12 RBs make NFL's All-Time Team, including Brown, Payton

Posted November 22, 2019 6:00 am

By The Associated Press

Jim Brown and Walter Payton are unanimous choices at running back for the NFL's All-Time Team.

As part of its celebration of its centennial season, the league announced Friday night the first portion of the squad. A 26-member panel is selecting the team.

Also chosen were two coaches, Paul Brown and Bill Belichick. Eight more coaches will be selected over the next month.

Joining Brown and Payton in the backfield are fellow Hall of Famers Emmitt Smith, the career rushing leader; Marion Motley; Barry Sanders; Steve Van Buren; Gale Sayers; Earl Campbell; Lenny Moore; O.J. Simpson; Eric Dickerson; and Dutch Clark.

'œIt is cool to be with the legend himself,'ť Smith said of joining Brown on the squad. 'œThe man who inspired so many other players to come from behind him. He paved the way for many of us, his passing the torch to Walter and so many others. He set the standard pretty high.'ť

One hundred players will make the team.

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