Everybody talks about rice and Montana it's like they think rice was there 10 years but only 4 and a have for Montana its a joke that Craig is not in and I thing cause of fumble season 90 nfc vs NYG with min to go cost a 3rd SB chance of winning 3 in a row But they should not penalize a whole career for a one mistake
@@fleabaglane Exactly, that was one of VERY FEW mistakes that Roger Craig made in his career. It is an absolute joke that Craig isn’t in the NFL Hall of Fame yet. 3 time Super Bowl champion, an instrumental part in all 3 championship seasons for the 49ers, 1988 Offensive Player of the Year, led the league in yards from scrimmage that season, first running back to have 1,000 rushing and 1,000 receiving yards in a season, 4x Pro Bowler as both a halfback and fullback, led the league in catches as a running back in 1985, and a member of the NFL All-Decade Team of the 80s. You could argue that Craig’s accomplishments were bolstered by Montana and Rice but I’d make the opposite argument, Montana and Rice may have one or two less rings on their fingers if not for Roger Craig. It should be a crime punishable by 2 to 4 years in a state mental facility for those not voting to have Craig put in the HOF.
Wasn't he the first Running Back to get 1,000+ Yards Rushing and 1,000+ Yards Receiving in the same Season? He was the Template for Marshall Faulk and every Running Back who came after him.
As a Green Bay fan who hated to play against Tampa Bay, I find it a glaring omission that Mike Alstott and Warrick Dunn were not on this list. They would have made a great #10 or #9. Both could catch passes, run the ball effectively, and holy hell Alstott was a beast. He blocked perfectly for Dunn many, many times.
Csonka was fast for 6 3 245. He was looking for trouble. In the 1973 AFC Championship game against Oakland, he utterly pulverized Jack Tatum. Tatum later said he feared Csonka coming unlike any other player. He hated to tackle him.
A forgotten backfield duo for me was Curt Warner and John L Williams. They were a good combo. in Seattle during the mid & late 80s. If there wasn't a players strike in 1987, there was a good chance that the Seahawks would have gone to the Super Bowl. They also could have both have 1000 yards rushing, again if there wasn't a strike & if the offensive coordinator would have been more even handed with the carries.
@@fatehopkins7969 John L Williams is now 5th all time in receptions in Seahawks history. Tyler Lockett just passed him for 4th place on Sunday. Still 471 receptions for a running back, either fullback or tailback, is a very good number. Especially during the Ground Chuck years. And Ken Berhing years .
I’m a longtime Cowboys fan; but Byner and Mack should be higher than #10. And Larry Csonka/Mercury Morris should be higher than #7. Those early 70s Miami Dolphins don’t get enough respect, with their 3 straight SB appearances, two world championships, and the only perfect season in NFL history.
I'm also a long time Cowboys fan & I'm slightly surprised that Tony Dorsett & Robert New house didn't get an Honorable Mention (@ bare minimum) on this list. Both were an integral part of the Cowboys Offense in the L8 1970s (especially in SB XII).
I get why they don't have Jackson and Allen on the list but man, that was probably the most talented duo to ever play. That's two HoF players if Jackson didn't have to retire early
I dare to say Jackson got injured the game before bills raiders afc championship game 1990-91 If Bo doesn’t get injured In snowy Buffalo I think maybe that game goes the other way I think Allen and Jackson could’ve done what the giants did and ran out the clock. It would’ve at least been a closer game
Yeah, Bo was splitting time between two sports and only played 38 games and Marcus was having all the blow-ups and drama with the owner and frustrated with a lot of things and it just didn't gel like it could have had both guys focused in 100% on being the best combination they could have been. Add in Bo's injury forcing things to an end regardless and you have one of those what could have been stories that come up all too often in sports.
Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs, underrated tandem, no one talks about them. They played together for 5 seasons and won 2 Super Bowls. They were the Giants rush offense. 73 total TD's. Just under 10,500 total yards.
When I was looking at the rookie class before the draft, suddenly there's this 6'4 monster RB out of Southern Illinois. I hoped like mad that the Packers would take him.
