Have you ever looked at LT's stats?

[Red Dawg]

27 years old with 100TD's and after this season he'll have over 10,000 yards. He's way under 30. He will break yards and td records for all RB's. Good bye Emmit.

Damn he's a bad ass.

[Redrum_69]

Originally Posted by H5N1

hating sandy eggo is like hating snoopy... it's just plain difficult

But Snoopy never choked...especially when all the odds were with him.


Hell..even Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang could have won the Super Bowl berth....instead of losing to a second rate team.

[htismaqe]

I guess I never really hated San Diego. Now that Marty's gone, they don't even register on the radar anymore with me.

[Mr. Kotter]

Barring major injury, he'll shatter almost all the Rushing records.

[keg in kc]

Originally Posted by H5N1

I think LT is good, but barry sanders called, he says you're wrong

He would call today, he wouldn't 5 years from now, if LT continues at his current pace.

['Hamas' Jenkins]

LT is at a Ken Griffey Junior-esque phase of his career. If he keeps it up, yes he'll break all the records, but who's to say he won't suffer a bad injury (he hasn't yet), or a drop in productivity (he has had a heavy workload his entire career).

It's a definite possibility, but by no means a given.

[bdeg]

Originally Posted by Otis99

SD has no single player or defining moment that makes me hate them. They certainly are a better team with a brighter future than we are (at least, for the moment) but I've never yelled about how their players or coach are dirty, cheating bastards or how I hate their owner or anything like that.

I must admit that I f***ing HATE Shawne Merriman.

Roided up hot head career-ender.

Dirty, cheating bastard.

[Mile High Mania]

Tomlinson through 6 seasons:

Among the league's all-time top 50
Rushes:26Rushing yards:24Rushing TDs:6tYards from scrimmage:38Rush/Receive TDs:11t

Never once under 1200 yds rushing. Over 2,000 total yards in 3 of the 6 seasons. Over 1600 yds rushing in 3 of the 6 seasons. Never under 10 TDs in a season. Never less than 51 receptions in a season.

LT is a beast and through 6 seasons, he's taken a physical pounding... I do wonder how long he can last at this pace with 339+ carries in each of the last 3 seasons, while having more than 150 receptions in that time.

+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Rushing | Receiving |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year TM | G | Att Yards Y/A TD | Rec Yards Y/R TD |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| 2001 sdg | 16 | 339 1236 3.6 10 | 59 367 6.2 0 |
| 2002 sdg | 16 | 372 1683 4.5 14 | 79 489 6.2 1 |
| 2003 sdg | 16 | 313 1645 5.3 13 | 100 725 7.2 4 |
| 2004 sdg | 15 | 339 1335 3.9 17 | 53 441 8.3 1 |
| 2005 sdg | 16 | 339 1462 4.3 18 | 51 370 7.3 2 |
| 2006 sdg | 16 | 348 1815 5.2 28 | 56 508 9.1 3 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| TOTAL | 95 | 2050 9176 4.5 100 | 398 2900 7.3 11 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+

Barry Sanders through 10 seasons:

+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Rushing | Receiving |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year TM | G | Att Yards Y/A TD | Rec Yards Y/R TD |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| 1989 det | 15 | 280 1470 5.2 14 | 24 282 11.8 0 |
| 1990 det | 16 | 255 1304 5.1 13 | 36 480 13.3 3 |
| 1991 det | 15 | 342 1548 4.5 16 | 41 307 7.5 1 |
| 1992 det | 16 | 312 1352 4.3 9 | 29 225 7.8 1 |
| 1993 det | 11 | 243 1115 4.6 3 | 36 205 5.7 0 |
| 1994 det | 16 | 331 1883 5.7 7 | 44 283 6.4 1 |
| 1995 det | 16 | 314 1500 4.8 11 | 48 398 8.3 1 |
| 1996 det | 16 | 307 1553 5.1 11 | 24 147 6.1 0 |
| 1997 det | 16 | 335 2053 6.1 11 | 33 305 9.2 3 |
| 1998 det | 16 | 343 1491 4.3 4 | 37 289 7.8 0 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| TOTAL | 153 | 3062 15269 5.0 99 | 352 2921 8.3 10 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+


Tomlinson has Sanders beat already on TDs (rushing and overall) as well as receiving yards. Just another 6200 or so yards to go...

