Who are the Panthers all time running backs?

[nickzz]

2003 Stephen Davis was the best running back, just had a short career with the Panthers.

2008 d-will disagrees

[KillaCamNewton]

Not if you watched the 2003 season. Davis was a man-beast work horse. Stats don't tell the whole story. Plus Davis only played in 14 games to Deangelo's 16. Plus 300+ yards that post-season.

Deangelo still had 10 more TDs and averaged an entire yard more per carry. I agree that Davis was a work horse, but DWill was an absolute game-changer. He made up for some truly horrible Delhomme performances that year and bailed us out

[Mol3m4n]

OP edited with a poll to ask which single season was better.

[KillaCamNewton]

Not to mention Davis also got to run behind a bunch of juiced up roid monkeys all year

[KillerKat]

This really isn't a question.

DWill

JStew

Davis

In that order.

[CRA]

It is really apples and oranges....Williams couldn't make the type runs Davis did and Davis could make the ones Williams did.

Homerun threats always get more votes than grinders so Williams enters with an edge purely nc of that.

Williams gets the career win.

Davis gets the single season win. Despite less stats he walked in the door and changed our O in 2003 and we rode that to a Super Bowl.

[KintnerBoy]

What year was it that DWill had the most TDs in the NFL at like 21 I think?

Edit: p.s. I think it was the same year we won every home game.

[Car123]

What year was it that DWill had the most TDs in the NFL at like 21 I think?

Edit: p.s. I think it was the same year we won every home game.

2008

18 rushing tds and 2 rec

[TN05]

Not if you watched the 2003 season. Davis was a man-beast work horse. Stats don't tell the whole story. Plus Davis only played in 14 games to Deangelo's 16.   Plus 300+ yards that post-season.

To be fair, the two games he missed were both games we won, though. He was important, but not absolutely needed for victory, as the St. Louis game showed.

[TN05]

Deangelo still had 10 more TDs and averaged an entire yard more per carry. I agree that Davis was a work horse, but DWill was an absolute game-changer. He made up for some truly horrible Delhomme performances that year and bailed us out

Not only that, but DeAngelo didn't fumble at all the entire season. That's insane.

[RelaxImaPro]

Put away any disdain you have for current Deangelo, and the 2003 Super Bowl nostalgia goggles, and this one is pretty easy.

 

It's 2008 Deangelo.  Even with Stew taking a ton of carries from him he still finished with 1,500+ rushing yards and 18 rushing TDs along with a ridiculous 5.5 YPC.

 

We also had post Tommy John Jake that year.  Every one and their mother knew we were coming in with the gameplan to run it down their throat with a broken down QB, and they still couldn't stop it.

[Panthers Fanatic]

My personal favorites (based on on-field, running style, personal meetings, etc.)

1) Jonathan Stewart

2) Stephen Davis

3) Deshaun Foster

4) Deangelo Williams

5) Fred Lane

* Brad Hoover is my favorite fullback

[The Huddler]

Im gunna have some balls and go with fozzy

[Chimera]

Put away any disdain you have for current Deangelo, and the 2003 Super Bowl nostalgia goggles, and this one is pretty easy.

 

It's 2008 Deangelo.  Even with Stew taking a ton of carries from him he still finished with 1,500+ rushing yards and 18 rushing TDs along with a ridiculous 5.5 YPC.

 

We also had post Tommy John Jake that year.  Every one and their mother knew we were coming in with the gameplan to run it down their throat with a broken down QB, and they still couldn't stop it.

 

Remember when Denver came out running a 4-4 defense because of DWill? Then Jake and Smitty lit them up... Smitty was around 120 yards by halftime. Then Denver tried to change up their defense, only for DWill to respond with a 56 yard run. I was laughing so hard that game.

 

eta: DWill's run against the Broncos is about at the  2 minute mark. That run killed any hopes the Broncos had in that game.