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[QUOTE="cmr27, post: 1231482, member: 215"]
It's the other way around. I believe Eddie George and The Great Jim Brown are the only running backs to reach 10,000 rushing yards without missing a single game in the process.

Eddie George was the last running back to carry a team on his back to a Super Bowl. I think he was the last guy to get the ball over and over and over without anyone getting any funny ideas about running back by committee. He transcended his era.

Statistical inflation has hit anyone and everyone in the pass game -- QBs, WRs, TEs (Shannon Sharpe is a perfect case in point).

Whether it is the Heisman or HOF, we should instinctively grade harder on any player involved in the modern passing game.

When you think of hard guys to tackle, George quickly comes to mind. When you think of dangerous receivers, you probably think of three dozen guys before you remember Tim Brown even existed.

Drew Pearson was on the all-decade team for the 1970s and he gave the world the Hail Mary. Until he gets in the HOF, they shouldn't let any other receiver in. Again, it's all about inflated numbers. Pearson led the NFL in receiving yards in 1977. In today's world of easy yardage, leading the league in receiving yards means you have about 1,700. In the 1970s, with a shorter schedule and prison rules for allowable coverage, leading the league in receiving meant about 870 yards.

Finally, we all know Brown's Heisman was fugazy and that the real winner wore orange. He's had enough undeserved kudos.
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