Terrell IMO wasn't 'great'. You have lots of people who have a few good or even great years. Great IMO is the ability to produce year after year after year. Reliability is a key factor in that. Terrell wasn't reliable. If he could have stayed healthy then maybe. But, TD will stay only a 'good' RB I think in NFL history. Remember Joe Morris? Had some awesome years with the Giants in the mid 80s had a few injuries and than bam....gone. TD will be forgotten in a few more years.
As for too much hype about championships...what else is there in sports? That's the whole reason for playing sports.
Originally posted by Kokopellian:
Originally posted by dnewma04:
Championships mean a lot, don't get me wrong, but they are a bit overrated. Noone will ever say that Rypien, Doug Williams, Hostetler, Dilfer or B. Johnson were ever more than marginal QBs in the league. And how many "great" RBs won championships? Payton did when he was obviously reaching the end of his career. Emmitt obviously. Faulk, yes.
Timmy Smith
Roger Craig
Ricky Watters
Otis Anderson
Ernest Byner
Dorsey Levens
Terrell Davis
Antowain Smith
Jamal Lewis
Michael Pittman
All superbowl winners, not a single one would ever be mentioned in a comparison to Sanders. The only thing that keeps Emmitt in the conversation with Barry is that he did win championships, but with a vastly superior team on both sides of the ball.
There is just too much hype surrounding championships, but it obviously is important to some people.
All that said, if anyone really thinks that Favre is a better passer than Marino, they are truly in denial. When Favre isn't blessed with a superior defense, you can see where his toughness has gotten GB. No where. Granted, they have been able to stay a top the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears almost every year, but that is an accomplishment similar to saying you graduated kindergarten.
Of all the RB's you named, only Terrell can even be mentioned with greatness. And even then, his career was too short to honor what he accomplished. You say that there is a lot of hype surrounding championships, maybe true, but it's still the measurement by which the ELITE are judged.
Sure, you can make an argument for Barry Sanders, Marino, etc. Although they were STELLAR players they didn't win the big one and it somewhat tarnishes their career. Even they wished they had a championship. Barry retired rather than play in mediocrity. Once Barry's records and Marino's records fall the only thing that would remain of their legacy that that couldn't be taken or surpassed, would be a championship.
