But in a realm of large egos he still dwarfs all others by comparison. I mean, he’s been clean off the field, hasn’t been clipped for ’roids at any point, and has never had and dirty on field behavior, so there are worse things that he could be, and he will be in the Hall of Fame based on his numbers alone.

Still a world class butthead whose very name brings a taste of goat sweat to my tongue; I will always look for any excuse not to like the guy, and were I a voter – knowing that he’d get in anyway – I’d withhold my vote.

Some people can’t distinguish between the rusher he was and the rusher he became.

is assumptive, and as a larger guy I resent it.

Eddie George was 6’3" and heavy, and often “bigger” people don’t look to be hustling as much because they simply don’t move as fast and quick as smaller ones. It doesn’t mean Eddie George didn’t work as hard as Maurice Jones-Drew, or try as hard, or whatever.

And SO WHAT if they became even better around the goal line, that’s a competitive fire in action. I seem to remember (in Shaun’s case, Eddie wasn’t fast enough to run away from people) an awful lot of runs that he hit a hole hard and fast and scored or nearly did from outside 20, 30, even 50 yards.

Just because a guy doesn’t look like he is trying doesn’t mean he isn’t, and every runner has a distinct style. Shaun’s ability to wait for a hole to open and hit it and make adjustments to extend that run was a gift, and many faster quicker to hit the hole type players MISS those narrow openings because they were moving to quick to the line to let them develop.

The fact of the matter is, he was the PERFECT running back for the Seahawks when he had his elite years. I’m not sold anyone else would have done any better at all given the same scenario from which to play in.

C’mon people. He is among the NFL ALL TIME great statistical running backs, and too many people want to give all that credit to the O-line, and take it away from him, because the style in which he ran just didn’t suit the way you envision.

Given his God-given talent and the offensive people around him…

It’s how SA would have wanted it.

He’d come off the field after failing to convert a third down and have this giant grin on his face, I wanted to punch him every time.

I don’t blame people for not liking him, I just wish people would appreciate more what he did here. To me it seems silly to complain that he could have been the best ever but was instead only the second most productive back of the decade. Alexander was a really special player, it’ll be interesting to see if he makes any noise on future hall of fame ballots.

While I don’t personally care as much about his attitude (I won’t pretend to know what’s really going on inside his head – despite the blowup over the yard in ‘04), I think he was the beneficiary of the NFL’s best offensive line from 2001-2005 (or certainly one of the best with two future Hall of Famers) and I exhale slowly when I fantasize about what might have been with a more physical, downhill runner (and a slightly better playcaller) especially after Matt’s porchlight went on midway through 2002.

The National media seems of the opinion that Shawn Alexander lifted the Seahawks to national prominence. I believe our offensive line lifted the ’Hawks AND Alexander to national prominence. Thus, numbers be Goddamned, Alexander is very much overrated in my mind.

Is enough to kill somebody.

He is the master of tackling air and I give him credit for that.