Quote:Fred Taylor was great, and I think deserving of HoF consideration, but which guys would you say he was decidedly better than?

 

Here's the list of players by position: http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/positions.aspx

 

I'm guessing if you're like most of the posters here then you've never seen the majority of them play.

You're right I have not seen a lot of those guys.  Maybe putting him over guys is being a little too bias but I think I'd compare him to Curtis Martin or Emmit Smith.  Smith had the benefit of being on one of the best teams ever.  Doesn't mean that he doesn't deserve to be in there or anything but it also helped to have those guys around him.  Taylor had a good team for his first couple of years then it took a nose dive as Boselli got hurt and left, coaching changes, crappy QBs causing teams to just load up the box, etc.

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