Eric Dickerson - Greatest RB of all time
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- Speed, Power, Quickness, Vision, Moves, quick feet. Had it all. Holds Rookie Rushing Record with 1,808 yds in '83. Holds single season rushing record with 2,105 yds in '84. Holds single game playoff record with 248 yds in '85. All while playing with lousy QB's. 4 different QB's in LA and another 2 in Indy.
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Most graceful back for sure. Great combination of speed, power, and vision.
Couldn't have said it better!
He’s very graceful but go watch Tony Dorsett
Tony Dorsett took that spot
@@Ainsi110 Yes, I used to model myself after Tony Dorsett when I sprinted the 200M and Sebastian Coe, the two most graceful runners I've seen.
I remember one game Eric Dickerson ran for about 200 yards against the Seahawks. Watching him glide was a thing of beauty, like water flowing downhill. When the coach pulled him in the fourth quarter the Kingdome crowd gave him a standing ovation. Respect.
You can compare dozens of great running backs and its hard to argue some over the other but Dickerson was just flat out fun to watch. He made running with a football into an art.
ED was like Secretariat - once he got out front you were toast. Sanders had the moves, Payton had the grace, Campbell had the power - ED had the speed - looked like he was playing by himself sometimes just blowing past evrybody
The other complete package is D. Henry for the Titans, I think. Check out his 99 yard run for a TD where he stiff arms everyone; he's like a Jim Brown on steroids, speed and power.
The only jersey I ever owned that wasn't a Steelers jersey was a blue Rams 29 Dickerson jersey that I had in the mid 80s. He was a pure joy to watch and he had a style all his own.
Thanks for putting this together.
this man ran for 7000 yards in his first 4 years, UNREAL
Well, the Rams had shit else on offense, so the ball was his property.
I got to see Dickerson twice. So distinctive, so elegant. You couldn't miss him on the field.
@@ClockCutter That was going to change if he had stuck around. We just drafted Jim Everett ---- what might have been.
Never herd about this guy until the rams got their new uniforms 2020
Absolutely 👍🏾 and the Rams had zero passing game. He ran against 7 and 8 man fronts all the time.
i also heard he wore a lot of pads. not sure if that's true. someone said he wore like 50lbs of pads and still out ran everyone.
My favorite football player of all time. I was born in "78" and watching him as a kid was my favorite football watching of my life to this day.
1:14 this dood just trucked Ronnie Lott!!!
Yes Kobe he stomped on Ronnie Lott that was serious payback on the previous play Lott stopped him cold!!!!!!
Ronnie was talking trash before that game too if I recal
yep! i didn't even catch that the first time around. I have no words....
Kobe Official Eric Dickerson always ran with deceptive POWER.
Kobe Official *_*dude_*
The iconic head straight up while hitting his stride is very memorable, no other back ever ran like that.
Exactly!!
He played in a day and age when football was played the way it was meant to be played.
I remember watching a Rams game on TV in his rookie season. He was so fast and so dominant. I remember the broadcast booth, commenting after another inside breakthrough..." This is a new type of back...a new era"
The Cadillac of running backs
More Like The "BENTLEY" Of Running Backs...SMOOTH, FAST, POWERFUL, YET BEAUTIFUL👌🏿.
He’s more like a Pererbilt. Big man trucking people on the field.
Dickerson was unreal.
Such a smooth running back.
Probably the most underrated RB in the HOF
I watched this man grow as a running back ! My brother went to SMU, so I went to all home games! HE grew every year! But, what most people don't know, is that. If Micheal Waggner, hadn't broke his neck. You would have "never" heard of Eric Dickerson !!!!!
Do you have footage of Michael Waggner
@@dwightlove3704 + I got his 1st name wrong. It is CHARLES Waggner from Carter HS. He started before Dick and James. He hurt his neck against TX Tech. Never played again. You can Google search him.
@@dwightlove3704 + 1979
@@arnoldsanders6878 Thanks wished that I saw footage of him
@@arnoldsanders6878 WOW SAW SOMETHING ON WAGGONER if he had stayed healthy Dickerson&James might have transferred.Dickerson originally wanted to go to Oklahoma and Bear Bryant (BAMA)was hot after James. Fun Fact EX-BENGALS WR Cris Collinsworth was being recruited by BAMA as well he was a HIGH SCHOOL QB from Florida. They might have been teammates????
