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00:02uh an amoeba like or paramecium split into two things and the defensive people went at the wrong
00:15one yeah bo cosby he might have to shut it down
00:24here we go week in and week out he's worth the ticket price when you think of elusive runners
00:31the first players who come to mind are running backs whoa lightning in the bottle that's what he
00:38is tomlinson's nasty while a majority of the game's slippery runners come out of the backfield
00:45this countdown isn't limited to running backs alone that's insane that is when making our list
00:51we considered players from all offensive positions the only requirement was that a player met our
00:57definition of an
01:04when you're talking about the great elusive runners you're talking about speed and quickness
01:12he's gone he's gone but you're also talking about a sense of invention and creativity
01:18the woods are full of straight runners we see them every day it's not the straight runner that's a
01:28great football player you'd be amazed at some of the things they could do when you think the
01:32linebacker was going to make an easy tackle and all of a sudden he comes up with air this is
01:36poetry
01:36where the moves and the grace count as much as the yards
01:43the number 10 most elusive runner of all time willie gallimore he was without a doubt the fastest
01:51human human being on the football field if he got loose goodbye from 1957 to 1963 willie the wisp
02:00blazed across the gridiron like a comet on a collision course with football immortality
02:06willie gallimore was a clerk he was the first guy that i ever saw that had that speed like
02:15willie's top speed is too fast
02:17for the colt gallimore gets into the open and turns in an 84 yard touchdown gallop
02:27he could cut on the diamond and uh and then accelerate
02:32you know the backs can't do that
02:34he had that sixth sense not only of what's coming up from behind him but being able to look straight
02:40on and make that juke that sudden move and then that sudden burst
02:43buddy parker who coached the lions said uh in the open field willie gallimore would be hard to hit
02:49with a handful of rice so many of his great runs would come where he wouldn't follow the design
02:56pattern of the play and willie's answer to that was anyone can run where the blockers are
03:01but a great runner finds his own holes
03:07he was one of those guys as a colt fan the last thing in the world you wanted
03:10to ever see was his hands with the ball because something's going to happen
03:14willie gallimore reverses his field
03:17bubbles the ball gets it back shakes off tackler after tackler on a spectacular touchdown
03:23he would be a guy who was better remembered today a problem willie ran into was that he broke down
03:34he had some injuries his crime was not that long and then he had the tragedy of being in a
03:40car accident
03:40in 1964 gallimore and a teammate were killed in a car accident returning to bears training camp
03:47despite never gaining more than a thousand yards in a season
03:52this shooting star's legacy still burns bright
03:56other than gale sayers there is not a more thrilling or extraordinary piece of footage
04:02than willie gallimore in the open field
04:07coming up on top 10 with
04:09the running backs took a tremendous meeting
04:12sarge regularly beats up beetle bailey and leaves him in a big mess
04:15and that's what he looked like
04:17in the 1960s the wide open afl had plenty of elusive runners
04:23paul low of the chargers paul robinson of the bangles
04:27and mike garrett from the chiefs just ask hank stram
04:3265 toss power trap
04:34running play coming to garrett on a cross hook down
04:3865 toss power trap
04:41but none of these afl stars slice through a defense like the next player on our list
04:49the number nine most elusive runner of all time
04:53dickie post
04:58once upon a time this hard scrabbled horseman
05:01was one of the fastest thoroughbreds in pro football
05:06dickie post is one of the forgotten players
05:09which is too bad
05:10because he was exciting
05:12i mean he was fun to watch
05:14most is 5 feet 9 inches 190 pounds
05:16his teammates call him mouse
05:18the mouse turns tiger
05:22he didn't last long in the nfl but
05:24well the afl
05:26but
05:29in those 62 games
05:32he was hard to
05:34to catch and fun to watch
05:40the open field was the open seas for dickie post
05:44and the 1967 afl rookie of the year
05:48only he could navigate
05:51dickie post had great traffic burst
05:54he could be in a glut of defenders
05:57and in an instant he could go from second gear to fifth gear and be through it
06:01by the time i was at step and a half
06:04i was almost full speed
06:05and then you're starting to look to wherever the daylight is
06:10some of his runs you just sat back and
06:13and all
06:14run that again
06:15boy do you want to see the block you made mix
06:17no
06:18i want to see dickie
06:23dickie post
06:24was like a little man
