Who is your Greatest Rams Running Back of All Time?

[Allen2McVay]

I see he had a pretty decent season in 1987 with 1374 yds 11td's on 12 starts.

why did we move away from White? I seen the next year he only started 3 games and picked up Greg Bell? Were we just doing running back by committee back then?

1987 was a strike season, with scab players a portion of the year.

Some teams did a better job filling their rosters; and some teams had more veterans cross the picket lines, at various points.

Always considered the two strike years (1982 and 1987) to be fucked-up, and took the stats, records and results with a giant Grain of Salt.

 

[henry dyer]

greg bell and dwayne crutchfield

 

[Corbin]

1987 was a strike season, with scab players a portion of the year.

Some teams did a better job filling their rosters; and some teams had more veterans cross the picket lines, at various points.

Always considered the two strike years (1982 and 1987) to be fucked-up, and took the stats, records and results with a giant Grain of Salt.

Agh that makes a lot more sense now.

I assume White was one of the RB's that crossed the lines?

 

[SuperMan28]

Clearly Brian Leonard.

 

[Allen2McVay]

Agh that makes a lot more sense now.

I assume White was one of the RB's that crossed the lines?

As I recall, yes.

Also remember (could be wrong) Dallas had a bunch of its better players cross early.

Personally, I considered Joe Gibbs to be a terrific coach … HOWEVER … two of his three Lombardis came in the ‘82 and ‘87 strike years.

 

[dieterbrock]

Personally, I considered Joe Gibbs to be a terrific coach … HOWEVER … two of his three Lombardis came in the ‘82 and ‘87 strike years.

Won 3 Superbowls with 3 different Starting QB. Pretty amazing stuff

 

[dieterbrock]

Agh that makes a lot more sense now.

I assume White was one of the RB's that crossed the lines?

He was already on the team, and after the Rams traded Dickerson, he had some big games as a scab. Still though, I think it was only 3-4 games as a scab, still had a pretty good season. Between relapses of course....

 

[JonRam99]

Yikes!
~Stacy

 

[Selassie I]

I've told this story before here more than once through the years about my fandom for ED2105. But it's worth repeating.

The year he broke the All-Time Season Total for rushing yards record was really something for me. I was still in HS and now back in my place of birth- FL. There was no NFL Sunday Ticket back then so I couldn't watch every Ram game on TV. I would stay up till midnight on Sundays just to watch Burman on ESPN do a fast video clip recap of all the games. Then, on Mondays and Tuesdays I would buy multiple different newspapers to try and get any tiny piece of info possible from the Ram game in print. I'd buy the Orlando Sentinel and the Daytona Beach Journal on Mondays and the USA Today on Tuesdays just for the sports pages.

I never did this before or since, but after Dickerson set the NFL Rookie Rushing record the year before... I decided to keep track of his rushing stats for his sophomore year myself in a spiral notebook. I did it religiously and cross checked the stats with those 3 papers every single week of that season. That's the season he ran for 2105. My mom still has the notebook and keeps it for herself to this day because she had never seen me nerd out on something like that before. After going through a whole season writing it down by hand... it really was extra exciting for me when he broke the record. I never did any stat recording like that ever again. It was weird that I even did it in the first place. But it really added something special for me.

He was a one man Wrecking Crew. Everyone knew we were handing him the ball on the majority of our plays... and they still couldn't stop him. He even set the all time record that still stands today with the defenses absolutely selling out on him on almost every play. It was the closest thing that I've ever seen to a human being having real super powers.

I have one of his road (white) jerseys that was gifted to me by our Brudda @VegasRam framed and hanging across from my bar at home with a spotlight that shines right on it. VegasRam gave that beauty away right here on ROD... I was lucky enough to have many of the same favorite Ram players as he does... that's how he decided who to gift it to. I have one of ED's home jerseys that I wear to every game I attend in person.

 

[PhillyRam]

I was 16 when the Rams drafted Dickerson, and this was an era when RBs were still considered a premium position with a lot of fanfare.

I was immediately a fan of his style and running form, and of course his monster results.

So as a 16 yr old, who was thinly built and about 6-2 at the time, I would mimick his running style as I would run out to get the paper or mail.

Our property had about a 0.2 of a mile driveway and front yard that was dotted with trees & bushes. So I would run out through the yard, putting moves on those bushes & trees, gliding like Dickerson, at least in my mind, making them miss as I galloped to the mailbox...

Yeah, I must have looked like a dweeb...at least my sister thought so... Lol!!!

So yeah, it's Dickerson for me.

Now I look at Faulk as more of a total offensive weapon as opposed to just a RB, so I consider him to be just a different type of player altogether.

So for a pure RB, can't top ED.

 

[Loyal]

I see he had a pretty decent season in 1987 with 1374 yds 11td's on 12 starts.

why did we move away from White? I seen the next year he only started 3 games and picked up Greg Bell? Were we just doing running back by committee back then?

People probably held it against him because he wasn’t ED

 

[Loyal]

Agree here are the top 4 quite obvious to new & old.

1. Marshall Faulk....Could do it all
2. Eric Dickerson...To what could have been even better
3. Lawrence McCutcheon...Consistent & Durable plus great team player.
4. Steven Jackson....Too bad the Rams were just not very good during his tenure.

