Hall of Fame a Joke, Curtis Martin but not Terrell Davis

[frostno98]

Are kidding me. This guy should had not gotten in this fast, or before Terrell Davis. No one here could arguably said he was great running back. I don't believe he had a single spectacular playoff game in his career. In 10 playoffs game, Curtis Martin only had three 100 Yards rushing games.


Terrell Davis in 8 playoff game, he had seven 100 Yards rushing game, and the one he didn't get, he ran for 91 Yards. Davis was a great running back before his career got cut by injuries. It's sad to see one of the NFL greatest back to not get his due. The NFL of Hall of Fame is a joke now, when someone like Curtis Martin could get in this fast.

[Darkside Magick]

This.

[KingJD31]

what are you stupid curtis martin is 4th all time clown

[KingJD31]

product of john elway martin had testeverde and pennington

[rm18]

He is 4th all time and Terrell davis was only slightly more effective than Mike Anderson and Olandis Gary

[KingJD31]

just looked up the stats martin 14k rushing yds davis 7k

[Grits n' Gravy]

4th leading rusher all time. Played through injuries and was consistent. Also a class act. Davis will get in at some point.

[ttwarrior1]

c martin might be the most overrated rb of all time

He is not a hall of famer imo let alone first ballot. Its not always about the stats

[Louisvillekid1]

TT,

I try and give you chances to start fresh but you just continue you bury yourself...

He might be the most underrated rb of all time...

Some times i wonder if some of you posters actually watch sports...

[john230]

Bill Parcells diidn't make the cut as well.

[Grits n' Gravy]

TT,

I try and give you chances to start fresh but you just continue you bury yourself...

He might be the most underrated rb of all time...

Some times i wonder if some of you posters actually watch sports...

He doesn't watch. Saw a Doritos ad on the tube years ago and ate the tv. Couldn't get a new one without his Discover card.

[EDDIE MONEY LINE]

more consecutive 1000 rushing seasons than barry sanders and people think he's overrated...all it shows is anyone who doesn't think curtis martin is a hall of famer is clueless.

[rm18]

Stephen Davis and Priest Holmes get in the HOF before Davis

[YouMama]

... Terrell Davis Never played for a NY team

[frostno98]

He is 4th all time and Terrell davis was only slightly more effective than Mike Anderson and Olandis Gary

Here's the difference between Terrell Davis and all the former Broncos 1,000 yard rusher including Anderson, Gary, Clinton Portis, Ruben Drough's and Tatum Bell. Not a single of one of those ran for 100 yards in the playoffs, they didn't display greatness when it mattered.

The Broncos do not win back to back Superbowl without Davis.

Davis Resume

2,000 Yards rushing
Superbowl MVP
NFL MVP
7 straight 100 Yards rushing games in the Playoffs! NFL Record that will never be Broken!
3 Rushing TD in the Superbowl! Still hasn't been Broken!
6th round Draft pick, Lowest NFL pick to ever rushed for 1,000 Yards.

He was a great NFL running back before getting an ACL injury. Had he just ran for two more subpar 1,000 yards season, Davis was in easily.

[frostno98]

more consecutive 1000 rushing seasons than barry sanders and people think he's overrated...all it shows is anyone who doesn't think curtis martin is a hall of famer is clueless.

Both Martin and Sanders are overrated, two of those guys done jack in the playoffs. Great regular season players but not clutch when it matters. Those guys are comparable to Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, both who will probably end up in the Hall of fame with zero rings.

[rm18]

He would of been a HOfer if he had a few more good years but basically 3-4 good years of running through big holes not impressive enough, Ricky Watters won a title and had almost twice the total yards as Davis and he will probably never make it.

[Louisvillekid1]

TD was a good RB... Borderline HoF, but I think he's on the outside looking in...

Career was too short only had 3 strong years, only 3 time pro bowler... Injury hurt his chances bad...

I don't think he will or should get in... very close tho

[KingJD31]

Both Martin and Sanders are overrated, two of those guys done jack in the playoffs. Great regular season players but not clutch when it matters. Those guys are comparable to Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, both who will probably end up in the Hall of fame with zero rings.

would you stfu with the playoffs how bout u take testeverde and we take elway see how overated martin is u clown u talk out of ur ass

[Louisvillekid1]

Lol the broncos team was sick all around and the jets and lions weren't very good at all

[Louisvillekid1]

TT warrior could rush for 1k yards with that O - Line

[rm18]

Willie Parker was undrafted and ran for 1000, probably others but only one I can think of right now? Fred Lane maybe

[Darkside Magick]

if gale sayers can get in with 6 seasons...i still dont know why terrell davis cant get in

[Louisvillekid1]

Your comparing TD to Gale Sayers now, wow....

