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Harrison and Wayne were a sick duo, but Stokely and Clark was nothing special. Honestly, has anyone heard Stokely's name without Peyton being on his team? And I didn't even know the Buccs had Dallas Clark until last week. Thought he was still a free agent. Might as well be with the stat production he's put up.
And when you take Manning off of that Colts team that won 12 games on average from 2003-2010, they went 2-14. That shows how important he was.
Edge is a damn shame though. He could have been one of the 5 best RB's ever if he didn't hurt his knee and didn't join two awful running teams after jumping ship. I think he had 4400 yards and 35 TDs his first two years before messing his knee up. He was an unreal RB. It took him two seasons to return to elite form and then two years after that he left for the pass happy Cardinals and his career took a nose dive. He was a truly special player.
That being said, Manning only got 5 solid years out of Edge, and FWIW New England has had the better overall rushing attack 7 out of the last 11 seasons (Brady's rookie year to last season.) That includes Peyton's last three healthy seasons where Indi ranked in the bottom 5 in rushing each year.
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