The age-old question, which one is better, Sayers or Payton. Payton destroys Sayers in career yardage, but only because Sayers' had the knee injury in the time before surgical repairs could be effectively made. Sayers has a better yearly yards per carry average, and was THE BEST broken field running back in the history of the game. Payton, speed grace and great power, fought for every yard. Both played on good Bears teams, both played on bad Bears teams. So the question is who was the better back?
Then would you rather have in the following scenarios:
Both players in the 2009 NFL with all of the medical knowledge of today (so Sayers' career wouldn't be cut short)
1) The one star on a complete rebuild of a franchise
2) Fantasy football running back in a league where return yards count
Subject: Gale Sayers or Walter Payton 
12/27/2009, 9:47 pm
