1. Is Marshall Faulk the greatest multidimensional running back of all-time?
Eric Allen: Faulk was amazing to play against because he could hurt you so many ways. It wasn't just him popping out to catch passes for short yardage. He could run a variety of routes from the running back position or line up in the slot alongside Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce and make defenses have to make a torturous decision of who to double. In addition, he was a fantastic pure running back who could gash you for 125 yards.
The only true competition for the title of greatest multidimensional is from Thurman Thomas. He was the same kind of running back. He was a guy who would've thrived in a regular system, but who was even more dangerous when used in the passing game. For this one, I have to go Faulk as 1a and Thomas as 1b with a serious drop-off to No. 2.
Joe Theismann: He compares extremely well to Thurman Thomas, but Thomas gets the edge because he went to four Super Bowls and without him that Bills team isn't nearly as good. Not to say that the Rams were a great team without Faulk, but Thomas was more of the engine than Faulk was.
Eric Allen: Faulk was amazing to play against because he could hurt you so many ways. It wasn't just him popping out to catch passes for short yardage. He could run a variety of routes from the running back position or line up in the slot alongside Torry Holt and Isaac Bruce and make defenses have to make a torturous decision of who to double. In addition, he was a fantastic pure running back who could gash you for 125 yards.
The only true competition for the title of greatest multidimensional is from Thurman Thomas. He was the same kind of running back. He was a guy who would've thrived in a regular system, but who was even more dangerous when used in the passing game. For this one, I have to go Faulk as 1a and Thomas as 1b with a serious drop-off to No. 2.
Joe Theismann: He compares extremely well to Thurman Thomas, but Thomas gets the edge because he went to four Super Bowls and without him that Bills team isn't nearly as good. Not to say that the Rams were a great team without Faulk, but Thomas was more of the engine than Faulk was.
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