in the NFL!

4 times.  You want to talk about GREAT running backs?  Jim Brown played 9 years and led the league in rushing 8 times!  Gimme a fucking break.  Like I said (twice already), Dickenson had a few good years, basically from 1983-89, and that was it!  He played FOUR MORE YEARS after that and didn't do shit!

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Any astro turf,  another great. Player Curtis Martin 10 solid years, how come Jim brown only played 9 yrs

How many rushing titles did Sanders have,

harder then and to some extent more balanced because the teams weren't as "watered down" as they are today.  He played only 9 years because (1) he likely got bored, and (2) he started a movie career in Hollywood.  Later he became VERY politically active, and he still is today.

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but I would hardly call him "Eric the great."  He was extremely good for a few years, but he sucked during the last 4 years of his career, and should have quit while he was ahead.  He had 7 good years and 4 shitty years.  Those are FACTS!

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wouldn't characterize him as "great."  He simply is NOT in the same league as Brown, Sanders, Sayres, Smith, Dorsett or Payton.

There have been a lot of great running backs in the NFL but the best I ever saw was Gale Sayers.

Yup, I forgot to mention him!