most prolific rb duo in history?

[Mr ocho nueve]

Are they the best duo in the NFL today? Yes, oobviously.

Are they the best duo of all time? Right now, no, but a few more seasons of great numbers, and yes.

[Wither]

not true, a lot of all-time greats walked away ringless. stats are for the analysis of personal performance (or group, in this case) and should stand free of any championships won or lost.

I agree with you completely, but championships are an analysis of a group performance as well.

[guyinchesapeake]

Csonka/Morris set the record in a 14 game season. But, don't forget the 'gift' from the league in taking away a loss on a run that gave Morris 1000 yards that year.

If we're going to bring up great backfied duos, I'd personally start with Jim Taylor/Paul Hornung of the Packers great 60s' teams. Another great duo was that of Jim Brown and Bobby Mitchell of the Browns of the late 50's/early 60s'. Both are in the HOF. And yet another great tandum was that of Alan Ameche and Lenny Moore of the Baltimore Colts. All of the above named players are in the HOF.

[JoCoLoco]

Red Grange and Bronco Nagurski.

[KatsAzz]

The following stats are interesting about the regular season totals,playoffs not included

Revised as of 3/19/2010

Running backs are ranked according to DYAR, or Defense-adjusted Yards Above Replacement. This gives the value of the performance on plays where this RB carried/caught the ball compared to replacement level, adjusted for situation and opponent and then translated into yardage. DYAR (and its cousin, YAR, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.

The next statistic given is DVOA, or Defense-adjusted Value Over Average. This number represents value, per play, over an average running back in the same game situations. The more positive the DVOA rating, the better the player's performance. Negative DVOA represents below-average offense. DVOA (and its cousin, VOA, which isn't adjusted based on opponent) is further explained here.

Effective Yards, listed in red, translate DVOA into a yards per attempt figure. This provides an easy comparison: in general, players with more Effective Yards than standard yards played better than standard stats would otherwise indicate, while players with fewer Effective Yards than standard yards played worse than standard stats would otherwise indicate. Effective Yards are not the best way to measure total value because they are more dependent on usage than DYAR.

The final statistic is Success Rate. This number represents the player's consistency, measured by successful running plays (the definition of success being different based on down and distance) divided by total running plays. A player with higher DVOA and a low success rate mixes long runs with downs getting stuffed at the line of scrimmage. A player with lower DVOA and a high success rate generally gets the yards needed, but doesn't often get more. Success Rate is further explained here. It is not adjusted for opponent.

The simple version: DYAR means a running back with more total value. DVOA means a running back with more value per play.

•These numbers do not separate the performance of a running back from the performance of his offensive line. (You'll find numbers that try to do that on this page.) Be aware that one will affect the other.

•All fumbles are considered equal, whether recovered by the offense or defense.

****This is a little hard to read on here but the link to the page is below.

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/rb

RUSHING: Minimum 100 rushes, 50 players ranked

Player Team DYAR Rk YAR Rk DVOA Rk VOA Runs Yards EYds TD FUM Suc

Rate Rk

C.Johnson TEN 343 1 322 1 15.2% 7 13.8% 358 2,006 1,793 14 3 45% 32

R.Grant GB 252 2 252 4 12.9% 10 12.9% 282 1,252 1,413 11 0 49% 18

R.Rice BAL 249 3 268 2 16.8% 6 18.7% 254 1,348 1,247 7 2 51% 14

J.Charles KC 233 4 258 3 20.3% 2 23.4% 191 1,117 1,071 7 3 53% 7

P.Thomas NO 222 5 206 5 26.2% 1 23.8% 147 793 907 6 1 56% 3

S.Jackson STL 217 6 155 14 8.6% 16 3.7% 324 1,420 1,438 4 2 45% 31

J.Stewart CAR 208 7 201 7 14.3% 9 13.6% 221 1,132 1,116 10 3 50% 16

R.Williams MIA 178 8 195 8 9.0% 14 10.6% 241 1,121 1,163 11 4 55% 5

D.Williams CAR 175 9 170 9 12.6% 11 12.0% 216 1,118 993 7 3 45% 30

M.Barber DAL 168 10 155 12 8.9% 15 7.5% 213 930 1,102 7 1 53% 9

M.Jones-Drew JAC 167 11 204 6 3.5% 22 6.2% 312 1,391 1,454 15 2 49% 17

A.Peterson MIN 165 12 131 18 3.2% 23 0.8% 314 1,379 1,466 18 6 46% 29

J.Addai IND 151 13 133 16 7.6% 17 5.7% 219 831 1,045 10 1 53% 10

[YourMomsLover]

means nothing without a ring

That ring you speak of is coming soon