Originally posted by Niners_D:
That Dallas O-line is the reason that their offense was any good outside of excellent WRs. Aikman was average but had insane protection. Emmitt Smith owed all of his success to them. Its a joke when people try to compare Smith to Barry Sanders. Sanders was far and away the better running back. To me that O-line was clearly the best of all time and Allen could possibly be the best lineman of all time. Jerrah has been trying to reproduce that line ever since.
Allen chasing down that Saints LB has to be one of the most amazing offensive tackles in history, right up there with that Roethlisberger tackle against the Colts on the Bettis fumble.
As a matter of a fact, I think Allen is one of the only offensive lineman who are 300+ lbs that could chase down a 250 lb linebacker... insane athleticism.