Jim Brown, a three-time MVP and widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NFL history, has died at the age of 87, his wife Monique confirmed in a statement on Instagram.
RIP to an all-time great.
Jim Brown, a three-time MVP and widely regarded as one of the greatest players in NFL history, has died at the age of 87, his wife Monique confirmed in a statement on Instagram.
RIP to an all-time great.
It's always a sad day when one of the greats passes on. He truly was one of the best ever.
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The GOAT
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All my best to Browns fans, and more importantly, to his family on this day.
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He was a great football player, but I'm not going to ignore his 30+ years of violence to women.
Time to watch the Dirty Dozen. Not that I really need an excuse, but this seems appropriate.
Maybe a double feature with Ice Station Zebra.
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And 'I'm Gonna Get You Sucka'.Originally Posted by Mojouw
I forgot that one! It’s great!
Guess I’ve got weekend plans.
RIP
Don't forget Mars Attacks... Lol
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Any Given Sunday. He was on the A-Team too.
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Been a long time I watched that . Good idea.
Maybe 100 Rifles with Raquel Welch
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His personal issues aside, I have to consider him the greatest running back of all time. Walter and Barry are not far behind. In fact, I would say that Barry Sanders was the only guy who could have passed him as the greatest running back of all time had he not retired when he did. (Of course, Jim Brown could have dominated for more years as well.)
meh..my criteria for the "greatest" of all time needs to include could they have played and excelled the same in the modern or older era as they did in theirs.JIM brown's skill set was trucking defenders which back then were usually smaller and / or slower than he was. he probably wasnt far off from the size of most linemen back then. Given the size and speed of today's players, i can't see brown having the same success. jerome bettis and many of todays players would have been consistent 1600+ yd runner every season in the 50's and 60's.
barry sanders on the other hand had a talent and skill set that would make him great in any era.
Sanders is number one for me.
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Sweetness.
Sanders is #1 period. He would have dominated in any area. Any.
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There was a guy named Bo Jackson that was pretty impressive until his career was cut short. No telling what he would have accomplished. Not taking anything away from the others... just sayin'.
I would’ve loved to see him play just football and for a long time…he always gets forgotten because he only played 3-4 years?
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He would have dominated the NFL. That combo of power and speed was unreal. Also liked watching him play baseball and break bats over his knee and climbing walls to get a sure home run.
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His throws from the outfield were a little bit impressive as well.
Bo was just a phenominal athlete.... the modern day Jim Thorpe.
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No doubt Bo was amazing. Probably too short of a career to be considered the Goat, but it would have been something if he would have had even a 8-year career in the NFL.
As simply a pure runner, the player I enjoyed watching was Eric Dickerson. It is like watching thoroughbred horse run at full gallop.
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All Defense!
I don't think anyone forgot him. Anyone who's seen him play knows the kind of athlete he was and it was something special. I just think he's never in the GOAT conversation since a big part of that equation is being able to dominate for a good amount of time.
He may have been the most talented RB who ever played (which is still debatable, Sanders' quickness was something you see once in a lifetime), but he didn't have the career that you'd call "great". A shame but many potentially great careers have been shortened by bad injuries. If we're looking at pure talent though he's easily top 3 running back of all time. Though it's hard to say who's #1 and always debatable since the top 3 all have different running styles. Bo however had a perfect combination of size and speed. You never see someone his size run as fast as him. In today's game he'd be the equivalent of Derrick Henry with Chris Johnson speed
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he fumbled a lot tho. 86 fumbles is a lot ,,, in comparison Bettis had just 41
Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
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I remember him fumbling often but I didn't realize he had that many
Also didn't know he had nearly 500 receptions in his career which is a lot for even a WR in that era.
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I guess so. And Barry got stopped for losses a lot and his team never won anything. There’s holes in everyone’s résumé.
My guess is if he would not have been stuck in Al Davis doghouse for 5 years the guy who would be the all time leading rusher would be Marcus Allen and he might be the GOAT IMO as Tube said about Paytons almost 500 catches in that era Allen had close to 600 without those 5 doghouse years likely close to 800 and also likely another 3500 or more yards rushing ...
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Kenny Pickett is who I though he was .. Eagles problem now
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And long runs don't count - if I remember the Willie Parker days correctly.
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