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by ivo610
Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:33 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: AD rank in top 5 all time
Replies: 47
Views: 3872

Re: AD rank in top 5 all time


Didn't you just compare Jim Brown to everyone? "Has no peer" means everybody, not just guys who have retired.

And who cares what Barry Sanders' dad says? This is a discussion about who WE think are the top 5 RBs of all time. Feel free to disagree, but don't tell us our conversation is unfair.

I ...
by ivo610
Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:53 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: AD rank in top 5 all time
Replies: 47
Views: 3872

Re: AD rank in top 5 all time

To the Jim Brown doubters, you only can compare players with how they dominated in the era they played in. Im not going to say Brown would have been better in todays era with modern training, medicine, rules (hash marks have been changed), ect. Its not fair, so you look at what they did when they ...
by ivo610
Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:42 pm
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: AD rank in top 5 all time
Replies: 47
Views: 3872

Re: AD rank in top 5 all time

I think Adrian is either the best, or second best behind Jim Brown. Back then, the game wasn't as "figured" out and the rules didn't favor the passing game so much. For Adrian to have a shot at breaking the all time rushing record in 2012 is far more impressive to me. Players are bigger, faster ...
by ivo610
Tue Dec 25, 2012 11:44 am
Forum: Vikings Talk
Topic: Mike Golic's MVP pick as of last week
Replies: 23
Views: 1760

Re: Mike Golic's MVP pick as of last week

Few thoughts.

JJ Watt is changing the way the game is played with all his batted balls. I have never seen anything like it. If any defensive player deserves the MVP its him.

To play devils advocate, I ask, How is the argument for APs season any different than Calvin Johnsons season? Johnson set ...