Ahman Green, greatest back or greatest fluke of all time?

Post by **Baradakas** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:36 pm

I think Ahman is the greatest back of all time, although his confidence has been a bit shaken lately with all these turnovers and fumbles, yet he still remains the best to me. What do you think? Hero or Zero?

Post by **danlo** » Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:40 pm

I'm a little partial to Barry Sanders, myself...

Post by **A Gunslinger** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:07 am

Ahman is a hero, but needs to hold onto the piggy better. Green is among the elite in the game right now...but EVER? As a die-hard WI packer fan...not even I could say that.

Post by **Brinn** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:09 pm

Ahman is an excellent back but, IMHO, he's got a long way to go before we can even begin to have a conversation about him being the best back of all time. That conversation is reserved for names like Brown, Sanders, Smith, Payton, Sayers etc...

Post by **dANdeLION** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:27 pm

Not the best ever, but certainly in the very good category. I think he'll fumble less in the future; Green Bay is just going through one of those times. Last time they started this way I think they still won 9 or 10 games.

Post by **TIC TAC** » Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:48 pm

Green is a very impressive back but I think the competition for Greatest Back is populated with candidates that are incontestably "Great". Walter Payton, Jim Brown, Barry Sanders and so on. If Green continues to perform at a high level and manages to extend his career I imagine he will be thought of among the great.

Post by **dANdeLION** » Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:42 pm

I think Ron Dayne is the biggest bust at RB in a long time, though Ricky Williams is a complete bust at life.

Post by **Ainulindale** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:13 pm

Ahman Green defintely ahs alot of talent and is a uper echelon bak in hsi career but in history, no chance:) My list would look something like this:

1. Barry Sanders
2. Jim Brown
3. Walter Payton
4. Emmit Smith
5. Eric Dickerson
6. OJ Simpson
7. Tony Dorsett
8. Marshal Faulk
9. Earl Campbell
10. Thurman Thomas
11. Curtis Martin
12. Jerome Bettis
13. Franco Harris
14. Gale Sayers
15. Terrell Davis
15b. Marcus Aleen

A couple of players I thought were always underated were Curt Warner, Neal Anderson, James Brooks and Roger Craig.

In terms of who the best I ever saw when he was healthy, no question, no one had a better speed/size ratio and dominated like Bo Jackson, probably the most incredible athlete I have ever seen step on a football field.

Post by **dennisrwood** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:03 pm

Walter Payton. could run, catch, block. and even had to play option qb for the Bears once. plus was a great person.

Post by **malinda_maloney** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:44 am

Not best of all-time... no...

That and I'm from Minnesota... I might just be a little biased.

But yeah, Payton.

Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:54 am

Green is a good back - probably about 20th all-time, but I think that without Favre spreading the D for him, he is only an 1100/6 kind of back.

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:19 pm

over-rated , could not stay healthy after all the abuse he took running.

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