Best Power Backs Highlights in NFL History!

stiff-arm running over people oh this man look at him run the rock like so many of the great power backs you don't hit him he hits you [Music] peterson's got it inside the five still driving for the touchdown and he let all the tension and all of the anxiety off his shoulders put down his head to him again in chicago this time there is peterson and peterson and he'll get stood up at the one-yard line but stays on his feet a gritty piece of running by adrian peterson he's still going to the left drags another across the 30. adrian peterson finally is stopped at the 25 no he's not at the 21. they'll have a job in this league for a long time now peterson breaks [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] moving all the time you're talking about a 265 pounder running downhill when jacob sits remember jacobs is 6'4 and 264. he's a linebacker send the receivers right jacobs comes left accelerates [Music] [Applause] [Applause] and jacobs can he pull his way in yes he can first down oh look at hershel walker fight and score power speed you know you forget how strong a man herschel walker is he is just so tough to bring down great strength and hershel walker just cruising through would be tacklers [Music] [Applause] beautiful job by herself [Applause] number 39 larry sanchez is straight up the middle the 40 30. just building one man out of the way this is a brilliant one-man effort now watch this violence attack right there saga breaking the tackle as a first down that's what he does so strong at 39 so bruising zaka touchdown now he hands off the zonk heading right side touchdown larry's vodka [Music] henry bounces it outside 5 10 15 stiff arm 20 25 30 40 stiff arm 50 40 30. he's on his feet big case 20 15 10 5. the speed derek henry stiffhorn henry another oh he's done it again do not stand up with that man and let him just throw you out of the club for the one play call this is henry taking out tacklers henry and derrick henry [Applause] henry just went one on one and then one on one again and then one on one again henry henry breaking three 20 25 up to the races [Applause] when it was time to play i was there without question the most impressive player i've seen with jim brown just such a durable fast powerful this jimmy brown just sticks his head down and powers straight forward brown staggers keeps on his feet harder to bring down than a wild steer there are defensive men in the league who have dedicated themselves their souls and their bodies to a holy war against jimmy brown none of them has yet won the crusade john stefan i guess he'll go down as one of the great all-time running backs in professional football i mean how better can you write a strip for crying out [Applause] ironhead hayward bowling his way look at this it's all individual effort on the part of craig hayward to hayward and he picks up the first first down and much much more iron hair boy did he make a couple of people pay for being in the wrong place bounces off the pile turns it up 30 35 breaking a tackle look out he's at midfield fifty eddie george is one of the best players in the league because he can do that and he just bangs one of the defensive backs open field tackle is broken on third and goal handle eddie that's nothing but individual effort and that in and of itself will pick up the entire sideline keeps his feet moving eddie george george breaks a tackle eddie george to the clear he's got running room you could see the power that he delivers when they try to tackle him he's so big and he's so strong they just can't get him down look at the legs on that guy but those two are fighting right now 2 16 to play to eddie george eddie george breaks it he's knocked down he's going in eddie george with the go ahead touchdown the great players of any era can play in any other era and marion was one of those marion motley and the hawking fullback it's with the force of a steam engine in his era i think he was the best of the fullbacks he was a big man the mammoth motley 238 pounds of football dynamite he was 40 50 pounds bigger than some of the guys that were playing in his day big marion motley had a great day he took a handoff from otto and pulled and galloped this way for 58 yards old mariusz is feared and you got the idea why when he gets moving on this one boom boom up the middle taking off like a gi on a three-day pass he chose his tremendous drive as he knocked over the steelers like ten pins on a bowling alley buckley tops his helmet to the crowd as he jogs over the goal line to give the pounds a 17 to nothing lead hand off all-star running right all stops shakes the tackle shakes and breaks the tackle keeps his balance goes back on the left all-star 2-1 puts his shoulder down and just runs flat over people and again by golf style he has been that way all day side steps attacker burrows [Applause] [Applause] by all stock he's to the five he's to the one third and one all stopped look at all stock gold look at him touchdown hit pulls his way across the board he's still going down the sideline inside the 20 to the 10 and down at the two he's in touchdown the nigerian nightmare just inside the six yard line okoye taking it over to the right side breaking tackles he's in like so many of the great power backs you don't hit him he hits you i feel sorry for these defensive backs i really do will be hard to stop [Applause] okoye they may not see him huge strength and bulk he just runs over people you can't stop him for five or six yards he just runs through everybody my goodness something to see a koi [Applause] boston's gymnast shows why he's the league's leading rusher jim nance boston's dynamic fullback leaves tacklers talking to themselves he rips through and scores a big bow is on the go once again pirelli goes to his big fullback for the final yards and jim nance responds with tremendous force and six more points nance comes right back with another big gain up the middle jim nance still hits that left side for 23 yards open up a big hole for jim matt the league super fullback goes non-stop big bow belts the jets forward wall for seven where jim nance barrels in for the score [Music] and jamal hit by freidy shakes him off and still on his feet jabal lewis the big guy with great speed he's so big and so strong feel the pitch out to lewis he got a puck [Music] that is a hard man to bring down the knockout punch has been delivered stiff arm running over people oh this man look at him run the rock on the ground jamal lewis breaks two tackles back jamal lewis will get the handoff breaking table jamal down to the 25 the 20 the 15 10. louis will that be tonight and it's jamal lewis got an opening i'd say he's gonna get his touches after one he has six coming right at you here's a man that knows how to run frank o'hara's big awesome harris bangs all they need to do is give franco one hole they gave it to him there frank o'hara sprints it through money money player in the big game franco runs up to the line looks like he stops and maybe scratches his head what am i going to do now all of a sudden he go takes off touchdown for pittsburgh 50 000 people standing in a body [Applause] look how hard he hits people he's just so quick look at that first banging individual toledo though jackson still going tough to bring down