06:26you can't get the son of a gun
06:27he is just all over
06:28it was almost like watching a crab
06:31sort of scuttling from one side of the field to the other
06:35our number nine elusive runner never flashed his claws
06:38in fact this frightened rabbit of a runner
06:40wanted to avoid contact altogether
06:44i was more of a nervous runner
06:46paranoid
06:47it's not a style that anybody would want to copy if you can find somebody else
06:51it consumes so much energy by the half i was totally exhausted
06:58he came into san diego and was an immediate success and he decided to try to capitalize on it
07:05open the clothing store
07:06this shirt with a tie you gotta be kidding really
07:08the guy came in about an hour ago and had on stars and stripes belt
07:13and really looked nice
07:15looks like an old indian
07:16old indian head
07:17straight from the reservation oklahoma
07:19being from oklahoma originally
07:21i never felt comfortable in california
07:24i tried the type of thing that they enjoy doing down there
07:27i had a good time
07:28i mean don't get me wrong
07:29i mean it was a nice party
07:30the irony of it and coincidence
07:32is that he was born in los angeles
07:38so
07:41he just didn't grow up there
07:47it seemed the hounds would never catch this hair
07:51but they began to nip at his heels
07:54then took bites out of his legs
07:57in those days
07:58the running backs took a tremendous
08:00we had one guy who just cold cocked him
08:03caught him from behind
08:03i remember the crowd going
08:06we didn't think dickie post was ever going to get up again
08:08i don't know if you've ever seen that silly cartoon called beetle bailey
08:12sarge regularly beats up beetle bailey and leaves him in a big mess
08:16and that's what dickie would look like
08:22the beatings eventually took their toll
08:24a number nine elusive runner
08:26only lasted five years
08:28in the hard knock life of pro football
08:31dickie flashed bright
08:33as long as he could
08:35and then he was gone
08:40the number eight most elusive runner of all time
08:43joe washington
08:47first down joe walking to mccary
08:49got blockers inside the ten
08:51the five
08:51still on his feet
08:52to the two
08:53leads to the one
08:55touchdown joe washington
08:57that little devil
08:58pushed three people into the end zone
09:00he is a little devil
09:01isn't he
09:04little joe washington
09:06bedeviled tacklers for nine seasons with four teams
09:10like dickie post our number eight most elusive runner was vertically challenged
09:14at five nine and 170 pounds
09:17many thought he was too small to play in the pros
09:20that perception would change on a monday night in 1978
09:26it's been too small to score touchdowns
09:28twelve so one every hundred carries
09:33he owns the distinction of 956 yards a record
09:37with zero rushing touchdowns
09:42i think joe washington to this day had the greatest performance ever on monday night television
09:46he had a long run for a touchdown
09:48he caught a touchdown pass
09:50he threw a touchdown pass
09:51then won the game in overtime
09:52with a kickoff return
09:5340 down range
09:5315 upfield
09:55still on his feet
09:56out of the open momentarily
09:57and he's going to be caught
09:58no he is
09:59he's on his feet
09:59going down into new england territory
10:03he's going to score
10:04oh my
10:05i knew i had a special talent
10:06in being able to carry the football
10:08and do different things
10:09as far as cutting
10:10changing directions
10:11that only a few can do
10:24you have your slashers
10:26you have your power guys
10:28but no one can go full tilt
10:30and just stop
10:31and change directions
10:32and that's what joe could do
10:33he taught me
10:35that the key attribute to a running back
10:37is quickness
10:38that speed
10:38and he was about as quick
10:39stop and go
10:41as i was ever around
10:42joe was just a heads up smart
10:45very very very smart player
10:47and could really open up the game
10:49just like that
10:50ducks in
10:51spins down to about the six
10:52and then got popped by linebacker
10:53and it bounces off
10:54and goes in
10:55what a run
10:59when little joe arrived
11:01and
11:03scum
11:04bob ursay
11:05traded him for some
11:06nobody second round pick
11:08in dc
11:09joe gibbs had the bright idea
11:11to pair him
11:12with the big diesel
11:14snap hand to riggins
11:16good hold
11:16he's got the first down
11:17in the 40
11:18he's gone
11:18one down
11:19washington redskins
11:21i mean you got riggins
11:22and joe washington
11:23i mean that's the original
11:24one-two punch
11:26riggins thunder
11:27and washington's lightning
11:29created a perfect storm
11:30in 1983
11:32the redskins leveled
11:33the opposition
11:34scoring a then record
11:37541 points
11:38he was used
11:40really effectively
11:41being brought in
11:42so he could
11:43create matchups
11:44and dictate matchups
11:45in the passing game
11:46looking into the end zone
11:47throws it over the middle
11:48of the washington
11:49touchdown
