Walter Payton versus Jim Brown?
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Jim Brown was not only the greatest running back of all time, he was the greatest football player of all time, at any position.\n\nThe only "advantage" Payton has on Brown is raw numbers, but since you said you weren't looking for stats, the answer is Brown. In fact, the only thing Payton has on Brown IS his career total.\n\nBrown never missed a game in his NFL career, and he could have played a lot longer...he retired while he was still a star in the league, having won the MVP award in 1965, his final season.  Brown would rush for 1,000 yards when 1,000 yards actually meant something...it's ridiculous that a player only has to rush for  63 yards/game in order to get to 1,000 yards today, with a 16 game schedule.\n\nBrown was named the greatest player ever by Sporting News in both 1999 (the year of Payton's death) and 2002... \n\nIt's certainly no disgrace being the 2nd best running back after Jim Brown, which Payton may very well have been... (sorry, Emmit Smith is not close to either of them)\n\nBoth players dealt out at least as much punishment as they took when they ran the ball...both were practically impossible to bring down by one man, and they both hit the defenders very hard when they ran...neither of them ducked anybody...
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this is a very tough onethey are both great route runners,its pretty even the only edge i can give to the 2 recievers is that,johnson is a little bit better of a deep threat,,and waynes hands are a tad bit better ,he catches the ball away from his body very well
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I hate them both too! They are SO over rated! I WISH there was some way that both of them could lose tonight! If USC gets into the National Championship.....I'll croak! I don't think Nortre Dame will even come close to getting there, though. I really don't prefer one over the other. Last time I checked, it's split half and half on ESPN.com on who will win tonight.
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Brand-Kaman sounds like the more enticing matchup, but I will go with the Wallaces.  Ben Wallace could shut down either Brand or Kaman.  As for Phoenix, the question shouldn't be Diaw and Stoudemire or Stoudemire and Marion, but Stoudemire and Kurt Thomas.
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Agreed\nOf course, I am a huge Bears fan.\n\nBut, I would put Barry Sanders right there at 1 A ....if not the best ever.\nHe played the game with as much respect and dignity as Walter did.\nEmmit Smith, while a great running back (and evidently a good dancer) and deserving to be mentioned as one of the best, is not in the top 3-4.\n\n\n1. Walter Payton\n1 A. Barry Sanders\n2. Jim Brown\n3. Gayle Sayers\n4. Earl Campbell\n5. O.J. Simpson\n\nLet the hateful arguments begin............\n\n\nAnd it's spelled P A Y T O N.............\nAs far as I know, Peyton Manning isn't in the top 1000 in the NFL in rushing.\n\nHave a little respect for the man....get his name right.\n\nLawrence Taylor was a defensive end...............................\n\nTime will tell with all of these 'new' guys...please, lets see if they will be the "next Payton, Brown, Smith...."\n\nI would like to see more of the respect that La Dainian Tomlinson displays from more of his colleagues these days.\n\nIf a running back today shows me that he would rather hit a potential tackler, than go out of bounds unless time is a factor, then we will talk about who may be worthy of mention with these giants..........\n\nOh, to have seen what Gayle Sayers and Bo Jackson could have done if they could have stayed healthy.....
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Hi there ... here you go ... anything and everything about him:\n\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/walter-payton?method=22
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Obvious/ easy choice would be Payton Manning.... But I think it's Micheal Vick -put him in a west coast offense with a better line and watch the magic.... Just a thought...Peace........
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Well, it couldn't be Emmit Smith or Berry Sanders, because I have never seen either one on a team, so it must be Walter Payton. Of course, it may have something to do with your spelling.
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Without a doubt it was Walter Payton.  He was a superior human being and outstanding football player.
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Maroney, the colts cant stop the run at all, gore is now cold and brown is done. Go with Maroney
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Go with Tom Brady. Brady is going against a tough Defense, but he won't make as many mistakes as Roethlisburger will when he plays the Ravens who have the 2nd Ranked Defense(273.3 yds average given up a game)
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Always a tough question...Ronnie Lott, LT, Butkas, Lambert(or anyone of the steel curtain)....I was gonna say Lott because let's face it the guy was NUTS!! but then I thought aside from Favre no one mentioned "O"...there was a Payton reference, must give SWEETNESS his props. I would give my Iron man trophy to the great Jim Brown, C'mon he played 8 years and it took Payton 15 seasons too originally break the rushing record and I think it took E.Smith 16 or 17. Jim Brown was a Def.Lines WORST nightmare and he was NEVER hurt...Running Around and THROUGH DL's and LB's(including Butkus,Ray N. and Deacon Jones). So put that in your pipe and smoke it...you should be ashamed of not even mentioning him..THE GREATEST, my runner-up was a tie between Lott and Earl Campbell( The Bastard can't even walk now he ran so hard!!)
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Well now that all of the morons are done answering, I will give you the right answer.  \n\nStart Barber:  Barber's stats are better than Jones', and he is going against a team in chaos, the Giants.  Jones on the other hand is going up against the best run defense in the NFL.  The Vikings pass defense is another story, but their Rush Defense is so good, Denny Green only called 5 running plays the whole game last week.
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Walter Payton - hands down.  \n\nNo one has ever had as much talent as he did.   He scored touchdowns running, receiving, passing and kicking.  He did kick a field goal and an extra point in an early game were Bob Thomas got injured.
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NO SIR.   payton Manning is 100 times better.   sorry, but rex grossman is not the reason that team is undefeated.  its the defense.
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Chad Johnson is better, because he talks the talk and walks the walk. If T.O. shut up once in a while, he would be better.
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What you thinkin about dude, Ronnie Brown has had 3 TD's in last three games haveing his career best against Chicago, he has the 4th best RB's Fantasy points in the last 4 weeks, cmon Anthony Thomas whu do you think should play