He was actually beautiful to watch. 11 year old me wanted to be just like him: big, fast, quick and could hit the truck stick when needed. No one like him ever.
Only one defender to ever catch him from behind was Darrell Green of the Redskins, and Eric said he knew exactly who it was the second he felt hands upon him.
Once Dickerson hit his stride, there was no catching him. Very fun to watch.
Not true. Got run down by Darryl Green....
+AgentofPeace true, but green was the fastest in the nfl
Dickerson slowed down towards the end zone, he had no clue green was in pursuit....you must not have watched that game.
EMCEE yeah Dickerson in a interview said that he knew Green was coming.
You might be thinking Of Tony Dorsett on MNF.
One of my all time favorite players
i remember his last carry as a ram, 50yard touchdown on halloween. still one of my favorite runners. thanks for the show eric. the colts made good for the trade years later with marshall faulk
I watched one of his game from Colts in Anaheim 9/11/1988
I didn’t see JB however I saw Dorsett and OJ as a child, Walter, Earl, Barry as a young man but Eric is the greatest combo of durability, power, speed, quick feet and vision that I have ever seen…
love E D he was so badass to watch i was 11 in 84 and had my mom and dad buy me goggles for pee wee football like Eric lol
LOVE TO WATCH DICKERSON BACK IN THE 80S JUST TO BAD HE NEVER GOT A SB RING
I think you're right man. Payton, Sanders or Dickerson. I think it's Dickerson by the smallest of margins. I may change my mind tomorrow, but right now, it's Dickerson. My god he was amazing.
Jimmy brown Eric Dickerson Walter Payton
+zonie9872 What about Bo Jackson?
A big powerful back with great speed.
And the Rams had zero passing game. Dickerson was the man!
He lost over a year of games because of the arrogance of The Rams management not wanting to pay him
Yea' but, ERIC DICKERSON,POETRY N MOTION,MY BAD,BUT DICKERSON""IS MY FAVORITE PLAYER OF ALL TIME,"MY OPINION.💯💯DEFINITELY "GREATEST BACK" NO RUNNING BACK HAS EVER REPEATED DA 2YEAR TOTAL THAT HE HAD#1. # 2 HIS INDIVIDUAL RECORD FOR 2,105 STILL STANDS.1,808 ROOKIE YEAR. STILL UNBROKEN!!!
Also tha fastest 2 reach 10.000zn yards......straight up beast 🤨
BEST OF ALL TIME.!!!!💯💯
GSHIT!!
I believe too that he is the best running back of All Time.
I was a kid during his career and I remember the media and alot of fans talking down on him as overrated,selfish,etc. and I remember thinking that also! Well, as an adult I have watched alot of highlights and interviews and I was dead wrong and so was the media!! I'm glad as an adult I took the time to see and realize this and it didn't take me long to do so!! I could get into the reasons on both but it would take to long!! I'm a complete fan of his as a player and also a fan of the man he is!!! I have the upmost respect for him period, he's awsome!!!!!
The most talented back ever.
Thank-you, Rick Darcy for calling Eric Dickerson the Greatest Running Back of All-Time! It's about time we have somebody that knows how to rank the best running backs. The three single season records you listed above are what I always mention to people when we have greatest running back of all-time arguments. Dickerson never even gets talked about in the top 5. Walter Payton once thanked Dickerson for going to the Colts. He told Dickerson that if he had stayed with the Rams he would have owned all the NFL records and told him the Rams messed up badly by trading him away! That was so true. Thanks Rick!
If u r using single greatest season then Herschel Walker is the greatest. He had more yards. And he was faster. Walker was a world class sprinter.
Eric Dickerson was awesome no other backs where as good as him for his speed and his quick moves a pound for pound back who would of broken so many rushing records if he wouldn't left the Rams
The secret to Dickerson's record, the glasses. Those actually were secret, computerized opticals which almost instantaneously predicted potential defensive moves, allowing Dickerson's moves to appear almost miraculous, mystical, even phenomenal.