11:49joe washington
11:51he was a weapon
11:53and they couldn't
11:55use him enough
11:55i uh
11:57show people
11:57at 170 pounds
11:59you can play full time
12:02still to come
12:03on top 10
12:04elusive runners
12:05find out which
12:06quarterback
12:06made our list
12:10did you see that smoke
12:12coming off of
12:12mike big sue
12:13goes left 15
12:15young 10
12:15young 5
12:16touchdown
12:18tight
12:20while sifting
12:21through hours
12:22of footage
12:22we came across
12:23plenty of elusive
12:24runners who played
12:25quarterback
12:26here are a few
12:27that just missed
12:28the cut
12:28he's gonna run
12:29he should make it
12:30touchdown 49ers
12:33nowadays donovan mcnab
12:35is more of a pocket
12:36passer
12:36but early in his
12:38career number 5
12:39knew how to make
12:40defenders miss
12:40he's at the 15
12:42he's at the 10
12:43he's at the 5
12:44he's in for the
12:45touchdown
12:48the first to shake
12:49like that was
12:50fran tarkenton
12:51widely credited
12:53for inventing the
12:53scramble
12:54tarkenton paved the
12:56way for today's
12:56mobile pass
12:57chuckers
12:58many people have
12:59asked me how i got
13:00started scrambling
13:01tennessee's number
13:0210 vince young
13:03might be the next
13:04fran tarkenton
13:05just asked
13:05mario williams
13:07young steps
13:07up
13:08he gets away
13:0925
13:0920
13:1015
13:1110
13:115
13:12titans
13:13that didn't
13:14quite pan out
13:15win
13:17mvps
13:17super bowl
13:18titles
13:19and the hall
13:20of fame
13:20steve young
13:21could do it all
13:22including making
13:23tacklers look
13:24silly
13:25young
13:25in trouble
13:26he's gonna be
13:27sacked
13:27no gets away
13:28he runs
13:28gets away again
13:30and goes to the
13:3040
13:31young
13:31is in trouble
13:32and he got away
13:33somehow
13:33gets away again
13:351035
13:36cuts back in the
13:3730
13:38young might score
13:391020
13:4015
13:41they can
13:42he died
13:43touchdown 49ers
13:45while all these
13:46qbs were elusive
13:47none was as
13:49shifty as the
13:50next player on
13:51our countdown
13:56the number seven
13:57most elusive
13:58runner of all
13:59time
13:59randall cunningham
14:01i don't think
14:03i've ever seen
14:03a quarterback
14:04who had as much
14:05basic physical
14:06talent
14:07randall cunningham
14:08absolutely belongs
14:09on a list of
14:10elusive runners
14:10he had that
14:12real cat-like
14:14sense of
14:15people around
14:15him
14:15the old
14:16philosophy
14:16you keep
14:17somebody in
14:17the spot
14:18but the spy
14:18guy couldn't
14:19catch him
14:19anyways
14:20he did it
14:21differently than
14:21anybody else
14:22and he could
14:23just flat out
14:23fly
14:24he's leaping
14:25he's diving
14:26he's in
14:27lando the
14:28aqua bus
14:29leaps in the
14:30end zone
14:31touchdown
14:32coming in
14:33some of the
14:34things i did
14:35on the field
14:35i don't know
14:36how i did
14:37them
14:39it was almost
14:40like he was
14:41made of
14:42rubber
14:42the guy had
14:43a body like
14:44gumby
14:44the thing
14:45could bend
14:46in any
14:46direction
14:47randall cunningham
14:48faking and
14:49ducking and
14:50weaving and
14:51bobbing
14:51i don't know
14:52how he did it
14:52i think we're
14:53looking at
14:54plastic man
14:55you know i
14:55could have had
14:56probably another
14:5715 sacks
14:59on my career
15:00total if it
15:02wasn't for that
15:02doggone guy
15:03man i keep
15:04beating this guy
15:04and randall still
15:05runs out out
15:06around
15:06he gets
15:07wide
15:08i don't
15:08understand
15:09it
15:14in 1990
15:16our number
15:17seven most
15:18elusive runner
15:18scrambled for
15:19942 yards
15:2126 shy of
15:23bobby douglas's
15:24then nfl
15:25record
15:25the
15:26show
15:27was at
15:28its peak
15:28he's
15:30moving
15:30he's
15:30diving
15:31he's
15:31in
15:33cunningham
15:34is
15:34rolling
15:34big
15:35chase
15:35he's
15:35gonna
15:35run
15:36he's
15:36gonna
15:36go in
15:37for the
15:37touchdown
15:37if you
15:38wanted a
15:39highlight film
15:39every week
15:39around
15:40you could
15:40have it
15:41win or
15:41lose
15:41you could
15:42have it
15:42and i think
15:44there was too
15:44many times he got
15:45caught up in there
15:46people called me and they always say
15:48why do you think you can fly
15:51i said i'm the eagle
15:56i mean the play that people will always remember was the play in buffalo
16:15in a lot of ways i mean that play is really kind of randall's career in a microchasm
16:20one of a kind and yet didn't win
16:25although our number seven most elusive runner never won a championship with his legs
16:30his ability impacted nfl history i think he helped to change the game of football i think a running quarterback
16:37became something that teams would look for and we've seen quarterbacks that are close but i don't think we've seen
16:43another randall cunninghamson
16:51the number six most elusive runner of all time red range
16:57in the fall of 1924 the public's interest in football was awakened by the sensational breakaway running of a university