I love it that you post the old top 10 lists, because IMAO, the new ones kind of suck because comedians who know nothing about football r on those lists. Thank u man!
I Wish full backs were used the same way they were back in the day, u could get a full back nowadays with good speed n running ability n a coach will still make him do nothing but block the whole game.
@@talvinwright3684 happened to me in highschool, I refused to play until I got a Fair shot at Half back. Once I got a chance it was no surprise that I started, I played full back and half back from little league to middle School and the higher up I got the more I noticed the full back got underused, I knew once I got to highschool I had to stay away from the position.
@@kamo7923 I feel that. I was HB for 2yrs and some sr yr. and starting MLB sr. New coach just moving us on out of school. I walked on at d2 hbcu in NC and was balling even at Fullback. Kept getting promises of being utilized to my full ability but it took me to getting to old to transfer to stop believing that lie. I guess at the end of the day it was shame on me. Sorry so long But to your point it's a lot of them that can actually ball.
@@talvinwright3684 yea man, I learned early to never believe in that lie. Coaches say they'll use players to their full potential all the time but never do.
They just don't make tandems ant more. I was lucky to be a Jets fan in NY with Snell and Boozer and then in Miami with Csonka and Morris. My first real memory was watching Ameche and Moore in the NFL Championship. I was a Redskin fan when they traded for Mitchell, but I thought Brown and Mitchell shouldn't have been broken up. I also enjoyed Dunn and Alstott when I moved to Gainesville, and got to watch Fred Taylor with the Gators and then with Drew in the Jaguar's backfield. I'm just glad I was able to appreciate so much great football growing up.
Scoring a touchdown in 18 consecutive games is insane for a running back but especially back then because of how much defenses focused on stopping the run at the time
They should be in the top 3. 3 straight Super Bowls, winning two of them, first ever pair of thousand yard rushers in the same season, held the record for most rushing yards in a season for a team, Hall of Fame fullback, multi time Pro Bowl running back, and their 3rd down guy was a 2 time AFL All-Star.
I believe the Dolphins' 72 Csonka and Mercury Morris backfield is still the only tandem to rush for more then 1,000 yards each and they also had a pretty good backup runner in Jim Kick. In my mind they were the best running team of all time and should be at #1...little surprise they are also still the only NFL team with a perfect season.
How weren't Bleir/Harris and Csonka/Morris/Kick the top 2? The only others that I would even consider in their league are Sayers/Piccolo and Taylor/Horning.
I get it that this video highlights the tandem running backs that share ball carrying duties. But, I can remember as a kid the Washington Redskins had a pretty decent tandem with Larry Brown as the big yardage maker with Charlie Haraway blocking the way.
some people forget Roger Craig was a pass-catching and 1,000 yard rushing fullback before his full switch to halfback. He was playing fullback in his first SB against Miami where he scored 3 TD's.
I wish the NFL Films would do Top Ten Head Coach/GM combos. Or Top Ten Coaching Staffs. Not based on what assistant coaches/OCs/DCs did AFTER they left, but rather what they accomplished together with the same team.
Three things: 1. If they're gonna have The Million Dollar Backfield as a whole group, the least they could've done is included Jim Kiick in with the Dolphins and bumped The Perfect Backfield up a few spots. 2. I think the Chiefs of the last 15 or so years have been trying their damnest to singlehandedly bring back the idea of backfield tandems, and God bless them for it. (I think the Browns might have landed the jackpot now thanks to KC releasing Kareem Hunt.) 3. *HECK, we've been Pizza Time'd by #4*
Nice to see Lowe and Lincoln here. In 1960 Lowe returned the very first kickoff for the Bolts 100 yards for a TD and Lincoln's championship game against the Patriots (1963 season) was one for the ages.
1:52 Earnest Byner and Kevin Mack. 6:03 Emerson Boozer and Matt Snell. 9:09 Roger Craig and Tom Rathman. 13:42 Larry Csonka and Mercury Morris. 17:31 Keith Lincoln and Paul Lowe. 21:29 Lenny Moore and Alan Ameche. 24:20 Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier. 28:59 The Million Dollar Backfield! 33:24 Jim Brown and Bobby Mitchell. 38:34 Paul Hornung and Jim Taylor.
