Is Gale Sayers an overrated "legend"?

[bluejerseyjinx]

[breezypeezy]

Sayers averaged 5 yards a carry, for his career, which is elite company.
Also he never finished lower than 5th in MVP voting in his first 5 seasons, which gives me a good indication of how good his contemporaries thought he was.

[breezypeezy]

I mean the 14 game seasons is definitely real context that would have direct impact on numbers.

OJ ran for 2000 yards in 14 games. That is just unreal.

Sanders also got his 2000 in the last 14 games of the 16 game season for 1997.
The 1st and 2nd games he only had a pedestrian 53 yds, but finished the season with 2053 gaining 2000 yards over those last 14 games that season.

[LAKESHOW]

OJ Simpson is the best of All Time. Not even Murder can take that away from him

[WentzerWuver]

It was a different game back then, less games and less yards accumulated in those games. He was a 5 time first team all-pro, led the league in rushing twice along with being the best kick returner.
Terrell Davis made the Hall on 3 great seasons.

Agreed. Gale would dominate even in today's game with its safety rules in place while many in today's game would quit than play in their times.

[WentzerWuver]

OJ Simpson is the best of All Time. Not even Murder can take that away from him

Yes it does as he us now known as the one who got off scott free after all the evidence against him cause of his greatness in football.