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Originally Posted by dlphg9
I watched him. Players back then just weren't as athletic as they are now on average. Throw Jamaal on a team in the past and people would talk about him like they do Barry Sanders. Gale and Sanders had the benefit of playing lesser competition. Jamaal was playing in a time where some LBs were as fast as the RBs and he made guys look stupid.
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Sayers scored 22 td's his rookie season, he scored 8 times on returns in his career,
Forget who played in what era, that never means anything, it's aiways vs your era.
Saw both play many times, Gale Sayers simply a more exciting runner. Barry Sanders his only equal.
Sayers more pro bowls/all pro's in six seasons than Charles had in what 11/12?
There had never been anything like Gale Sayers before, he was totally unique.
Stold this...
Gale Sayers (1965-1971)
Sayers was the all-time halfback during the NFL's 50th season in 1969, and his legacy is good enough to make him a finalist for the 100th season. Sayers finished his career with 9,435 scrimmage yards, including 4,956 rushing yards. He led all NFL rushers in both 1966 and 1969, and he was a five-time all-NFL member. Of his four Pro Bowl selections, he was player of the game three times.
STEVE SABOL, president of NFL Films:
1. Jim Brown: He remains the very definition of greatness. His career is a yardstick by which all other running backs are measured.
2. Walter Payton: He had all the moves: a lowered shoulder for a defensive lineman, a slack leg for a linebacker, and a lead-pipe stiff arm for a defensive back. He would pivot, change speeds and run laterally when necessary. But he never lost sight of a great runner’s first principle: When everything else fails, gut out a couple of yards.
3. Barry Sanders: He challenged the notion that football is a contact sport. Many times I saw him run 50 yards or more for touchdowns without being touched by a defender.
4. Gale Sayers: He was what coaches in the 1960s called an “anywhere, anytime runner,” meaning he was a threat to score from any place on the field at any moment of the game.