he is not going to be denied two tackles deep motoring along for the 25-30 stomach oh jackson bouncing off he's got a touchdown boom look out bangs his way here's beau and here goes bo jackson second search he's got it miami in the east and now the raiders can they stay with kansas city and can denver staying with bo jackson the answer is no bo has another yes sir here it comes on 395. here comes the diesel here comes the diesel john rigg is [Music] just ran through people didn't he break some tackles he pulled him over what a run [Applause] he's going to go all the way unless blackwood can catch him and he can't the riggers up the middle he goes reagan's goal line touchdown riggins is wearing him down that's right he's starting to run a big guy yeah that's a big hog in the backfield too i'll tell you the diesel the big guy did it holy cow what a play if they were gonna remember and buy anything i would like them to think that i always came to play on sunday sunday rolls around and ref blows a whistle you can bet that i'll be playing [Music] going to the outside he's able to turn the corner pick up the first down get inside the 10 dives for the end zone back inside inside the fight marion barber still on his feet head down against the defender here's barber fighting his way and pushing in for the touchdown i mean he's just such a tough physical runner and just never quits marion barber and they run it barbara better be careful they've got him in the end zone asani samuel has a shot now green how does he escape first and goal from the nine this is barbara barber into the end zone the barber out of the backfield and down the sideline a big play by barber still on his feet trying to beat royal into the end zone and does folks i wish you were here today this is vintage earl campbell 10-3 los angeles and here goes earl campbell [Applause] they're going wild in houston oh everybody's happy well up here [Applause] he ran so low that there was nothing to tackle he is just amazing like he's inhuman campbell he has great speed and he has tremendous strength oh boy touchdown houston earl campbell what a game they would show him running the ball then they would back it up in reverse and show all the people he had run over touchdown earl campbell i see him run over people and then i see him run around and i never saw him get caught from what a behind this man has put on tonight what you've seen tonight ladies and gentlemen is a truly great football player in the late moments take total personal command of a game a fullback has a dirty job it's getting the dirty yards the marks of a true pro brown could always be counted on for the top third down yards 230 pound fullback bill brown whose balance and determination to carry him through nfl defenses for over 4 400 tough yards this year brown as usual was among the top 10 rushers and was second in the league in touchdowns to stop bill brown requires something special like a giant or an entire team of near giants when in trouble viking quarterbacks look for bill brown not only the vikings all-time leading rusher he is also their all-time leading receiver either way it adds up to a lot of head knocking kick ass let everything first the 10-yard line to fireball and inside the violent touchdown he's the best in the nfl there is and of course walter payton in a class by himself at the premiere running back in auto pro football walter payton again and breaks into the the lions secondary another first down still going ripped by one man still out of state at the point still family faith came up with a quality effort on that play one of the greatest ones i have ever seen walter payton make pitch back to peyton walter payton look at this kid play football peyton's got the first down look at him right across fellaini here comes peyton and pace is that goes to walter payton he's a tough guy look at walter payton this stadium is very quiet and they're just kind of watching peyton in awe who makes the reception [Music] we always talk never die easy so die hard on first down jackson coming back this side escapes one tackle sucks that rams a big back that's explosive and he's got power he is tough what an effort by steven jackson watch out he's a horse still on his feet takes the stiff arm right to the forehead down he goes and away goes stephen jackson with number 39 steven jackson coming at you that is a big man who was hard to get down stephen jackson would not be stopped jackson comes near side objection [Applause] jackson he won't go down and he keeps fighting and he's still going steven jackson jackson still on his feet still fighting in the fourth quarter this is jackson breaking tackles moving tacklers and touchdown saint louis bronco dragged the nfl out of the back alleys and into the american consciousness because he was so big he was an enormous man i mean his forearms looked like a lot of people's thighs he was 6'3 and he was 235 pounds and he was playing fullback and back then the defensive guys weren't that big you know they were 200 and 220. bronco ran the football like he was boiling over with rage he was one of the greatest big running backs in the history here comes the bus and he's got that tennis team he's breaking tackles he's still on his feet at the 30. the 25 the 20. the bus goes 43 express right side venice and venice runs into the pile and he's still on his feet and he gets to the goal line and he pounds it in plows straight ahead the bus shakes him off like flies the bus and he's in the terminal and he was all second effort but jerome said you're not stopping me this time pal and here comes the bus second down and goal they go to betis again dennis gets hit still driving touchdown stuart shovel [Applause] venice right side big hole still on his feet the bus is rumbling as close as he can this is third down venice gets the first down and more how about a touchdown jim taylor goes into the game he'll be in the packer backfield i just tried to play to my maximum ability and i i played very very aggressive and i played within the bounds of the rules of the game gets the jimmy taylor finds an opening and goes for the score jimmy taylor up the middle fights jim taylor cracking over the middle it's a hard bruising battle and it is taylor running bouncing off attack drop blade taylor driving over the left tackle position fighting on fine daylight jim went straight ahead spins away from a tackler there to give us the tailor cracking straight ahead oh look at this run what a run marshawn lynch still on his feet has blockers now he's dancing his way to the touchdown powers over a defender he is electrifying he is ridiculous total piece mode there taking blow right into the chest and just never stops spinning and moving and she's stutter steps breaks through the line makes a man miss cuts back outside right 30. 35 40 down the far sidelines pushes the defender keeps fighting he's still moving he's going to go down to the 20. the 15 they're chasing him 10. he does it lynch wilson was in there then he was stood up and look at him he never quits he never clicks with the running room on the right side still gets a little pressure he keeps going keeps his legs going he's in there the touchdown marshawn lynch how did you do that

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Published: Mon Mar 22 2021