Hey man I like that
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@@randalljones2025 - Having gone to several of Dickerson's games, the only problem watching that man in action was sitting still, sitting down. Had many viewers shouting at me to "DOWN IN FRONT!" ;-)
@@DJWRailroad I mean this from my heart when I say it, watching Eric Dickerson run was like poetry in motion smoothness aggressiveness acceleration and style my name is Randall Jeffrey Jones and my favorite NFL player is Eric Dickerson and I'll take that to my grave and by the way the best running back that ever played the game respect 2 U D Railroad
@@randalljones2025 - Well, Randall, those are the times we look back on and, unfortunately, in hindsight seem too short-lived, that we can only reminisce about (or TRY to watch replays!).
Simply the best ever!
extraordinary player ... I always loved
He is probably the best that I have ever saw in the NFL.
Wish you could have caught some games in the 90’s. A fella by the name of Sanders played then.
There has never been a workhorse for a team as Eric was in those 3 or 4 years.
earl Campbell was his first three years as an oiler
They were both from Tyler,Tx.
Larry Johnson had a great 3 year stretch but then came the wear and tear of it.
Eric Dickerson played with trash quarterback his who career too.
Plain and and simple he was bad ass. Always A RAMS FAN!!!! See on Sunday Frisco.
Love how he switches hands, while carrying ball under stress ...Eric had flow ...flow meister
Got the chills watching this legend play. Greatest back of all time.
" Pretty Back! Runs like a large antelope!
the prettiest runner ever !!! i had a chance to see ED in 1978 as a 5th grader , my high school (hamshire fannett )the week before beat the number 1 team in state in 2a (newton and they were stacked !!!) in the bi district round . we played them in regionals in pasadena texas , remember our top players (deshotel cousins ) were saying if we stop him we will win. needles to say we hung in there but they beat us 21-7 on route to winning state that year . I followed him thru SMU (pony express) ED as a pure rb in the I formation i would take him over any back in NFL history ,rams had no qb just him and you knew what was coming and still couldnt stop him .
Stallion Style Runnin
My favorite player!
Flat out Awesome running back !
He definitely made it look easy.
When you can make professional athletes look like HS players, you are fun to watch and are going to the Hall of fame!
I WIL NEVER FORGET MR ERIC DICKERSON! NuffRespectDue! 😤
My all time favorite player and to me he is the greatest RB ever, and to accomplish what he did for his size is unreal. What he did on his first 2 seasons will never be topped.
Never be another like him
My favorite RB
A Legend .
BEAST!!!
Nice piece u put 2gether on E.D. im a tru Rams fan. Thank u .
Richard Nunez I"m a true blue Seahawks fan but Eric was special. I traded wagner power painting my Dad's cedar home to go watch Eric play in 1984 as mentioned before. As a teenager, I was a football freak. I saw him at SMU and wanted the Hawks to draft him. (I was a 16 yo draftnik) The Rams traded with Houston and snagged him. Your Rams are building a nice team. Their Defense is going to be Nasty & I expect some real battles this year. Thx for the comment.
Run so smooth
Eric was silk on two legs!
Poetry In Motions, Eric Dickerson Is The Most Talented RB Ever - A Marvel To Watch.
A Freak Of Nature At 6'3 Could Turn On A Dime,
Super Fast, Ran Gracefully Like A Gazelle
And That Amazing On Field Vision And Instincts. Ghost Dancer, Blink And He's Gone.
Dude you need to catch a Barry Sanders highlights vid. No back ever sorry to say moved like this man. His move’s had move’s.
Like ive said so many times. Eric Dickerson is the greatest running back to touch a football. Im so lucky to have witnessed live. On every Sunday this thoroughbred. And to have great players like Mike Trout(Angels) Kobe Bryant(Lakers) and Eric Dickerson in our backyard. Dickerson made running with the ball an art. Very exciting. Again to me Eric Dickerson should have the record and is the greatest running back past and present. Period. My opinion. Rams, Lakers, and Angels 🏈🏀⚾
nah Bo is better
+brandon gladish Bo is better my ass Bo is overated
Bo is the bes back plus he's from auburn and not only that bo ran the fastest 40 and ran so much better
Yes, he was the best to Ever so it.
Here's the thing about Dickerson. He was SF 49ers coach Bill Walsh's most feared opponent. They did everything to try and stop him, yet he would still reel off one of his huge runs. He was truly a great running back in his day and was the reason the Rams were even remotely competitive in the era of 49er greatness.