17:06of illinois halfback named red range
17:09he just did things on the football field that were phenomenal that people had ever seen before
17:15football to that point had been a game of real power players
17:19red range was probably the first of his kind in terms of what we would now define as a broken
17:24field runner
17:25one thing i don't believe a coach can do is teach anybody to carry a football
17:31those are instincts you do the thing that comes natural to you
17:37you just met up with the shiftiest hips in football
17:42in the mid 19
17:43imagine being that other guy's descendant
17:47didn't have a turn for it back then but imagine getting your ankles broken
17:52and you've gone
17:5475 years
17:5580 years without seeing the play
17:59and his descendants had to see that
18:03in the 1920s the name red range was synonymous with football in the same way that babe ruth was synonymous
18:10with baseball
18:10he was this enormous star and he became an enormous star because of the media that was available that covered
18:18his games and that brought his games into americans consciousness
18:25the galloping ghost was a nickname that actually a chicago sports writer first had uh come up with while red
18:31was at the university of illinois but it was grant on rights who was much more famous writer at the
18:36time who actually
18:37immortalized him referred to him as the gray ghost in a little poem that he wrote after watching him play
18:42and eventually became the ghost the galloping ghost galloping obviously reflecting on his speed and his running sky
18:50his whole backstory and his personality had a lot to do with working class kid who delivered ice
18:56to stay in shape and to make money to stay in shape and to make money i think a lot
18:59of people related to that
19:04football as anything else as baseball or basketball or professional tennis
19:09there's no less of a means
19:11for a young fella coming out of college to get himself a little stake of money
19:15our number six most elusive runner used his skills to land a lucrative pro contract
19:20although only credited by nfl record books with 569 yards rushing
19:26less than lawrence phillips and kajana carter
19:29granger's impact on the league was immeasurable
19:33his first game 36 000 people showed up i mean nobody
19:37had drawn those kinds of numbers before he gave the whole idea of pro football
19:43validity he made people want to watch it
19:49the only reason the stats looked like that is because they didn't start taking the stats until 32
19:57he was already past it at that point so they didn't get his first
20:02five seasons
20:05George and myself went to the white house and met the president
20:08and we were introduced as george hallis and red grange with the chicago bears
20:13president calvin coolie just remarked
20:15he said i always like animal acts
20:21we're 80 years later and if you mention the name red grange
20:25people know what you're talking about
20:26and you look back on his statistics
20:28they look pretty ordinary
20:30but you measure him by impact
20:32and what he did
20:35yeah i mentioned red grange to some guy and
20:38he actually spit on me so
20:41i'm joking
20:42that's the sport and that's why people remember him
20:45coming up on top 10
20:47who scored a touchdown on his very first carry
20:50frankie albert calls a timeout
20:52albert gets down on the ground
20:54and starts drawing the play
20:56i swing out and he goes 40 yards for a touchdown
20:58and why are we talking about steak
21:01he was sort of like filet mignon
21:04to jim brown's sirloin
21:08the number five most elusive runner of all time
21:12bobby mitchell
21:15bobby
21:15uh
21:16was sort of like filet mignon
21:19to jim brown's sirloin
21:21bobby was just served up in smaller portions
21:24but they were always very tasty
21:26our number five most elusive runner
21:29began his career as jim brown's backfield maker
21:32mitchell's mind-bending open field running
21:35was the perfect complement to brown's power
21:38together they were a mouth-watering combination
21:48mitchell shows some of his friddling ability
21:50gained as a college track man
21:52bobby mitchell
21:54he was a big ten sprint champion
21:56hurdles champion
21:57he had very subtle loose ankles
21:59almost floppy
22:00he could change directions like a fish
22:02just everything was quick
22:04they're not necessarily graceful
22:05he was here
22:06he was there
22:07and he was there and there before you could blink
22:10i've never seen anything like that
22:11i mean it was inhuman
22:12there's an old thing about
22:14give him a leg and take it away
22:15it would be a leg
22:17but when the tackler went for it
22:20it was gone
22:23the players moved their bodies out of the way
22:25he moved his legs out of the way
22:27you can see
22:27it's kind of like he's
22:29stepped on a step stool
22:32the problem that bobby had is that paul brown his coach had tapped him as a fumbler
22:38brown eventually traded bobby to the redskins
22:42whoa
22:45i'm going to the washington redskins
