While I agree with your arguement General, I still like Dickerson. The only man in Ram history to be MVP of his team every year he put on it's uniform. What's more is Dickerson never had the benefit of playing in the most prolific and probably the greatest offense of all time. Isaac Bruce,
Torry Holt, Az Hakim, Ernie Conwell, Kurt Warner,
Marc Bulger, and Mike Martz as an offensive coordinator weren't around when Dickerson played. Eric relied only on his offensive line and his own ability to become the great player that he was.
Defenses only gameplanned for number 29 when they played the Rams, yet he still is one of the greatest runners the NFL has ever seen. Had he been paid and remained a Ram throughout his career, Emmit Smith would've retired a lot sooner, having long since figured out that it's a much easier task to dance with the stars than it was with Eric Dickerson.
There have been a lot of great backs to play in the NFL, but only a few that ran over, through around and by defenses even though they knew he was coming. Dickerson was one of them.
I don't say any of this to take away anything from Marshall Faulk, he is the greatest in a lot of people's eyes, but unlike Dickerson he did play in an offense that had an awful lot of players that had to be accounted for, even if he were the main one.
Can you imagine the numbers Dickerson would've put up if defenses only lined up 10 in the box, instead of 11? I'm just sayin'.