07-19-2017, 10:41 AM
Honestly, you can't take any opinion from Lance McAlister on nostalgic teams seriously. He is so tied to fond memories of teams it distorts his reality. People consider Corey Dillon a fringe HoF'er and he played on horrible teams. No one is considering James Brooks for the HoF and he was on really good teams.
The pass catching thing is a red herring. AP and Jim Brown had very similar receiving numbers to Dillon. A HB's first job is to rush the ball and in that department Dillion is heads and shoulders above Brooks. Brooks never even had more than 221 carries in a season, you can't be the best HB ever when you never had more than 300 carries in a season and only went over 200 twice.
The pass catching thing is a red herring. AP and Jim Brown had very similar receiving numbers to Dillon. A HB's first job is to rush the ball and in that department Dillion is heads and shoulders above Brooks. Brooks never even had more than 221 carries in a season, you can't be the best HB ever when you never had more than 300 carries in a season and only went over 200 twice.