[Grits n' Gravy]

Both Martin and Sanders are overrated, two of those guys done jack in the playoffs. Great regular season players but not clutch when it matters. Those guys are comparable to Carmelo Anthony and Allen Iverson, both who will probably end up in the Hall of fame with zero rings.

You lost all credibility with the Sanders overrated statement. Running backs don't win playoff games without a decent qb.

[d2bets]

Davis just didn't play long enough. And to compare to the legendary Gayle Sayers is ludicrous.

[k13]

martin HOF LOL

anyone can get 14k yards if they stay healthy and get enough carries.

Might as well put Thomas Jones in the HOF too in a few years.

[frostno98]

He would of been a HOfer if he had a few more good years but basically 3-4 good years of running through big holes not impressive enough, Ricky Watters won a title and had almost twice the total yards as Davis and he will probably never make it.

Then why all the 7 other 1,000 yard Broncos running wasn't successful in the playoffs

Here's Terrell Davis playoff games rushing performance.

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</td> <td align="left">JAX</td> <td align="left">L 27-30</td> <td align="right">14</td> <td align="right">91</td> <td align="right">6.50</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">24</td> <td align="right">3.43</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">8</td> </tr> <tr data-row="1" class="thead over_header"> <th colspan="9" class="tooltip over_header" align="CENTER">
</th> <th colspan="4" class="bold_text over_header" align="center">Rushing</th> <th colspan="4" class="bold_text over_header" align="center">Receiving</th> <th colspan="3" class="bold_text over_header" align="center">Scoring</th> </tr> <tr data-row="2" class="thead"> <th class="ranker sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" align="center">Rk</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="left">Year</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="right">G#</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="center">Date</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="center">Age</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" align="left">Tm</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="center">
</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="center">Opp</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="left">Result</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Att</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Yds</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" align="center">Y/A</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">TD</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Rec</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Yds</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" align="center">Y/R</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">TD</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">TD</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">2PM</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Pts</th> </tr> <tr data-row="3" class="" id="stats.47"> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="left">1997</td> <td align="right">17</td> <td align="left">1997-12-27</td> <td align="right">25-060</td> <td align="left">DEN</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="left">JAX</td> <td align="left">W 42-17</td> <td align="right">31</td> <td align="right">184</td> <td align="right">5.94</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="right">11</td> <td align="right">2.75</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="right">12</td> </tr> <tr data-row="4" class="" id="stats.48"> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="left">1997</td> <td align="right">18</td> <td align="left">1998-01-04</td> <td align="right">25-068</td> <td align="left">DEN</td> <td align="right">@</td> <td align="left">KAN</td> <td align="left">W 14-10</td> <td align="right">25</td> <td align="right">101</td> <td align="right">4.04</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">17</td> <td align="right">17.00</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="right">12</td> </tr> <tr data-row="5" class="" id="stats.49"> <td align="right">4</td> <td align="left">1997</td> <td align="right">19</td> <td align="left">1998-01-11</td> <td align="right">25-075</td> <td align="left">DEN</td> <td align="right">@</td> <td align="left">PIT</td> <td align="left">W 24-21</td> <td align="right">26</td> <td align="right">139</td> <td align="right">5.35</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">2.00</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="right">6</td> </tr> <tr data-row="6" class="" id="stats.50"> <td align="right">5</td> <td align="left">1997</td> <td align="right">20</td> <td align="left">1998-01-25</td> <td align="right">25-089</td> <td align="left">DEN</td> <td align="right">N</td> <td align="left">GNB</td> <td align="left">W 31-24</td> <td align="right">30</td> <td align="right">157</td> <td align="right">5.23</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="right">4.00</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">3</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="right">18</td> </tr> <tr data-row="7" class=" thead over_header"> <th colspan="9" class="tooltip over_header" align="CENTER">
</th> <th colspan="4" class="bold_text over_header" align="center">Rushing</th> <th colspan="4" class="bold_text over_header" align="center">Receiving</th> <th colspan="3" class="bold_text over_header" align="center">Scoring</th> </tr> <tr data-row="8" class=" thead"> <th class="ranker sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" align="center">Rk</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="left">Year</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="right">G#</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="center">Date</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="center">Age</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc show_partial_when_sorting" align="left">Tm</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="center">
</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="center">Opp</th> <th class="tooltip sort_default_asc" align="left">Result</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Att</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Yds</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" align="center">Y/A</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">TD</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Rec</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Yds</th> <th class="tooltip hide_non_quals" align="center">Y/R</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">TD</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">TD</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">2PM</th> <th class="tooltip" align="center">Pts</th> </tr> <tr data-row="9" class="" id="stats.67"> <td align="right">6</td> <td align="left">1998</td> <td align="right">17</td> <td align="left">1999-01-09</td> <td align="right">26-073</td> <td align="left">DEN</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="left">MIA</td> <td align="left">W 38-3</td> <td align="right">21</td> <td align="right">199</td> <td align="right">9.48</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="right">7.00</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="right">12</td> </tr> <tr data-row="10" class="" id="stats.68"> <td align="right">7</td> <td align="left">1998</td> <td align="right">18</td> <td align="left">1999-01-17</td> <td align="right">26-081</td> <td align="left">DEN</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="left">NYJ</td> <td align="left">W 23-10</td> <td align="right">32</td> <td align="right">167</td> <td align="right">5.22</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">12</td> <td align="right">12.00</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">
</td> <td align="right">6</td> </tr> <tr data-row="11" class="" id="stats.69"> <td align="right">8</td> <td align="left">1998</td> <td align="right">19</td> <td align="left">1999-01-31</td> <td align="right">26-095</td> <td align="left">DEN</td> <td align="right">N</td> <td align="left">ATL</td> <td align="left">W 34-19</td> <td align="right">25</td> <td align="right">102</td> <td align="right">4.08</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">2</td> <td align="right">50</td> <td align="right">25.00</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">
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</td> <td align="right">204</td> <td align="right">1140</td> <td align="right">5.59</td> <td align="right">12</td> <td align="right">19</td> <td align="right">131</td> <td align="right">6.89</td> <td align="right">0</td> <td align="right">12</td> <td align="right">1</td> <td align="right">74</td></tr></tfoot></table>
Your delusional if you think the offensive line is responsible for all of that, and not because of Davis talent as a running back. The Broncos didn't even have a 1,000 yard running back since 1991 before Terrell Davis joined the team in 1995. There's not one single game Curtis Martin played that will be remember by anyone. Davis 157 yards performance Super Bowl, and carrying the Broncos on his back will always be immortalize by everyone that watched that game. And he wasn't a one hit wonder, because he followed his Superbowl NFL MVP, with an NFL MVP and 2,000 Yards season enroute to another ring.