“You used to like fellow paisans ~ Cappiletti

 

[den-the-coach]

“You used to like fellow paisans ~ Cappiletti

There are Italian's and people who wish they were Italian.

 

[Allen2McVay]

“You used to like fellow paisans ~ Cappiletti

"I'm telling you guys ... pineapple on pizza is a good thing ... trust me" ... @Loyal

 

[Loyal]

"I'm telling you guys ... pineapple on pizza is a good thing ... trust me" ... @Loyal

You know it! Even @den-the-coach agrees!

 

[Loyal]

Even though I picked Marshall Faulk, that doesn't diminish how good ED was....


View: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XDZbhIXBFI0

 

[PARAM]

ED was fun to watch. He could take any run the distance. And with that rare upright running style it looked like he was gliding.

 

[den-the-coach]

"I'm telling you guys ... pineapple on pizza is a good thing ... trust me" ... @Loyal

You know it! Even @den-the-coach agrees!

 

[Classic Rams]

I've told this story before here more than once through the years about my fandom for ED2105. But it's worth repeating.

The year he broke the All-Time Season Total for rushing yards record was really something for me. I was still in HS and now back in my place of birth- FL. There was no NFL Sunday Ticket back then so I couldn't watch every Ram game on TV. I would stay up till midnight on Sundays just to watch Burman on ESPN do a fast video clip recap of all the games. Then, on Mondays and Tuesdays I would buy multiple different newspapers to try and get any tiny piece of info possible from the Ram game in print. I'd buy the Orlando Sentinel and the Daytona Beach Journal on Mondays and the USA Today on Tuesdays just for the sports pages.

I never did this before or since, but after Dickerson set the NFL Rookie Rushing record the year before... I decided to keep track of his rushing stats for his sophomore year myself in a spiral notebook. I did it religiously and cross checked the stats with those 3 papers every single week of that season. That's the season he ran for 2105. My mom still has the notebook and keeps it for herself to this day because she had never seen me nerd out on something like that before. After going through a whole season writing it down by hand... it really was extra exciting for me when he broke the record. I never did any stat recording like that ever again. It was weird that I even did it in the first place. But it really added something special for me.

He was a one man Wrecking Crew. Everyone knew we were handing him the ball on the majority of our plays... and they still couldn't stop him. He even set the all time record that still stands today with the defenses absolutely selling out on him on almost every play. It was the closest thing that I've ever seen to a human being having real super powers.

I have one of his road (white) jerseys that was gifted to me by our Brudda @VegasRam framed and hanging across from my bar at home with a spotlight that shines right on it. VegasRam gave that beauty away right here on ROD... I was lucky enough to have many of the same favorite Ram players as he does... that's how he decided who to gift it to. I have one of ED's home jerseys that I wear to every game I attend in person.

Nice. As someone who also used to nerd out starting in the 1975 playoffs collecting newspaper clipping and photos and putting them in albums I can relate. I slowed down a bit in 1979, then fully picked it back up in 1985-89. Still have them. I also used to order the game programs and color team photos by mail. They were dirt cheap before the sports merch vendors began gouging everyone.

As for Dickerson I know I had said this in previous threads a few years back (who's the best RB has been on repeat) and I remember seeing his SMU highlights in 1982 thinking damn that dude is one fast homerun hitter. Did not picture him as a future Ram like he would be gone by our pick. Sure enough as our 1983 1st pick I was shocked and surprised but elated! It wasn't on TV but I listened to the Rams' 2nd preseason game vs Dallas and the radio guys were praising him up saying he's gonna be a good one. Ended up with 67 rush yards not playing the full game. Weeks later I tune in to his 1st reg game vs the Giants and the rest is history.

 

[Selassie I]

Nice. As someone who also used to nerd out starting in the 1975 playoffs collecting newspaper clipping and photos and putting them in albums I can relate. I slowed down a bit in 1979, then fully picked it back up in 1985-89. Still have them. I also used to order the game programs and color team photos by mail. They were dirt cheap before the sports merch vendors began gouging everyone.

As for Dickerson I know I had said this in previous threads a few years back (who's the best RB has been on repeat) and I remember seeing his SMU highlights in 1982 thinking damn that dude is one fast homerun hitter. Did not picture him as a future Ram like he would be gone by our pick. Sure enough as our 1983 1st pick I was shocked and surprised but elated! It wasn't on TV but I listened to the Rams' 2nd preseason game vs Dallas and the radio guys were praising him up saying he's gonna be a good one. Ended up with 67 rush yards not playing the full game. Weeks later I tune in to his 1st reg game vs the Giants and the rest is history.

LOL... we're showing our age.

1979. Haha. My Grandfather surprised me with tickets to the NFC Championship game in Tampon that season. I was back here on the Mainland visiting my Grandparents in FL. There was no Amazon or even an internet. I went out in the workshop and found a big piece of foam that I cut into the shape of a hand making the #1 sign. I used markers to color it up and I wrote Ram Fan on the front of it so it would rep me as the #1 Ram Fan. I was one of the few Ram Fans there for that boring ass game. We won though, and my lame ass homemade #1 sign pissed a lot of buc fans off during our long walk to the car after the game. That's where my hatred for Tampon first began.

Fans today have no idea how great they have it when it comes to access to your favorite team. We were overjoyed getting a copy of the team program in the US mail. Tiny articles and pics in the newspaper were like treasures too. My how we've seen changes.