Best Running Back Of All Time???

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emmit was best at "yards after contact."

you sure its not that emmitt was good at running through hallways created by his awesome line?

Interesting statistic since it is a largely held belief that the Dallas O-line and not Emmit are responsible for his success. Well a belief held by DueceDuece haters anyway. I can't see how the O-Line has much bearing if he was a YAC leader much of his career.

offensive strategies and skill of blockers will play a big role here.

emmitts blockers were amazing, and due to being so good they providing larger gaps between emmitt and his would be tacklers. what this does is allows emmitt to be running faster (harder to tackle) easier while the defenses first contacts with him were often from a less advantageous angle with less force behind them and with fewer points of contact per individual

barry otoh was not given a good blocking offense strategy (his line may have actually been pretty decent, but he often didnt have a fullback or tight end not to mention other highly important factors, and so his opposition was not as easily held at bay and so first contact would be at points where tackling him was easier due to things like him not having built up speed, tacklers being less hindered by blockers and thus being able to attack from a more advantageous angle with more points of contacts and force.

its one thing to break the tackle of a linebackers outstretched arm while being thrusted back by a fullback, yet an entirely different thing running straight into a linebackers zone and still juking him. the latter is something that only a couple rbs have ever been able do regardless of luck, but it was what barry did incessantly.

a statistic may be correct in isolation, but never should one be singly used to evaluate the reasons behind an outcome.