[k13]

Martin is not even in the top 250 in ypc......

[Bones33]

So....what seasons was Curtis Martin considered the best at his position?
If he wasn't the best of his era how could he be considered with the best of all time?

[Darkside Magick]

Davis just didn't play long enough. And to compare to the legendary Gayle Sayers is ludicrous.

Sayers played seven seasons but was relatively healthy for five.

He lead the league in rushing twice and yards from scrimmage once.

Named five time first team all-pro.

A feared return specialist.

Played largely in an era that did not have playoffs, mostly bad record team.


Terrell Davis played seven seasons, healthy for four.

Named first team all-pro three times, leading league in rushing once and in TDs twice.

Named league MVP in 1998 and won 2 Super Bowls.


Davis achieved more in his short career.

[frostno98]

TD was a good RB... Borderline HoF, but I think he's on the outside looking in...

Career was too short only had 3 strong years, only 3 time pro bowler... Injury hurt his chances bad...

I don't think he will or should get in... very close tho

He will get in eventually, by the Senior Committee unfortunatelyIf Floyd Little got in, Davis will definitely get in, because his peers will be voting for him.

[ttwarrior1]

martin played in a joke East division against horrific defenses. Overrated


Next thing your gonna say is keyshaun johnson belongs. its not always about stats

Dale murphy should of been a 1st ballot hofer but he will never get in.

I guess you believe edgerin james belongs also

[ttwarrior1]

good one, put thomas jones in too

[KingJD31]

So....what seasons was Curtis Martin considered the best at his position?
If he wasn't the best of his era how could he be considered with the best of all time?

wow who the fuk said he was the best all time? clown

davis had elway martin had test. and pennington

durabilty is part of the gm martin was durable and tough and davis was a pussy end of discussion