped some great players.
You study it, my choices are below.
. Steven Jackson 2004-pres 6644yds, 4.3, rcvng 2287, 8.1, combo 8931
. Fred Taylor- 2000-pres 9517yds, 4.55, rcvg 1874, 7.67 combo 11391
. Marshal Faulk-2000-05 5578 yd, 4.6, rcvg 3023 7.55, combo 8601
. Priest Holmes- 2001-07, 6070yds, 4.4, rcvg 2377, 9.6, combo 8444
. Jerome Bettis- 2000-05 5199 yds, 3.8, rcvng 374, 7.65 combo 5573.
. Curtis Martin- 2000-05 7551 yds, 4.1, rcvg 1815, 6.3 combo 9366
. Edgerrin James-2001-pres 8984yds, 3.9, rcvg 2184, 7.14 combo 11168
. Clinton Portis-2002-pres 9699yds, 4.5, rcvg 1953, 8.1 combo 11659
. Ricky William-2000-pres 7942yds, 4.0, rcvg 453, 7.8 combo 8395
. Duece McCallister-2001-08 6096 yds, 4.3, rcvg 1720, 7.4 combo 7816
. Tiki Barber-2000-2006, 9514yds, 4.84, rcvg 3927, 8.94 combo 13441
.Shaun Alexander 2000-08, 9453 yds, 4.3, rcvg 1520, 7.1, combo 10973
.Warrick Dunn-2000-08, 8347 yds, 4.2, rcvg 2944, 8.1, combo 11291
.Brian Westbrook-2002-pre, 5946yd, 4.6, rcvg 3765 12.3, combo 9711
.Jamal Lewis 2000-pres, 10607yds, 4.2, rcvg 1879, 8.5 combo 12486
I guess my disgust with Barber and his comments slanted my view of how great he played. 4.8 yds per carry in 110 games. His career was 15632(1997-06), but unlike LT he was still going strong and could have passed LT in yds. During the same time period from 01-06 LT had about 1000 more yards from scrimmage.
My rankings with TD's and birth place. (3 of the 5 on I-20 corridor through the South.)
1. LT 151 TD's- Rosebud, TX
2. Barber- 58 TD's-Roanoke, VA
3. Portis-78 TD's-Laurel,MS
4. Taylor-59 TD's-Pahokee,FL
5. Lewis-62 TD's-Atlanta , GA
I rated Taylor and Portis ahead of Lewis because of games played: I was trying to rate talent not opportunities. Games Played.Taylor 119, Portis 108, Lewis 131.
Maybe I am wrong here since Lewis missed 2001 with an ACL injury.
j
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Note from Jonathan.
As for the decade rankings you list. I love the stats and agreed with most
but can not account for Tiki. I know he was productive and the stats
confirm
it but 2 things- In the Fassell era he was a fumbler- should move down a
little and the hard to rank issue was he was a cancer. It does show how
good
some of these back were- The Rams were pretty lucky/good. Priest Holmes.
Fred taylor, Jamal Lewis, and Curtis Martin go under the radar to a degree
but the stats help out. Ever wonder how great Ricky Williams could have
been?
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