Tbird Tim I think I mentioned it. I saw him as a kid run for 200 yds, exactly, when STL knew he was getting the ball. Dieter completed 5 passes all game, 5 and the Rams won because of Dickerson. Seeing him live from the all-22 view had me shaking my head. It was sick watching him run live, sick.
I like how he said with 4 lousy qb's at the Rams and 2 more with the Colts....But bad Ob's means you run the ball or throw interceptions...Looks like they ran the ball...So That's why Eric got his yards
In college, you had to wait for the Mustangs to go on defense before taking a bathroom or snack break. Between Dickerson and Craig James, one was likely to take it the distance on any play. So much talent in one backfield.
Smoothest big back!!!
Fastest running back to reach 10,000 rushing yards in 91 games which is still an NFL Record. Eric Dickerson was always known to be fumble prone but he was feared as one of the most elite running backs in football because of his 6'3 frame. The combination of power, strength and speed being able to run graceful strides shows that defences weren't able to contain him.
Poetry in motion
He wasn't just a nightmare to NFL defenses, he was a real nightmare to the Rams front office. You could always count on ED to hold out on Summer training. It was always for more money as his legs were uninsurable.
As a 49ers fan I was glad to see go to Indy.
Walter Payton: Even Jim Brown, both Southerners, said 'he did not run to get out of bounds.' Walter ran INTO the defenders before they ran into him. He punished the defenders and not vice versa.
Dickerson is better than Walter
@🏈Savage Red Sports🏈 2.1k rushing yards in one season
Dickerson was a thoroughbred!!! He was great!!.............Size, Speed, Quickness, Vision. Unheard of for a RB his size!!! Won't see another like him. Imagine him and Marcus in the league at the same time. It was golden!
DeepH2Ov1 What, ever heard of Earl Campbell?
different type of back which is why I didn't mention him.
DeepH2Ov1 Thanks for viewing. Marcus spoke about Eric in the NFL all time list where Dickerson finished at #52. The vid was released by the NFL on June 12th and I included a link. Marcus told the story. Thanks!
rustyshadow7 I liked Earl Campbell, too. Prayers go out to Earl. He abused his body but was crazy good. We talk about Marshawn Lynch as being Beast Mode. Campbell makes Lynch look like child's play.
Rick Darcy indeed
this makes me smile he is my uncle ;)
+eric Dickerson. Is he really?
Babylon Gardens Landscaping yeah he is my uncle and my uncle Eric named my dad Eric Dickerson then my dad named me Eric dickerson
You're a really bad liar
+X xEricPlaysx X how did your uncle name your dad eric if they are brothers
X xEricPlaysx X this guy on the subway in philly said he was his uncle too!!! And he didn't know you !!!
Lol Ronny Lott got TRUCKED
I am a completely fan o the Steelers and I watched him play a lot of times, he was unique and without any doubt the best running back of his time
the body of eddie george the moves of barry sanders the power of bo jackson the speed of a.p the shiftiness of jamal charles and the vision of emmit smith
Man, when I was in high school in Dallas, we ALL wanted to be Eric Dickerson. You might be the third string wingback but you had the winged horse collar, you had the goggles and you got lit up running like you were the last leg on a 4X100 relay, In drivers Ed we used to cruise past SMU on the rich side of town hoping we might see our hero LOL! H Grady Spruce 81-85
When I was in high school, Dickerson was the most dominate RB in the league. Guys wanted to Dickerson, talked Dickerson, he was their 1st pick in best players, etc. Kids around the country wanted to be Dickerson when they'd play. Incredible combination of vision, speed, power, and drive. He had a 4-year run that was just unreal, and several other fine seasons besides those.
Beast
totally underrated, he was a top 5 greatest runner all time
the graceful smooth very fast runner and 6"3 power runner ever the best ever runner.bad ass. enuff said
Smooth, fast powerful and the best vision I've seen, which is surprising considering his poor vision. I loved those specs he wore under his lid. Love this player.
mac morrison He had the matching towel hanging from his belt. The goggles, the neck brace, the thigh pads, the flack jacket. How he ran a 4.3 is amazing and at 6'3" is sick. So smooth.
big, smooth and very fast ….. he was one bad ass RB. Just a gazelle in the open field.