22:47of all places
22:49he played for george
22:50cresta marsha
22:51which
22:52wasn't partial to blacks
22:53okay
22:54and mitchell was kind of like the first black he had on the dead
23:00in washington the redskins moved mitchell from halfback to wide receiver
23:05fortunately his dazzling run after the catch skills remained
23:09and they were on full display in his return to cleveland
23:12he goes back to pass
23:13he hit bobby mitchell over the center
23:15and watch the ex-brownie turn it on for his old coach and teammates
23:19and i hear it right for paul brown
23:20and i'm trying to figure out where is he going
23:23you know
23:24where is he going
23:25when i get at the sideline
23:27i immediately
23:29made a right turn
23:30and i don't to this day know how i made that turn
23:33i think bobby made 16 people
23:36there's all 11 players once and five more twice
23:38out of the corner of my eye
23:40i am still looking at
23:42paul brown
23:43jim brown
23:44and moon as they're turning walking back towards the bench
23:47because they know i'm gone
23:49and of course paul went crazy
23:51of all the guys to come back and beat him
23:54and let bobby mitchell come back
23:56and go oh he went wow
24:01i would take these films home
24:03you'd be sitting there at midnight
24:04going back and forth
24:05you'd be amazed at some of the things they could do
24:07when you think the linebacker would have used to make an easy tackle
24:10and all of a sudden he comes up with air
24:12linebackers hate to miss
24:14he was the first one that i ever saw
24:16that perfected that sort of high stepping into the end zone
24:20to finish off runs
24:21something that walter payton did later in his career
24:2415 to 10 to 5
24:25he dances into the end zone
24:31mitchell retired with over 14,000 combined yards
24:37this hall of famer proved that
24:39runners
24:40can play wide receiver
24:44the number four most elusive runner of all time
24:47hugh mcelhenny
24:49he was my favorite player to say
24:51inside and breakaway speed
24:54it's early six
25:00he was to rock and roll
25:02both were known as the king
25:04and each knew how to shake
25:06rattle and roll
25:10hugh mcelhenny remained atop his throne
25:12as the king of football's broken field runner
25:15only difference is hugh mcelhenny
25:18didn't steal anything from the chuck barry of football
25:21so
25:27watching him run the football was almost like a kid's game
25:30because he'd get the ball in the open field
25:32and there was just no telling where he was going to go with it
25:35he probably had more 120 yard runs
25:38than only measured 40 yards than anybody in nfl history
25:41he was sort of a hero among all of us
25:45because he looked like what a pro football player
25:48should look like
25:49he would walk you in a restaurant
25:51they would say there's the king
25:53he was barry sanders gale sayers
25:55all kind of wrapped into one and at the same time himself
25:59really great elusive running backs
26:01but also had that great north-south instinct too
26:08the first time our number four most elusive runner touched the ball
26:11it was apparent he would be special
26:15i'm standing on the sideline i haven't had a playbook i don't know it
26:18frankie albert calls a timeout
26:20comes over the sideline tells buck shot put mcelhenny in
26:24and buck says he didn't know what to play that's okay
26:26we get in the huddle albert gets down on the ground
26:29and starts drawing the play
26:31i swing out he pitches the ball to me and goes 40 yards for a touchdown
26:35my very first play
26:36it's hurricane u mcelhenny of the 49ers cutting a pass as the 49ers jump away to a 7-0 lead
26:45mcelhenny played in what became known as a million dollar backfield in san francisco
26:49four hall of famers
26:50they had white tittle a quarterback
26:52they had mcelhenny
26:53they had joe the jet perry
26:55and they had john henry johnson
26:56and the famous line johnson had about it was
26:58i'm still looking for the million
27:02in the early 50s a lot of players went both ways
27:06played offensive
27:06better start looking for some royalties or selling some autographs
27:10defense and hugh was just on offense
27:14and originally he was criticized as a specialist who couldn't do anything but run
27:20but to those critics his head coach red straighter said
27:23was chopin criticized because he could only play the piano
27:29when hugh mcelhenny retired uh they gave him a plaque
27:33and the inscription read
27:36wouldn't football be a beautiful game
27:38if everyone played it like hugh mcelhenny
27:41that is a fitting epitaph for one of the greatest elusive runners of all time
27:47still to come what runner always had players and coaches checking the weather report
27:53i always prayed for a sunshiny day when we were going against him
27:57in this game there are dozens of elusive runners who got the stiff arm on our list
28:05often overlooked and sometimes forgotten brian westbrook is a master at dodging defenders
