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You guys are right that it isn't just Thurman. Lots of other great backs, like you mentioned, get overlooked/not talked about much too. I was a huge Earl Campbell fan as a kid. Didn't root for Marcus Allen as much because of the teams he played for, but loved watching him play. Dickerson definitely doesn't get talked about enough anymore. Billy Simms is a guy that I even forget about, but he was a stud (again, shortish career). And what could have been if Bo didn't get injured. The guy only played 38 games over four seasons and is still every bit the legend for those who watched him play (pure specimen). So, many great backs over the years, without even mentioning the normal guys brought up in GOAT conversations (Brown, Simpson, Sanders, Payton, Smith, etc.), or even the players from older generations. I guess to a certain extent, all glory eventually fades. And good point by skibum about Faulk, LT, and James coming right on the heels of Thurman, which probably took away a bit of his shine because they were great all-purpose backs too. So, maybe Thurm's skills didn't look quite as unique as they did earlier in his career (not that Thurm was the first either in that regard, with guys like Marcus Allen and even Roger Craig before him). And obviously the Super Bowl performances (lack of a SB win) weighs in too. Guess I was just a bit hyped watching old Thurman highlights and thinking about that great stretch that he had (averaging 1,919 scrimmage yards per season over a 5-year period). [And obviously the fact that he played for the Bills probably adds a little "thumb on the scale" increase/bias for me.]

Glad they took my advice

Good. It wasn't funny. As a Colbert Report fan I was sad to see it cancelled. I watched a couple of episodes of the new show figuring it would probably be good. It wasn't. Too much lefty politics and too little humor. Bring back The Colbert Report.

Don’t forget about Epstein!!!!

Douglas played the run and even screen games like an alpha at times, okay. But how was his coverage? You know, against WRs? Without looking, I feel reasonably confident Rasul Douglas played no better than the Levi Wallaces and Dane Jacksons before him. **tugs at collar remembering that Dane Jackson and Tre White are competing to be Douglas' veteran replacement.

He saw it coming. The NFL and NBA have been absolutely ruined by over whistling. Whistles for things that have nothing to with the ball, a score, a gain.. We’ve become too accustomed to it. It’s insane. Obviously, NBA is way worse. Wild West over there with their enforcement/non-enforcement of rules.

Congrats, Colonel!

Sanders' contract is 94.63% guaranteed. Yes. Coleman's contract is 95.69% guaranteed. Coleman was drafted 33rd overall... Sanders 41st.

Lamar is a playoff choker 100%

I side with the players, not the billionaires.. Congrats Mr. Sanders!!

I swear I’m not Insurrection Barbie When Barack Obama ascended to power in 2008, he promised to unite America. But behind the charisma and soaring rhetoric was a calculated project to move the Democratic Party sharply to the left, not only in policy, but in how truth, loyalty, and dissent were managed. With strategic minds like David Axelrod and Ben Rhodes, Obama’s inner circle weaponized media, cultural institutions, and emotion to create what Rhodes openly called an echo chamber, a self-reinforcing permission structure that conditioned what people believed was acceptable to think. This wasn't persuasion through logic. It was manipulation through emotion. Rhodes and Axelrod understood a core truth about human nature: emotion moves faster than logic……

Top 20 all time day on X.

Pointless unless you have no shame... Found one.

You saw the homeless guy play football???!!?!?

I met Coach Levy a couple of times. No mortal has the ability to look into and understand every corner of another person's soul... but there's zero doubt in my mind (or really, anyone else's) that Marv is a very fine person of great character.

PS Looked up some fun facts: Best all-time QB playoff win %: Bart Starr, 9-1, .900 The only player in NFL history with multiple playoff wins and no losses: FRANK REICH (2-0)

It's only collusion if a critical mass of the agents spoke with each other and agreed to a course of action (or in this case, non-action). The landscape was so obvious that no communication was necessary. The problem created by the first few 2nd round signings was an obvious signal to the players and agents to play the waiting game in order to exert pressure on the clubs. The owners don't want to give up anything but if they do, it'll be over their dead (or dying) fingers. As I posted in another topic, a higher percentage of NFL contracts are guaranteed every year. This is incrementalism at work. Some day, the NFL will not be the only major North American sports league without guaranteed contracts for all players. As to your point, there's a salary cap... whatever more it costs to pay 2nd rounders will simply come out of some other player's pocket. I don't think golden goose is an accurate characterization. This is one of a few existing unresolved areas of the CBA with regards to rookie contracts and like rainwater finding a weakness in the roof, it was inevitably going to be tapped for that extra bit of money that it changes in each contract. This is not a windfall development. It's incremental. Exactly. The percentage of fully-guaranteed contracts in the NFL will continue to increase as it has over the last several years. Considering NFL players have the shortest careers, the largest chance at catastrophic injury, and the largest chance at post-career medical disabilities, their contracts should be fully-guaranteed. Sanders' contract ends up being 94.63% guaranteed. I wouldn't be at all surprised if at this time next year, all 2nd rounders will have fully guaranteed contracts and as @Thurman#1 implies, the next battleground will be the 3rd rounders.

Other differences would be: Mahomes 17-4 playoff record, Allen 7-6; Mahomes 3 Lombardis, Allen 0. Now you can argue that's about KC's defense vs. the McD's defense, but the fact remains that these tip the argument heavily in Mahomes favor for now. I believe the Bills' time is coming and Josh can even the score within a few years.

Possible coup attempt ? Translated text: Unusual report: Al-Julani fled from the capital Damascus along with his family members Translated portion of the accompanying article: "According to reports, Syrian transitional prime minister Ahmad Al-Shara left the country’s capital, Damascus along with his family. At the same time, a military unit entered the Syrian broadcasting and television building in a surprising move, in order to receive supervision over the work of the state station. It is also reported that three senior figures in the Syrian transitional administration were injured in an assassination attack"