Monday, December 17, 2007

LaDanian: The Best Ever?

After Sunday's route of the Lions, Ladanian Tomlinson passed Jim Brown for 7th place all-time with 127 total touchdowns. He also became only the second player ever, joining Eric Dickerson, to start their career with 7 straight 1,200 yard seasons...after seeing his name alongside the all-time greats like this, you have to wonder, is he going to finish as the best ever? I realize this isn't a groundbreaking idea, especially if you remember 2006 when the Chargers press conferences ended with Marty Schottenheimer wiping his spit off of certain body parts belong to LT, but maybe he had good reason to. Discounting his passing stats (and everyone who thinks he could actually play quarterback based on them), in 7 seasons he's already went past 10,000 yards, well over 100 TD's, and at some point next year should go over 500 receptions for his career. He has more rushing yards in his first 7 years than Barry Sanders, Emmit Smith, Jim Brown, and Walter Payton..with no sign of slowing down. I realize that today's league is more watered down with the salary cap and all, but at some point you have to watch him and realize that he deserves to be in that elite company with Brown, Sanders, and Payton as the best ever

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