Who are the top 3 RB's in the NFL?

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Who are the top 3 RB's in the NFL? 

Post#1 » by Gmen » Mon Jul 18, 2011 3:02 am

Who are they?
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Post#2 » by Dr Positivity » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:33 am

Johnson
Peterson
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Post#3 » by Day_Man » Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:51 am

in no order:

Peterson
Foster
Chris Johnson

4th: J Charles
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Post#4 » by Huuminh » Fri Sep 2, 2011 6:02 am

Peterson
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Steven Jackson
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Post#5 » by Starkiller » Fri Sep 2, 2011 8:12 pm

Peterson
Johnson
Jackson
This ^
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Post#6 » by Kal El » Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:13 am

Adrian Peterson
Arian Foster
Darren McFadden
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Post#7 » by FeedSheed30 » Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:45 pm

Peterson
Foster
Ray Rice
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Post#8 » by LAKESHOW » Fri Aug 3, 2012 8:44 am

clearly its reggie. since hes the only running back named in this thread who led his team to a SUPERBOWL championship.
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Post#9 » by Jazz2015 » Wed Aug 8, 2012 2:52 pm

FeedSheed30 wrote:Peterson
Foster
Ray Rice


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Post#10 » by Mamba Mentality » Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:23 am

In order...

1) Adrian Peterson-He's the most consistent back in the NFL, just get's overshadowed by some different guy every season.

2) Ray Rice-Multipurpose back, who is shifty and can put a shoulder down and run through people. Love his YAC and conditioning.

3) Arian Foster-Love his ability to receive out of the backfield, he would be higher on my list he had more than two seasons under his belt.
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Post#11 » by therealbig3 » Fri Oct 5, 2012 9:28 pm

No Mccoy? Why Rice or Foster ahead of him?

I think Peterson is the only one clearly better, but Mccoy has a good case against anyone else imo.
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Post#12 » by Mamba Mentality » Fri Oct 5, 2012 11:32 pm

therealbig3 wrote:No Mccoy? Why Rice or Foster ahead of him?

I think Peterson is the only one clearly better, but Mccoy has a good case against anyone else imo.


They both run stronger than McCoy imo. But you could certainly make a case for him, the argument is really open from 1 down.
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Post#13 » by CJ_18 » Mon Oct 8, 2012 5:09 pm

I think AP has been #1 since his rookie year and until someone can show that they can surpass him in terms of what he brings to the game, his talent as a runner will put him above the rest. For me, the its really hard to seperate the next tier of backs.. but i think overall it goes something like this:

Top tier: AP, Arian Foster, MJD

Next Tier: Mccoy, Rice, Forte, Chris Johnson (despite what hes done this year)
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Post#14 » by TSE » Sat Oct 20, 2012 9:48 pm

I think the RB talent pool isn't super exciting right now and in a short time some fresh blood will take over. Now's a good time to start thinking about finding that next superstar RB. For now I would say AP deserves the vote for #1, but he won't be able to hold onto that for too much longer.
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Post#15 » by a-rod » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:10 pm

Kal El wrote:Adrian Peterson
Arian Foster
Darren McFadden

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Post#16 » by Mamba Mentality » Thu Nov 1, 2012 12:59 am

Darren McFadden has accomplished so much this season lol.
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Post#17 » by Mamba Mentality » Mon Nov 5, 2012 5:12 am

Just wanted to bump this and see what people have to say about Adrian Peterson now. #1 should be pretty consensus by now.
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Re: Who are the top 3 RB's in the NFL? 

Post#18 » by Worm Guts » Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:37 pm

Simba248 wrote:Just wanted to bump this and see what people have to say about Adrian Peterson now.


He's pretty good.
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Re: Who are the top 3 RB's in the NFL? 

Post#19 » by DJhitek » Fri Nov 23, 2012 7:18 pm

Peterson, McCoy and Foster.
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Post#20 » by gswhoops » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:05 pm

1. Foster
2. Peterson

3a. Rice
3b. McCoy

I think Rice and McCoy are close enough to be 3a and 3b rather than 3 and 4, depending on your preference. I think I'd take Rice though if push came to shove.

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