rlcarr

For quite some time, Football Outsiders' columnist Mike Tanier has been devoting the last third of his weekly "Walkthrough" column to listing one or two teams' all-time top five RBs.

This week it's the Pats' and Jets' turn:

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | Walkthrough: Hang The D.J.

His Patriots top five:

1. Sam Cunningham
2. Kevin Faulk
3. Jim Nance
4. Curtis Martin
5. Mosi Tatupu

Ive_Killed_People

Take "Tuna Sniffer" off that list and replace him with Dillon

nashvillepatsfan

Is he just ignoring the stats that Dillon had before the Pats? He was a Patriot, and had a great season. He ran for more yards in 2 seasons than Mosi did in his whole time with the Pats.

1. cunningham
2. Dillon
3. Faulk
4. Nance
5. Martin

IMHO

RayClay

Hardly worth listing the five best Patriots running backs (Tatupu though?), but that might be the single worst football article i've ever read.

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Ron Sellers

Haven't read the link (yet), but no offense to Kevin Faulk - but he is not even close to Jim Nance.

patsfan13

Probably put J Nance at #2

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Criptonite

IMO Nance is clearly #1 and Cunningham is clearly #2. I think the debate starts at #3. I'd probably have Martin next and Dillon close behind. I'd have a hard time putting Faulk and especially Tatupu anywhere near the top 5.

bagwell368

Ditto. Faulk had moments (important ones) and a long career, but in any given year he was not a big deal compared to Nance, who just flat ran over people.

bagwell368

I guess Mosi's fans go with the ST angle, but as a straight back? Smith blows him away, never mind the guys higher on the list.

Mack Herron

Tony Collins should be on that list.