Mack and Alstott definitely belong in the HOF for what they did at the FB position. Between being able to block just as well if not better than most at their position, having some of the best hands at their position, and of course being the top 2 in rushing at their position of all time in my eyes. Another FB that I don’t hear a lot of people talk about is Lorenzo Neal that man blocked for so many 1,000 yard rushers it’s a crime that those 3 men aren’t in the HOF but that just shows FBs don’t get the credit they deserve because casual fans don’t know how important they are especially nowadays due to the league being a pass heavy one now.
How the HELL Joe Washington and John Riggins are not mensioned on this list, from the early 80's Redskins, which were part of a high powered offense that roasted NFL defenses are not mensioned?
Theres a couple new tandems staking their claim for this list in todays game. Kareem hunt and nick Chubb are out in front. Also j.k dobbins and gus Edwards have been really good this year for the ravens.
After watching basically all these videos and learning so much about the NFL History from Marion Motley breaking the color barrier to many legends of the game from different eras..but this is one I been curious about since I been digging from the past. Let’s say Jim Brown doesn’t retire in 1966 and decide to keep on playing with Leroy for 7 more years until 72-73, would then packers, Miami, colts, chiefs, and jets have their SBs? Because if based on film and what others say about Jim Browns greatness, would you say that he could easily have a few SBs under his belt at the twilight of his career? I know it’s a big what if, but based on the domination, I think the Browns would have been a dynasty before the Steel Curtain..but remember this is just rhetorical so don’t take it personal..how everything ended up being is pretty awesome too..Im just wondering had Brown not retired at 29, would he have won a few SBs for Cleveland?
Have to go back to the days when two backs getting a significant amount of carries was a thing for this one. To me, the biggest omission on these lists is John Brockington/MacArthur Lane for the Packers. Not sure what the numbers look like but it seems as though they were both tearing it up for a year or two there. Some others from that era that jump to mind: Larry Brown/Charlie Harraway-Redskins, Dave Osborne/Bill Brown-Vikings, and the Cowboys had a couple of classic power fullback/speedy running back combos in Calvin Hill/Walt Garrison and Tony Dorsett/Robert Newhouse.
@@howardcosell2022 Yeah, but it seems to me that Thomas only lasted one, maybe two seasons and that he actually replaced Hill as opposed to being a part of the tandem, much in the same way Kiick was replaced by Morris except Thomas didn't last long.
@@joeseddit No surprise Dallas went to consecutive super bowls with the talented Thomas. Garrison was the undersized FB. Hill was built more like an H-Back, unlike a FB like Csonka. Hill had his best years after Thomas' departure but didn't have the team success from 70 & 71
@@howardcosell2022Definitely Walt Garrison (#32; my FAVORITE number). Shit; 1 of the best blocker in the biz BITD (Back In The Day) & an effective ball carrier when needed (especially in the Red Zone).
As soon as I saw the title, I was thinking Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner. I'm glad they made the list but I think they should be higher than 10 even with The Fumble.
No disrespect to Mercury, but I was a Csonka- Kiick fan and when I say Csonk, I still think Csonka and Kiick. As a Steeler fan I thought they were the only 2 running backs as good as Harris-Blier.
Most people never saw the great Gale Sayers and Andy Livingston before they got hurt. They were the most dynamic duo ever as they both had great speed and also returned kick offs. There never has been a bigger breakaway threat as the Kansas Comet.
What about Bill Brown and Dave Osborne of the Vikings?! The REAL THUNDER & LIGHTNING, Tony Galbreath and Chuck Munci of New Orleans, and don't forget Larry Brown and Charlie Harraway of Washington.
"A jitterbug named Morris, and a bulldozer named Csonka". Why don't the color commentators today make great descriptions like they did back in the 70's & 80's?
