Originally Posted by New World Order:
Why is Davis so highly regarded?
Bum after bum was brought in by Shanahan and they repeatedly ran for over 1000 yards each year.
He is by far the most overrated player of all time.
None of them ever rushed for over 2,000 yards like TD did. They also never won a league MVP or Super Bowl MVP. He was the best player on a team that has 3 players in the HOF. [Reply]
The crazy thing about TD's 2,000 yard season was he didn't play in the second half of a lot of games. If they weren't saving him for the playoffs he could've had 500 more yards that year. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KnowMo2724:
None of them ever rushed for over 2,000 yards like TD did. They also never won a league MVP or Super Bowl MVP. He was the best player on a team that has 3 players in the HOF.
None of them were close to the attempts that Davis had. [Reply]
Those comparisons are pretty disingenuous. First, you're comparing TD's "prime" years to the other guy's first four, which aren't necessarily the other guy's primes. Sanders, for example, only averaged 4.7 in his first four seasons, but retired with a 5.0 average. He clearly got better with time.
Second, you've compared a few guys that played when full seasons only amounted to 12 and 14 games.
Finally, you neglect to mention the shit ton of carries TD saw in those first four seasons, which may or may not have lead to his career's early end. He had more carries in those first four years than any other back had besides ED. It's no surprise that ED put up better numbers.
Davis had a nice little four year stretch, but so have a ton of backs. Priest Holmes, Shaun Alexander, Chris Johnson, etc. He also was afforded the opportunity to play in a running back's wet dream scheme-wise while sharing a backfield with a future HOF QB. What's most impressive about TD's career is his 2,000 season and his playoff production. That shit was off the charts.
... But he's not a legend like the other guys. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ThaVirus:
Those comparisons are pretty disingenuous. First, you're comparing TD's "prime" years to the other guy's first four, which aren't necessarily the other guy's primes. Sanders, for example, only averaged 4.7 in his first four seasons, but retired with a 5.0 average. He clearly got better with time.
Second, you've compared a few guys that played when full seasons only amounted to 12 and 14 games.
Finally, you neglect to mention the shit ton of carries TD saw in those first four seasons, which may or may not have lead to his career's early end. He had more carries in those first four years than any other back had besides ED. It's no surprise that ED put up better numbers.
Davis had a nice little four year stretch, but so have a ton of backs. Priest Holmes, Shaun Alexander, Chris Johnson, etc. He also was afforded the opportunity to play in a running back's wet dream scheme-wise while sharing a backfield with a future HOF QB. What's most impressive about TD's career is his 2,000 season and his playoff production. That shit was off the charts.
... But he's not a legend like the other guys.
It's simple, he's a product of Shanahan's system. Nothing less, nothing more. [Reply]
TD isn't one of the greatest of all time, but he was a damn good workhorse of a runningback that helped Elway and the Broncos win 2 Super Bowls. [Reply]
Originally Posted by NoGodsNoReids:
TD isn't one of the greatest of all time, but he was a damn good workhorse of a runningback that helped Elway and the Broncos win 2 Super Bowls.