He was the second-best RB ever to play for SMU
Me too... Number 1 in my book
His ability to cut and shift to find holes was key to his success. He really had a sixth sense to finding holes and then using his speed and height (stride) to gain massive yards
Eric Dickerson was the greatest running back of all time bar none
Juice,Sir Walter,Dickerson...
Perfect combination of speed and power.. Yes that was Lott getting trucked.. Dickerson had the most balanced footwork of any back in that era and one could argue throughout NFL history.. For a man that size to be able to get out into the open field and virtually outrun even the swiftest db's is remarkable.. His upright running style was certainly unique.. 7000 yds in such a short beginning to his career was amazing.. Hat's off to #29..🤙
I'm from Chicago seen Walter his whole career one the best of all time, but nobody ran the rock like E.D.. For him to be ranked at #52 is a crime he should be top 10 at the least. This man faced 8 and 9 man fronts and still set records, plus when Jeff Kemp and Dieter Brock is your staring QB's you should get extra points for that alone. One could only wonder had he stayed with the Rams what kind of numbers he would have finished with lets say maybe 22000 yards rushing. After he left Jim Everett improved with Henry Ellard and Flipper Anderson so you never know.
Prime Dickerson is probably the most complete back in NFL history in my opinion. Fastet Running back to 10k yards. Anything beyond that is just longevity in my opinion.
My dream backfield: Dickerson, Okoye and Riggins.
Intelligent runner
The Rams were crazy to let him go.
The fans let him down too talking about he's greedy. When everyone comes to see him. Dumbest shit ever.
whenever u have a 6'3 Powerback who can take off as quick as a flash of a light. and his agility 2 juke defenders out. u have 2 call him the greatest
versatility and fumbles matter too- the whole picture
I feel like skill wise Bo Jackson was better he just didn’t put up the stats because of his injury
From 1983_88 Eric Dickerson was the best RB in the NFL even better than Walter Payton yes i dared to say it but Payton had seen better days by then i always thought it was a stupid move him moving to the colts who were a piss poor team back then i was a huge step down from the Rams who were a very good team at the time they only real weakness was they lack of talent at QB Jim Everett being the best of a bad bunch he never looked the same player at the colts as he did at the rams even though he was still racking up 1000 yrd seasons he just didnt look like the best in the league anymore plus over the next few seasons Thurman Thomas Barry Saunders and eventually Emmitt Smith came along and outshone him but i often wonder what if the rams just paid him what he was worth what Eric Dickerson would we have seen when motivated playing for a far better team
strangewayshere Dickerson played well with the Colts. He'd have won every seasonal yardage record but he held out from the Rams for 2 games and then another season he was traded to Colts in mid-season. Nobody ran like Dickerson. For being 6'3" and easy to see but tough to catch. I liked Barry but he got lost in the line and D-Lines looked around for Barry thinking he was down and Barry would squirt through, make a jump cut, another jump cut and book down the field in this short legs. Barry was awesome but just not Dickerson via my eyes. We all see players differently and why debate and you tubes are fun to produce & have.
Greatest Running Back In The World!!! 🤙🙌
If he would have stayed put he would have been the greatest of all.
Right on the money, if he would have stayed in LA he would have been the best.
Tha best running back tha NFL has ever had🤨
I will never see a back like that in the rest of my life time! Here's to . E. D .
The most beautiful style of running. Beautiful to watch. I saw him run against the niners the year he broke the single season rushing record. It was in SF. It was the last game of the year and he had 98 yards in the first half, but what can you say about Joe Montana.
The best RB in Rams history.
So Rick, its been a few weeks now. Did you care to include your analysis of ED's great year vs. OJ's great year? Just for fun we might also compare vs OJ's 1975 with 23 TDs and 1817 (129.8 per game, 5.5 per rush attempt). Btw - Love this vid! ED was a great runner!
WRONG! If you watched Eric Dickerson. He always fumbled when it mattered the most. That's why he never played in the Super Bowl. Great Running Backs help their teams win Super Bowls. Like Walter Peyton, Emmitt Smith, Tony Dorsett, Franco Harris and Marshall Faulk. Just to name a few Running Backs I'd take over Eric Dickerson!
Dorsett was the best all round RB. Blazing speed and as a receiver a nightmare for LB’s to cover
I always really liked that he didn't spike the ball when he scored, he just dropped it.