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[QUOTE="cmr27, post: 560138, member: 215"]
The comparison between Franco Harris and The Great Jim Brown is brilliant and profound. I, much like The Great Jim Brown, believe running backs have to be held to a higher standard than other players. Accordingly, both of us and The Great Jim Brown believe Franco should be castigated for running out of bounds. But to be fair to Franco, he wasn't afraid. He was just lazy.

When it mattered, Franco always delivered. As good as he was in the regular season, he had better postseason stats even though he was facing some of the greatest defenses ever (Shula's Dolphins in their glory days, Madden's Raiders in their glory days, Landry's defense at its best. The Purple People Eaters and more).

Franco Harris lived his life in precisely the same manner as Eli Manning, and Franco was honest about it. Someone asked him why he ran out of bounds when the stakes were low. "Is every day Christmas? Is every day Easter? Not to me, it isn't," Franco replied, shaking his head at what he regarded as a silly question.

Franco was a utilitarian who calculated run-of-the-mill carries in run-of-the-mill situations in regular season games weren't worth as much effort as short yardage situations in postseason.

Analytically speaking, Franco is right and The Great Jim Brown is wrong. Only when we acknowledge morality and the philosophy of right and wrong are we moved to the side of The Great Jim Brown. I detest all of the times Franco was lazy. But when it mattered, he wasn't afraid. If he had to do it, he could do it.  He proved it many times.
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