With the exception of Sanders, all of Barkley’s heroes had their best seasons before their seventh season. This is Barkley’s seventh season, so, really, how great can he be? Pretty great, actually.
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“Emmitt Smith has the most rushing yards of all time, but I don’t think he’s my one. Barry is the best with the ball in his hands,” Barkley said. “But all around? Tough, grit, pass pro, in between the tackles, outside? You’ve got to go Walter.”Realistically … Since he was drafted, NFL teams, ever more fixated on passing, have averaged just 26.6 rushing attempts. That’s down from 27.7 the first six seasons that Smith played; he is the most recent of the Big Three to have begun his career. Payton was a rookie in 1975; teams averaged 35.4 runs per game in Payton’s first six seasons.Featured backs in previous eras did almost all of the running. However, in the past six years, third-down backs and quarterbacks have gobbled up carries like Pac-Man.
His list of greats, after their first six seasons, stand light-years ahead. Tomlinson had almost 4,000 more rushing yards and almost 5,000 more yards from scrimmage. Smith had more than 3,500 more rushing yards and 3,500 more yards from scrimmage. Sanders had almost 3,500 more rushing yards and more than 3,000 more yards from scrimmage. Payton had almost 3,500 more rushing yards and almost 3,000 more yards from scrimmage, even though he started just seven games as a rookie.
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