---

Emmitt has the bar set pretty high though...
LT is halfway there on yards and should catch him on the TDs in 3 seasons.

+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Rushing | Receiving |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| Year TM | G | Att Yards Y/A TD | Rec Yards Y/R TD |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| 1990 dal | 16 | 241 937 3.9 11 | 24 228 9.5 0 |
| 1991 dal | 16 | 365 1563 4.3 12 | 49 258 5.3 1 |
| 1992 dal | 16 | 373 1713 4.6 18 | 59 335 5.7 1 |
| 1993 dal | 14 | 283 1486 5.3 9 | 57 414 7.3 1 |
| 1994 dal | 15 | 368 1484 4.0 21 | 50 341 6.8 1 |
| 1995 dal | 16 | 377 1773 4.7 25 | 62 375 6.0 0 |
| 1996 dal | 15 | 327 1204 3.7 12 | 47 249 5.3 3 |
| 1997 dal | 16 | 261 1074 4.1 4 | 40 234 5.8 0 |
| 1998 dal | 16 | 319 1332 4.2 13 | 27 175 6.5 2 |
| 1999 dal | 15 | 329 1397 4.2 11 | 27 119 4.4 2 |
| 2000 dal | 16 | 294 1203 4.1 9 | 11 79 7.2 0 |
| 2001 dal | 14 | 261 1021 3.9 3 | 17 116 6.8 0 |
| 2002 dal | 16 | 254 975 3.8 5 | 16 89 5.6 0 |
| 2003 ari | 10 | 90 256 2.8 2 | 14 107 7.6 0 |
| 2004 ari | 15 | 267 937 3.5 9 | 15 105 7.0 0 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+
| TOTAL | 226 | 4409 18355 4.2 164 | 515 3224 6.3 11 |
+----------+-----+--------------------------+-------------------------+

[ping2000]

Originally Posted by bdeg

I must admit that I f***ing HATE Shawne Merriman.

Roided up hot head career-ender.

Dirty, cheating bastard.

I couldn't stand Seau's gayass sack dance. Also, from long ago, that kicker they had with the HUGE dome and the single bar facemask.

[Molitoth]

Sanders will always be the best in my book.

[Messier]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

Sanders will always be the best in my book.

Agreed. It's not about stats, if it were Emmitt Smith would be hands down the best RB. LT is the best right now, and he'll be top five by the end, but Barry Sanders was the best running back I've ever seen.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

Sanders will always be the best in my book.

He was good but the best all around i ever watched play was Walter Payton.


"sweetness"

[Mile High Mania]

They're all great, but I'll agree with Barry and Walter being more fun to watch at times. Some of their moves were just beautiful.

[COchief]

I hope that he does break all of Emmitt's records. Emmitt's best quality was his durability. Can you even imagine what those records would look like if LJ played in that offense and managed to stay healthy as long as Emmitt did?

[Buehler445]

Let me first start by saying, LT, and Barry Sanders are F'ing amazing talent. You can't develop that type of talent. But, in my (newbie) opinion, they are different types of talents. What makes LT so great is his refriggindiculous speed combined with great intuition. Sanders didn't have blazing speed, but had crazy nimble feet and could make any defensive player miss and look like a 'tard. If you went through the highlight reels of the two players, LT couldn't throw down 35 jukes, and make the best defensive player in the NFL fall down, and Sanders couldn't break a Chiefs tackle and go for 85 yards by leaving the Chiefs in the dust.

To define one as better than the other would mean defining one's skill set as superior to the other's. Not something I would like to do, especially now, since LT hasn't summed up his career. Even after LT throws in the towel on a fantastic career, there will still be the arguement of the two playing for very different teams, talent levels, play calling, and perhaps even different eras.

Crucify me for riding the fence, but my final answer has to be that they are both fantastic players. I can't effectively evaluate one as higher than the other.

[asdf]

Damn, the Y/A for sanders over his career is impressive...