Steven Jackson NOT one of the Top 25 Power Running Backs Of All Time

[TorontoRam]

At least not according to SI.

Here's the criteria that was used to make the list:



And here's their list:

25. William Andrews
24. Eric Dickerson
23. Bo Jackson
22. Adrian Peterson (not yet)
21. Marshawn Lynch
20. Craig "Ironhead" Heyward
19. Herschel Walker/Tony Dorsett
18. Jamal Lewis (huh!)
17. Marcus Allen
16. Mike Pruitt
15. Eddie George (huh!)
14. Mike Alstott
13. Jim Nance
12. Bill Brown
11. Christian Okoye (HUH!)
10. Jerome Bettis
9. Franco Harris
8. Jim Taylor
7. Walter Payton
6. John Riggins
5. Marion Motley
4. Bronko Nagurski
3. Larry Csonka
2. Earl Campbell
1. Jim Brown

So after seeing that list, do you think Steven Jackson deserves to be on it?

If so, why? Who does he knock off the list, and where would you place him?

If not, why not? What is he lacking that doesn't get him there? Where would you place him outside the list if extended to the top 100?

I'm curious, whether or not S Jax deserves to be on the list, what difference does that make? I'm not sure some of the RBs on it deserve to be on it (see huh and HUH), and not mentioning a few (e.g. William Andrews), who admittedly I've never heard of. Name another Ram of the St. Louis era (by the way where's Marshall Faulk), who deserves to be on the list at their positions. MAYBE Kurt Warner; and MAYBE Issac Bruce. That's just my take and I'm only expressing my opinion not disparaging yours or anyone else's.

[live4ramin]

What's with the Hershel Walker/Dorsett combination? Hershel, hell yeah (punishing speed). Dorsett? He was more like in style to Marshall Faulk.

And by the way, "A Football Life" was on the other night featuring John Riggins. Manoman..There's a power runner.

And where the f is Walter Peyton? The list is rediculous. Brought to you by the same knuckleheads that do movie reviews.

[live4ramin]

Ooops, Walter is on the list. My bad.

Again.

[Ramblin` Ram]

What was the name and team of the player whose arm got broken trying to tackle Steven Jackson ?

Let's ask him.

that was Mike Rumph a former college cornerback for the Miami Hurricanes, 1st round pick who switched to free safety due to his reputation of being a strong hard hitting tackler. he was playing for the Niners,the team who drafted him in the 1st. he tried to arm tackle Jax and ended up getting his forearm smashed in multiple places. from having a promising career,although he played on for another 3 years or so he was never the same again. we signed him in free agency in 2007 but he got cut before the Rams named their final 53 that year. finally retiring a year later,just 6 years after being drafted.

his college team mates at the safety position were Sean Taylor and Ed Reed..and the RB he would have tackled in practice was Frank Gore. i guess with those 3 around he never really had to concentrate too much on that hard tackling he would have needed when facing Jax..

[Ramblin` Ram]

What's with the Hershel Walker/Dorsett combination? Hershel, hell yeah (punishing speed). Dorsett? He was more like in style to Marshall Faulk.

And by the way, "A Football Life" was on the other night featuring John Riggins. Manoman..There's a power runner.And where the f is Walter Peyton? The list is rediculous. Brought to you by the same knuckleheads that do movie reviews.

ah yes, Fatso as his dad called him..funny how his dad seemed to love and thought more of his older brother than him.i guess that`s one of the things that drove him on to become one of the greats at RB.

[jmk321]

So Bo Jackson, a part time player who was in a total of 23 NFL games and never had a 1000 yard season is on this list? I know he was a physical specimen but a player who only had the potential to be great shouldn't be included on this list.

[THOLTFAN81]

I stopped reading the list after seeing Marshawn Lynch ahead of AP...what a joke. At 22 years old, AP may be the greatest RB I have personally witnessed.

[Ramblin` Ram]

I stopped reading the list after seeing Marshawn Lynch ahead of AP...what a joke. At 22 years old, AP may be the greatest RB I have personally witnessed.

AP shouldn`t really be on the list tho as he`s not what i would call a power back. same as a few others.Marcus Allen,Tony Dorsett..they beat guys with their speed and moves..not power. ED is questionable too but he was quite a big boy,at 6 foot 3.

[Beastified]

AP shouldn`t really be on the list tho as he`s not what i would call a power back. same as a few others.Marcus Allen,Tony Dorsett..they beat guys with their speed and moves..not power. ED is questionable too but he was quite a big boy,at 6 foot 3.

Agreed. I like where Dickerson is at though.

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[Azul e Oro]

that was Mike Rumph a former college cornerback for the Miami Hurricanes, 1st round pick who switched to free safety due to his reputation of being a strong hard hitting tackler. he was playing for the Niners,the team who drafted him in the 1st. he tried to arm tackle Jax and ended up getting his forearm smashed in multiple places. from having a promising career,although he played on for another 3 years or so he was never the same again. we signed him in free agency in 2007 but he got cut before the Rams named their final 53 that year. finally retiring a year later,just 6 years after being drafted.

his college team mates at the safety position were Sean Taylor and Ed Reed..and the RB he would have tackled in practice was Frank Gore. i guess with those 3 around he never really had to concentrate too much on that hard tackling he would have needed when facing Jax..

Well answered. Wasn't there another guy - and this is not a trivia question; I really don't remember the guy's name- who got crushed & run over spectacularly by,iirc, Earl Campbell and was never the same again, either. May have even committed suicide.Mentioned in a RealSports piece a while back about the retired players health scandal. Sobering stuff, both stories, & makes me wonder if I should have even got into a conversation about who was the most violent,etc, in the first place.

[Agrajag]

Glad to see Okoye on the list, he's my favorite running back of time...

[berg8309]

I can't say for sure SJax belongs on the list, I can only say I disagree with Lynch being anywhere on it. He will be 27 when the season starts, and needs to average 1,300 + yards for the next three seasons just to match Sjax's total by the end of his age 29 season. That's no small feat, and he's had the benefit of playing on better teams.

Lynch continues to live off the hype of his "beast mode" run again the Saints. Yes, he's been one of the best backs the past two seasons. Top 25 all-time already? That's a pretty big stretch.

Sour grapes from me? Probably, but I don't care.

[bradwill]

Lawrence McCuctheon should be on that list.