I think it's funny that Ray Didinger said Paul Hornung was pumping something else and it immediately cuts to a shot of packers cheerleader, NFL films is hilarious 😂
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Not a bad tandem, DeSean Foster and Stephen Davis played through/with different nagging injuries never reached their full effective potential but did get cheated out of a super bowl against video camera cheating on the sidelines deflating footballs NE Patties
@@bricedixon113both rushed for a 1,000yds one season,Smash and Dash but suffered the erratic play of Jake Delhome getting them eliminated out of the playoffs against Arizona.
Miami Dolphins Merc & Zonk first to both rush for a 1000 yards each + Jim Kiick. Perfect Season. They absolutely controlled the game. They should be #2
Guesses before watching: Csonka/Kickk Hornung/Taylor Riggins/Washington Byner/Mack Craig/Rathman Sayers/Piccolo Jackson/Allen Rogers/Byner Plus some l can’t think of.... Let’s see...
Byner Rogers? Do you mean George Rogers? he left The Redskins after 87, Byner arrived in 89.... Riggs Byner were on the same team at the same time but Byner played a TE type of role (H-B) with Riggs before Byner became the ball carrier and Riggs became the short yardage back.
@Harry Engel that team was stacked at every position but QB which is an odd thing to say when the QB was both league MVP and SB MVP but in truth Rypein only had a deep ball and gibbs worked his magic to not expose that he was the worst red zone QB in the league. Lets not forget that another RB on that roster was Brian Mitchell, while he didn't get many offensive touches that season if he had to play RB he was pretty damn good at it. He was also a great kick returner that season and through out his long career. I recall him in the middle of his career being a feature back for one game and had a 100 yard game. The starter who was probably Terry Allen was hurt or something like that Played some Full Back and 3rd down back too. Even filled in at QB his rookie year during the body bag game.
@Harry Engel Also a team with a HOF Guard... on the Bench. Because their starting guards were actually better. Raleigh Mckenzie and Mark Schlreth were beasts. Mckenzie was a very athletic guard who could pull rapidly, had great balance and could even pass block as good as most left tackles. Not sure what season it was but Mckenzie actually played left tackle for a game because he was the only one athletic enough to handle Pat Swilling of the Saints. That was the best Offensive Line I ever saw for the Redskins as far as Depth went. I remember a few games in 1991 where multiple linemen went out for minor injuries for a series or that game etc and the bench putting out pro bowl level talent and the offense kept moving a long without having to tweak the game plan to make up for a loss of talent. Even the positions that do not generate stats to look at were stacked. Unfortunately Rypien held out the next season never really played well again in his career. Some of their best talent on the line got too old to be effective in a league where defenses were getting faster and stronger. The WR corp and RBs were getting old and Ricky Ervins really didn't pan out as an every down back. Salary Cap hit around that time, maybe 2 years after the Super Bowl, Gibbs left and so did much of Bobby Bethards players. However it being the 4th of Joe Gibbs 4 super bow appearances (3 wins) it got to be the tail end of a dynasty. It felt like the start of something even bigger at the time but it was the last thrill of a decade of Redskins greatness. Only a handful of players were on all 3 SB championships, Monk (didn't play in the first one due to injury), Warren, Grimm, Bostic, Jacoby, Coleman, are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. The only other football team in the era to keep winning superbowls over a span of that long with all that turn over was the 49ers. I think maybe the Patriots have accomplished that but I don't even like football now so I do not watch or follow. I was barely paying attention to football when the Patriots won their first super bowl. I can't even tell you who is on what team and most of the guys playing today were in Pee Wee football when I stopped watching sports in general. Game evolved too much and I have too much going on in my life to learn the new X's a nd O's . I get no thrill from fantasy football, betting on games or being a drunk jock telling someone else their team sucks. I love watching the old games on youtube, especially the obscure ones in the middle of the season between mediocre teams and just examining the blocking assignments how teams ran the ball. examining the defense schemes and pass protections. Still love the sport in general but I can't let go of my old ways.... I think I just turned into a rambling old man lol. I used to make of those as a kid.
