Who Is The Best Running Back Of All-Time?

[IowaCaneFan26]

Emmitt Smith hands down followed by Jim Brown

[bearfield]

where does it say that emmitt should even be considered with the line he had?
in fact, if anyone knows anything about football, they should know emmitts line was responsible for half his yardage. if they don't know that, they shouldn't be allowed an opinion, well, they can have an opinion, but it doesn't count. :-)

disclaimer----aww, never mind, i don't need one here.

[RedGoneWILD]

Happy 40th Birthday to the best running back of all time!!!

[longhornjunkie]

I don't even want to get into this discussion, just needed to point something out. This isn't a fair statement.

Aikman was not a good Qb he didn't win until Emmitt Arrived. Irving was not good either. Don't believe me check their records before Emmitt and after. Now was Emmitt the best No but he made his team better.

Irvin started in '88, Aikman in '89 and Emmitt in '90. So Aikman/Irvin only had two years pre-Emmitt.

In '88 with the illustrious Steve Pelluer at QB, Irvin caught 32 balls for 654 yards (20.4 average) and 5 TDs.

In '89, in Jimmy Johnson's first season and Aikman's only season with out Emmitt, you had a revolving door at QB with Aikman and Steve Walsh fighting it out for the franchise QB position. Irvin was injured and only played 6 games.

I agree Emmitt was a drastic upgrade at RB and one of the best of all time, but I don't think it's fair to say Aikman and Irvin weren't good based on their records before Emmitt.