From: alvstad@mari.acc-admin.stolaf.edu (Joel D Alvstad)
Subject: Re: Buffalo??  Philly??  Nope!!!
Organization: St. Olaf College; Northfield, MN
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:49:48 GMT

I started the rumble and now I'll settle it.  I will list the starting RB's (or
at least who should be starting) of all NFL teams, and compare them with Davis.

AFC East
Bills		Thurman Thomas			No contest--Thurman is on of the
						best in the NFL; best in the AFC
Colts		??????????????			Don't know who their starter is
						Maybe Davis could start for 'em.
Dolphins	Bobby Humphrey			Humphrey is better--much better.
Jets		Blair Thomas			Thomas is still green, but has
						potential that Davis doesn't.
Patriots	Leonard Russell			THE weapon for the Pats.  1000
						yards--all on his own.

AFC Central
Bengals		Harold Green			Good RB when Bengals are ahead.
						Unused when behind.  Still, a 
						little better than Davis.
Browns		Mack/Vardell			Both are stronger, better.
Oilers		Lorenzo White			Fits into offense well.  Davis
						is too slow for run-n-shoot.
Steelers	Barry Foster			Leading AFC--Nuff said.

AFC West
Broncos		Gaston Green			Green is inconsistent, but is
						miles above Davis.
Chargers	Butts/Bernstine			These guys could run circles
						around Davis.  Both All-Pro
						caliber.
Chiefs		Okoye/Word			Same as Chargers.
Raiders		Marcus Allen			Old, slowed, but the Raiders 
						have Nick Bell to back him up.
Seahawks	John L. Williams(?)		Good receiver, know more for his
						blocking than running.  Hey, a
						spot for Davis!!

NFC East
Cardinals	Johnny Johnson			When he plays, he's good.  Coach
						doesn't play him, though.
Cowboys		Emmitt Smith			Not even on the same planet.
Eagles		Herschel Walker			Will do more for Eagles that he
						did for Vikings or USA Bobsled.
						Better than Davis.
Giants 		Rodney Hampton			Superstar in the making.
Redskins	Earnest Byner			Proven performance.  Davis would
						be behind Ervins, too.

NFC Central
Bears		Neal Anderson			Proven performer when healthy.
Bucs		Anderson/Cobb			Fast, tough, versatile--don't
						need Davis at all.
Lions		Barry Sanders			Not in the same galaxy.
Packers		Vince Workman			If Workman hadn't emerged as a
						big performer this year, I'd say
						maybe.  Vince has proven himself
						so far.  Plus, the Pack dumped
						Davis, why take him back??
Vikings		Terry Allen			Has his chance, taking advantage
						of it.

NFC West
Falcons		Tony Smith(?)			Good young back.  Better than 
						any wash-up that was dumped by
						the Packers.
49ers		Rickey Watters			Really emerged this year.  If 
						he hadn't, I'd take Davis.
Rams		Gary/Delpino			More yards, more TD's, more
						performance.
Saints		Vaughn Dunbar			Same comments as Falcons' Smith.


Now, as this quick scan of the NFL shows, there are in fact only a couple of 
teams that Davis could start for now:  Colts and Seahawks.  He would not start
for 25 or so teams, contrary to what you would like to think.  As for the furor,
I'm sorry for upsetting you fans of the Bills and the Eagles.  I like both teams
and respect both teams.  I guess what I should have said is to shut up with the
"Our team is 3-0, 4-0, etc." bullshit.  It's too early.  I seem to remember that
in 1983, the Cowboys started the year 7-0, ended up losing 7 of its last 9 games
and gets beat by the Skins in the first round of the playoffs...

Anything can happen--hey, the Bucs and the Steelers are 3-1, the Lions are 1-3,
and the Jets are 0-4.  Now tell me, did you honestly think THAT was going to
happen??

Joel Alvstad


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