For as great as totaled at least 1,000 carries, and none of them, not Adrian Peterson, not Arian Foster, and certainly not Chris Johnson, can make that claim.

I'm not saying Charles is hands-down the best running back of the past 14 years, but I could never say for sure that he isn't. His raw numbers are as good as anyone's, all things considered, and his metrics are among the best of the bunch.

GOAT or not, Charles is right now the best running back in football in a lot of ways, and really, not enough people are noticing.