28:11he's at the five he's in for the touchdown
28:14brian westbrook
28:16in 2006 ladenian tomlinson made plenty of players miss on his way to the single season touchdown
28:23record
28:23and the handoff to thompson
28:26and he will gallop into the end zone
28:29chargers are witnesses to history
28:33devin hester knows a thing or two about scoring records
28:36he returned an nfl record five kicks for touchdowns
28:40his rookie year
28:42gotta watch that kid that he can go 80 to 90 at any time
28:46to the middle of the 15 to the 20 breaks free of the 25 to the 30 to the outside
28:50oh
28:51i told you he can go 90 at any time
28:58reggie bush can also go the distance
29:00and his electrifying moves help the saints win a division title
29:04that was unbelievable
29:08while bush had a remarkable season
29:10he'll have to have a bunch more to match the hall of fame credentials of our next elusive runner
29:15diving for the pylon
29:17yeah he's in
29:21the number three most elusive runner of all time
29:25marshall falk
29:30for five seasons with the colts
29:32marshall falk was one of the game's most evasive backs
29:36marshall falk on a beautiful zigzag run
29:40but when our number three most elusive runner was traded to the rams
29:44he became an all-purpose mega star
29:51going into the 99 season we were a very good football team
29:54when he got there the horsepower went from like a 300 horsepower to 500 horsepower
29:58this was a terrific job by mike martz in understanding what marshall falk could do
30:04recognizing his unique set of attributes that allowed him to become an explosive player with the st louis rams
30:10the rams deployed their new weapon as much as possible and it paid off with a super bowl title
30:18the super season ends with a super bowl victory for the rams
30:26superman number 28
30:28check him out
30:29i don't know how many people know what a supercharger is
30:31pop
30:33pop
30:33it takes gasoline
30:34it pours it to the rest of the cylinders and all of a sudden it all runs better
30:38that's marshall falk
30:39forget the big red ass
30:41superman wears a two and eight on his chest
30:43did you just see that
30:44should have been illegal
30:49he wasn't a physical specimen
30:50he didn't look like much when you saw him
30:53but when he had that rock in his hand and he was moving around
30:56he was a beast he could do it
30:57i mean
30:58he had the
31:00he had the physicality to be a
31:03good running back
31:04if you just looked at him but
31:07he was all about up here
31:09oh
31:12wow absolutely remarkable
31:14marshall falk had unique receiving abilities
31:17marshall falk could have been a top five or ten wide receiver in the national football league
31:22he was an absolute nightmare for a defensive coordinator to game plan because you didn't know where 28 was going
31:28to line up
31:29memo to defensive coordinators anything is possible
31:37in 1999 our number three most elusive runner joined roger craig as the only other back in history to record
31:45over a thousand yards rushing and receiving in the same season
31:48this mvp also racked up over two thousand multi-purpose yards in four consecutive years
31:55takes the handoff right and right looking for a hole bounces back left inside the five
31:59to the goal line
32:00touchdown
32:03there's a set place where the play is supposed to go
32:06sometimes it's there sometimes it's not
32:07and then from there it's what's inside of you
32:10what an effort by marshall falk
32:12marshall's one of those guys who could
32:14transfer what his eyes see
32:16to his feet
32:17and respond
32:19without even thinking about it
32:20plus he was very elusive in a very
32:22short area
32:23and then some more
32:24breaks a tackle at the
32:2525
32:25to the 20
32:26heading to the outside
32:27to the 10
32:28to the 5
32:28touchdown Rams
32:32great run
32:33hey marshall
32:34we didn't block anybody
32:35thanks
32:40we didn't block anybody
32:41that was a hell of a run
32:43can you tell me why we paid that guy that much money
32:45that was sweet
32:49it's the browns
32:52I understand the game of football
32:55I really do
32:55when we break the huddle they line up
32:57I'm about to play out already
32:58I already have a feeling of what's going to happen
33:00backs
33:01particularly in the pass game
33:03need to understand fronts and blitzes
33:06the same as the quarterback
33:07marshall falk was outstanding at that
33:10that was the charger grizzly look
33:11and the guy
33:12instead of him being on the line
33:13he was walk
33:14and tough going out to him
33:16so I got the stack back guy
33:17he was the reason that we were the greatest show on turf
33:20he allowed a versatility within our offense
33:22that I don't know if we could have had
33:24if we had anybody else back there
33:26marshall was the glue for everything
33:28he really was
33:30what else can marshall falk do for this football team
33:33we use the term in the nfl
33:35great player too often
33:37and there's a lot of other very good ones
33:39not many
