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[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Not to diminish Sanders, but I'd go with Bo.

Small sample size, but Bo was devastating for as long as he lasted. Like Gale Sayers but in a different way. The body was just not made to do the things he was doing for any length of time.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Small sample size, but Bo was devastating for as long as he lasted. Like Gale Sayers but in a different way. The body was just not made to do the things he was doing for any length of time.

I've never seen a back that fast who could also just run right over or through people because he was so strong.

[2dueces]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Small sample size, but Bo was devastating for as long as he lasted. Like Gale Sayers but in a different way. The body was just not made to do the things he was doing for any length of time.

Bo Jackson was the greatest all around athlete I have ever seen. Played football as a hobby. Just look at the film of his throw from the warning track to home. Hit H’s with ease and ran over or around defenders. Plus he was the fastest man on the field. Bo knows.

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by 2dueces

Bo Jackson was the greatest all around athlete I have ever seen. Played football as a hobby. Just look at the film of his throw from the warning track to home. Hit H’s with ease and ran over or around defenders. Plus he was the fastest man on the field. Bo knows.

I totally agree with you on Bo...definitely the best athlete a lot of us ever saw.

However, even with his short career skewing a true comparison, I'll stick with Barry Sanders as the best running back I ever saw.



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[Peter_Spaeth]

I always had the impression, and it may have been skewed from a couple of games I saw where he did nothing, that Sanders was considerably less special on grass than on turf.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Frank Gore is the Tony Perez of Football. He put up excellent numbers for a very long time but HOF numbers in a season maybe once or twice.

Peter with roughly an even split between grass and turf during Barry's career it shouldn't be hard to confirm or bust that bias.

[D. Bergin]

Barry averaged 4.98 yards per carry at home and 4.99 yards per carry on the road.

Not a perfect turf vs. non-turf split, but as much as I'm willing to spend time researching.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Barry averaged 4.98 yards per carry at home and 4.99 yards per carry on the road.

Not a perfect turf vs. non-turf split, but as much as I'm willing to spend time researching.

I think I am probably generalizing from a couple of miserable games I saw him play on grass.