Ladainian Tomlinson to retire

[Jailblazers7]

Only -pt- could find a way to pick a fight about Earl Campbell in an LT retirement thread.

[GOBB]

Carbine owning.

[-p.tiddy-]

career rushing yards:
http://www.pro-football-reference.co...yds_career.htm
30th- Earl Campbell 9,407

career rusing TDs:
http://www.pro-football-reference.co..._td_career.htm
23th- Earl Campbell 74

yet somehow he is one of the 10 greatest runners of all time

your top-10 list is garbage if Campbell is in it...

[-p.tiddy-]

I don't even see an arguement for Campbell over a player like Shaun Alexander...who is not a top-10 all time either

or Jamal Lewis

or Marcus Allen

or Bettis

nevermind the givens (Brown/Barry/Emmitt/Payton/etc)



I would love to see your top-10 list Carbine...and yours GoBB

[MK2V1GP]

I think we can all conclude that prime is either Skip Bayless himself or the offspring of Skip Bayless.

[-p.tiddy-]

Originally Posted by MK2V1GP

I think we can all conclude that prime is either Skip Bayless himself or the offspring of Skip Bayless.

because it is soooo shocking to not have Campbell in a top-10 list?

[MK2V1GP]

Ok.

Shaun Alexander>>>>>>Earl Campbell





And I was a HUGE Shaun Alexander fan. But if you seriously think Shaun Alexander is a better RB than Earl Campbell, you need to follow a different sport.

[-p.tiddy-]

my list:

1. Jim Brown
2. Walter Payton
3. Emmitt Smith (I know I know, I'm a homer
4. Barry Sanders
5. Erik Dickerson
6. LaDainian Tomlinson
7. Marshall Faulk
8. Tony Dorsett
9. O.J. Simpson
10. Marcus Allen

I think that is my top-10 for now

and there would still be several others ahead or Earl...I don't see an arguement for him over any of those players

[-p.tiddy-]

Originally Posted by MK2V1GP

Ok.

Shaun Alexander>>>>>>Earl Campbell





And I was a HUGE Shaun Alexander fan. But if you seriously think Shaun Alexander is a better RB than Earl Campbell, you need to follow a different sport.

what's the arguement?

Alexander has MORE career yards
Alexander has MORE career TDs
Alexander ran for 4.3 YPC, tied with Campbell
Alexander had a 2,000 year (Earl didn't)
Alexander also has an NFL MVP

what excatly makes you put Earl over him?

[-p.tiddy-]

there is OJ:

Rated #40 NFL Player of all-time by NFL.com as of 2009 season
6× Pro Bowl selection (1969, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
5× All-Pro selection (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
4× NFL Rushing champion (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976)
NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
NFL 1970s All-Decade Team
1968 Heisman Trophy
1968 Maxwell Award
1968 UPI Player of the Year
1967 Walter Camp Award
1967 UPI Player of the Year
1973 NFL MVP
1973 NFL Offensive Player of the Year
1973 Bert Bell Award
1973 Pro Bowl MVP
1973 Hickok Belt win[1]
3× UPI AFL-AFC Player of the Year (1972, 1973, 1975)
1973 AP Man Athlete of the Year

Rushing yards
11,236

Average
4.7

see how easy it is to list all sorts of misc accolades?

OJ is above Earl without question though...isn't even close

[Carbine]

Wait, so you can't find a guy with 1 AP MVP award, 3 Offensive Player of The Year awards and 3 rushing titles?

How about finding a guy with 3 MVP's voted on by your peers? Oh, is Jim Brown the only one in the 52 year history of the award? My fault.

This is embarrassing. Jerome Bettis? I'm leaving.

[-p.tiddy-]

Originally Posted by Carbine

Wait, so you can't find a guy with 1 AP MVP award, 3 Offensive Player of The Year awards and 3 rushing titles?

How about finding a guy with 3 MVP's voted on by your peers? Oh, is Jim Brown the only one in the 52 year history of the award? My fault.

This is embarrassing. Jerome Bettis? I'm leaving.

you're leaving because you know damn well you can't squeeze Campbell into a top-10 list



bye bye now...good day

[-p.tiddy-]

lol @ MVP "voted on by peers"

where is the list of those winners?

[-p.tiddy-]

Originally Posted by Carbine

Curtis Martin has better career stats than Campbell but he's not a better or greater player.

Earl was voted 55th all-time on the NFL Network list
he's a three time rushing title champion
back to back to back NFL Offensive Player of The Year

If that wasn't enough, he was a back to back to back winner of the MVP award voted on by players in the NFL (The Newspaper Enterprise MVP award) and back to back MVP voted on by the Pro Football Writers Association....and voted as an MVP by the Associated Press.

they still have 10 other RBs above him

and that list is utter and complete garbage...

[MK2V1GP]

Originally Posted by -p.tiddy-

what's the arguement?

Alexander has MORE career yards
Alexander has MORE career TDs
Alexander ran for 4.3 YPC, tied with Campbell
Alexander had a 2,000 year (Earl didn't)
Alexander also has an NFL MVP

what excatly makes you put Earl over him?

Again, it's not all about stats. But you can't comprehend that. It'd be easier to convince a brick wall that it's made of wood than trying to have a logical conversation/debate with you.