33:40that ever compared with him
33:41in the total package
33:42of what he could do with a football
33:49up next
33:50which of these two runners
33:51had bill cosby
33:53seen double
33:54i see
33:56say yours
33:57saw him
33:58split
33:59like an amoeba
34:01and
34:02the defensive people
34:03went at the wrong one
34:05through the years
34:06the nfl has had
34:07plenty of great running backs
34:10graceful lenny moore scored touchdowns
34:12in a record 18 consecutive games
34:15lenny moore with a good move
34:17he'll go down as one of the great
34:19all-time running backs
34:21mercury morris helped the dolphins
34:23to a perfect season
34:24and walter payton
34:26became the greatest of all time
34:28walter payton
34:29becomes
34:30the name of the football league
34:32all-time
34:33leading rusher
34:34surpassing jim brown
34:35well
34:37i don't care how many yards
34:39he's
34:39powered up
34:42he didn't surpass jim brown
34:43and
34:45emma smith never really got close
34:47to surpassing him
34:48and emma smith will tell you that
34:52for 18 seasons anyway
34:54smith at left guard 35
34:55the water sweetness
34:57make a place for emmett
35:00but none of those stars
35:02move through the football galaxy
35:04quite like the kansas cup
35:06the 15 to the 10
35:08he broke the tackle
35:09to the 5
35:09touchdown
35:11the number 2
35:12most elusive runner of all time
35:14gale sayers
35:16give me 18 minutes of daylight
35:18that's all i need
35:19probably needed a little bit more than that
35:22but uh
35:23i had the quickness
35:24and the ability to see a hole
35:26and get there
35:27i was very very comfortable
35:28on the football field
35:29i know i had a god-given talent
35:30it was very easy for me
35:32when you talk to gale
35:33he almost talks
35:33in the third person
35:35you say gale
35:35how did you do that
35:36he said well gale went this way
35:37yeah
35:38die out there
35:39moves like his
35:41could have only come
35:42from another planet
35:43when sayers
35:45snake charming
35:45stump
35:46started pumping
35:47it often left
35:49tacklers
35:50mesmerized
35:52lucky doug buffon
35:53he got sidelines
35:54drinking
35:55oh no
35:56gatorade
35:57his water
35:59watch gale sayers
36:00for 5 seasons
36:02his first 5 seasons
36:04in the league
36:04watch walter payton
36:06his last 5 seasons
36:07in the league
36:18the one thing that we tried to do the hardest when we played this time
36:21was not watch him run
36:23i mean he ran so pretty
36:24you could get caught coasting and watching him do it man
36:27i mean he was flat out good
36:32his accomplishments reflect skills that are his
36:35skills are dictated by intuition
36:37i remember ryan piccolo once saying of gale sayers
36:41that gale had such unusual peripheral vision
36:45that he could see his own ears
36:46sometimes when you watch gale run
36:49you almost think that he also had eyes in the back of his head
36:52i saw him
36:56an amoeba like
36:58or paramesia
37:00split
37:02into two
37:03things
37:04and
37:05the defensive people went at the wrong one
37:10and these are no scrubs
37:11barney
37:12alex caris
37:13pretty sure i saw larry wilson
37:15some of the packers hall of famers trying to catch him
37:18these are hall of famers trying to catch him
37:21and they look like
37:22scrubs
37:23that's greatness
37:24making great players
37:25look not great
37:30some of these guys
37:31that are elusive have great quickness
37:33and ability to elude
37:35but don't have blazing speed
37:36like king find out loud everybody
37:37he outran everybody on the field
37:39i was the long snapper for the packers
37:41and i was a rookie
37:42sayers had already broken through the first wave
37:45and it was him and me in the open field
37:46but i had him hemmed up on the sideline
37:49and when i went to bump him out of bounds
37:51he simply added a gear
37:53it was not like anything i had ever seen
37:55he just went
37:59in 1965 our number two most elusive runner
38:03had one of the greatest rookie seasons of all time
38:06scoring an nfl rookie record
38:10he only touched the ball
38:12rushing receiving returning kicks
38:15232 times that season
38:17so he was averaging a touchdown
38:19about every 10 times he touched the ball
38:22just amazing
38:28even more remarkable
38:29was the six touchdowns
38:31he scored against the 49ers
38:33at rain-soaked wrigley field
38:35gale sayers prince passed the prospectors
38:38for a touchdown
38:39well everybody was playing on a muddy field
38:41except him
38:42he was in mud up to here
38:44i mean his feet must be that long
38:46and he ran flat-footed man
38:48and he's the perfect mother
38:50he returned punts
38:51he returned kickoffs
38:52he caught passes for touchdowns
38:53he ran for touchdowns
38:55nobody could bring him down
38:57they were slipping in
38:58we weren't slipping
39:00probably because you know
39:01i knew where i was going
39:02and they didn't
39:03he could have had seven
39:05i think george alice held them out
39:07i would have to say
39:07in the history of football
