Emmitt was totally different from Barry Sanders who often came out of the game on third an long, because he was a lousy pass blocker, and not a great receiver.
Emmitt was a rock. He always stopped the blitzer in his tracks. It's a big reason why the offense was so great. He never had to leave the field for certain down and distance. He's the most underrated running back ever.
Griffin wasn't Emmitt. But he was more in that mode. Underrated strength. Pretty decent pass blocker in play action mode. But on sure passing downs, he came out some. Pledger needs a lot of weight room work before he'll be passable as a pass blocker. Go back and look at his feeble attempts to block Iowa State linebackers. It wasn't pretty.
Bomber, there is a reason why Emmitt is the only running back on your list who won a Super Bowl as a starter. The others were poor pass blockers at best. Tampa won their SB a year after Dunn moved to Atlanta. Pass blocking is a very big part of the position requirements. I know we're in a new RB coach era, but the former coach said that you couldn't play if you couldn't pass block, Unfortunately, when you only have two healthy ones, you have to take whatever deficiencies they have and figure it out.
