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Old 09-03-2007, 06:06 AM   #15
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Re: Tony Dorsett & Herschel Walker

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Originally Posted by catcatch22
Not every hall of famer should be a gold, that's like saying every other linebacker in the hall was as good as Lawrence Taylor, or Lofton is as good as Jerry Rice.

Dorsett played on a stacked Cowboys team. Defenses had to give something up to stop their offense. Dorsett was great but I think silver best exemplifies him. As for Hershal, he was a very good college player and was put on teams in the NFL and USFL where he was the offense. Unfortunately he was not of the caliber of some other backs that were able to be dominant even though they were the only threat on offense for their team (O.J. for example). Also Walker was hurt several times duting his career and played through injuries and could not overcome them. Billy Sims is a silver and I believe they had comparable careers. Simms was a great college back as well and was very good for a few years before injury ended his career early.
It just seems like every great back who played on a winning team gets the "O he had a great line BS"...in his day who was better??... He a gold.. 9 straight 1000 yards seasons and in the strike year he had what 800-900 yrds..

Dorsett was a beast, a lil guy with a big heart.. 180 lbs running back that flew to the hole and had the speed to break big gains..
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