39:08it was the greatest single game display
39:10i've ever seen
39:11it's a feat that you know
39:12i will always remember
39:13it was just one of those days
39:15that you like to live over and over again
39:17always pray for a sunshiny day
39:19when we were going against him
39:25in 1968
39:26our number two most elusive runner
39:29couldn't outrun a knee injury
39:30and the kansas comet soon burned out
39:33sayers career lasted only 68 games
39:37if gale sayers had had the surgical techniques
39:40that exist today
39:41i still call now
39:42to try to keep his memory
39:44as a great great player
39:45to me he's the greatest halfback ever
39:47made the hall of fame
39:47do you understand that
39:48that's unheard of
39:51if he could have had a full career
39:56he's top 10 on every list
39:58he's top 5 on every list
40:00the number one most elusive runner of all time
40:04barry sanders
40:07probably the only running back i would pay
40:09to see play
40:10sometimes you just gotta look to the heavens
40:13and say wow
40:14oh my gosh what a run
40:17you almost had to stop what you were doing
40:19just to see what barry's gonna do
40:21because you know he was gonna do something amazing
40:23oh that is one of the great runs you'll ever see
40:27that one is a highlight reel special
40:30barry's my new idol now
40:33i love the way they got runs
40:35when i uh when i uh grow up i want to run just like him
40:44i had to probably turn off uh the brain in certain ways and just you know react
40:49that's not always where the players is on
40:52i was never the type of runner that could run straight through someone
40:55i always had to find another way to get around them
40:58barry sanders with a move
41:01that mikhail barryshnikov couldn't make
41:07we know we gotta tackle this guy
41:08one guy we can't depend on one guy to tackle this
41:11let's go
41:11we gotta corral a little barry sanders
41:13well there's a lot of
41:16there's a lot of that that went on
41:26i used to tell guys defensive players
41:28don't let this guy make you do the lord's prayer
41:31the lord's prayer was
41:33barry get in front of you
41:34you try to make a tackle
41:36and you clap your hands and you fall down your knees
41:51not even trash talk could knock barry off his game
41:54our number one most elusive runner averaged five yards per carry for his career
41:59during his 2 000 yard season in 1997
42:03he posted a record 14 consecutive 100 yard games
42:07and the give to barry sanders
42:10come back over the middle of the 15
42:11breaks the tackle of the 10
42:12barry to the 5
42:13barry in
42:14pitch down
42:18i mean
42:20and he did this on the detroit lions
42:24he could freeze you and then beat you
42:27make you stop
42:28and while you were stopping to break down
42:30he was gone
42:31nobody could stop and start like that
42:33we felt the only way we could
42:35even simulate his movement at practice
42:38was to get a couple of chickens
42:39and have our 300 pound linemen
42:41try to corral him or chase him
42:43and box him in and corner him
42:44and cut him off
42:49for all his greatness
42:50sanders was always criticized for two things
42:53never winning a championship
42:55and running for the most negative yards in nfl history
42:59there might have been a couple of minus three minus five minus two runs
43:05but it's the detroit lions
43:06and sydney crawford had too many birthmarks i guess too right
43:09i don't really hold that against him
43:11they did not
43:12come on
43:13these guys were like the worst office line in the world
43:16he really never had a real offense
43:19i mean he was the guy
43:21and he had to you know basically run for his life
43:25just to make a four yard game
43:26it was him and herman moore
43:29and brett perryman and that was about it
43:34for ten years sanders carried the lions
43:37by 1998 number 20 was closing in on walter payton's all-time rushing record
43:43but then without warning
43:46sanders retired
43:48it takes everything in you really to be good at it
43:51i think you have to play it for the love of it
43:55once that leaves i think it's time to leave
43:57i was within striking distance of the record
44:00it's a great record to have
44:02but to play only because of the record
44:05is something that i didn't have it in me to do
44:12whether you agree or disagree with his decision
44:14there is one fact that you can't dispute
44:17barry sanders is undoubtedly the number one elusive runner of all time
44:22if you put the history of the great backs in a phone booth
44:26and said who could get out of this phone booth
44:28without getting tackled barry would be the guy
44:30when we watch nfl films and we see the great runs of all time
44:34most of them are barry sanders
44:35he was just a one of those once in a generation kinds of players
44:40barry sanders may be one of a kind
44:43but all the players on our list impacted the game in their own unique way
44:47together they made nfl history as the most elusive runners of all time
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