| Ebolapox |
03-26-2012 05:18 PM |
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Originally Posted by Baby Lee
(Post 8494880)
It's a tough question, but sometime quality is so overwhelming, it obviates the need for quantity. Jim Brown's career wasn't as long as it could've been, but both he and Sayers were so superior to their competition when healthy and playing that you have to recognize.
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haha, seriously? there is only one base for your comparison--the fact that jim brown retired young (29). he played nine full seasons, 118 games (excluding playoffs) and never missed a game. he led the league in carries six times.
no doubt, gale sayers was talented. but let me put it this way--where do you draw the line? to go to extremes, matt cassel once had two 400 yard passing games in a row. it's never been done before. if he'd have retired after that, does that make him a hall-of-famer?
gale sayers' career numbers are no better than priest holmes or terrell davis, both of which were amazing and among the best in the nfl before they retired due to injury concerns. there's a matter of consistency here: if a guy is a hall-of-famer in 1970, he's a hall-of-famer in 2012 (ignoring changes in style of play--1000 yards was more impressive in a 14 game season than now, league rules change to make offense easier, etc.). vis a vis, if gale sayers is a hall-of-famer, so are terrell davis and priest holmes. since they aren't, by proxy, gale sayers is a hall-of-famer in name only. |
