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Ya he throws shade at running backs today but guys like Emmit Smith played 16,17 game seasons, even though they played one or two less games they still carried the ball more than your average back today.
Ya he throws shade at running backs today but guys like Emmit Smith played 16,17 game seasons, even though they played one or two less games they still carried the ball more than your average back today.
It's also only a 3.7 yard/game difference. 1000/16 = 62.5. 1000/17 = 58.8. Now in the 12 game season... 83.3 ypg. That's a significant difference. But Troy and his boys weren't playing back then either...
Ya he throws shade at running backs today but guys like Emmit Smith played 16,17 game seasons, even though they played one or two less games they still carried the ball more than your average back today.
16, not 17 for Emmitt, and he was going for 1500-1800 in his prime.
Aikman is right. 16 RBs gained 1,000 or more yards rushing this season.
Defenses are focused on stopping the pass. There are far fewer Casey Hamptons out there stuffing the run like 20 years ago. In fact, just 10 years ago there were only seven 1,000 yd rushers.
Aikman is right. 16 RBs gained 1,000 or more yards rushing this season.
Defenses are focused on stopping the pass. There are far fewer Casey Hamptons out there stuffing the run like 20 years ago. In fact, just 10 years ago there were only seven 1,000 yd rushers.
Aikmen is wrong. 4 straight 1,000 yard seasons is impressive. Especially when 3 of them were with Matt Canada. I don’t believe any of those other 15 RB’s have done this consecutively for 4 years.
Aikmen is wrong. 4 straight 1,000 yard seasons is impressive. Especially when 3 of them were with Matt Canada. I don’t believe any of those other 15 RB’s have done this consecutively for 4 years.
When you have over 1000 carries it's less impressive. The only other RB that comes close to that many carries is Henry, and the one season Henry fell just short of 1000 yds he actually averaged over 100 yds per game. The last time Najee did that was... uh, never. Najee is durable. Great.
Najee is not a RB DCs lose sleep over. Trust me.
I've said it before, unless you are a RB that can contribute in both rushing and receiving in a big way, you don't get the big contract. If you want a modern offense, you draft a modern RB.
He is correct. 1000 yard seasons was a number teams cared about when they played 12 and 14 games a season. it became less relevant when they went to 16 - even more so at 17 games. It's a stat to reflect a RB consistently gaining over 100 yards a game - in other words, being a factor in the outcome that the defense had to account for.
I like Najee the person tremendously. But he is NOT a RB other teams have to go out of their way to account for.
Barely scraping by 1000 yards over 17 games is not a player having impact these days. It's a player (to his credit) staying healthy. That's about it.
He is correct. 1000 yard seasons was a number teams cared about when they played 12 and 14 games a season. it became less relevant when they went to 16 - even more so at 17 games. It's a stat to reflect a RB consistently gaining over 100 yards a game - in other words, being a factor in the outcome that the defense had to account for.
I like Najee the person tremendously. But he is NOT a RB other teams have to go out of their way to account for.
Barely scraping by 1000 yards over 17 games is not a player having impact these days. It's a player (to his credit) staying healthy. That's about it.
Aikmen passed for over 20 TD’s once in his career. That is the last dude who should shrug at stats.
Again, folks act like we had the hogs in front of Najee. Dude scraped by because half the time he is hit in the backfield or at the LOS.
Najee isn’t a scat back, he is a bruiser but our FO refuses to address the real issue which is the OL. Sure, we drafted some guys and hopefully they gel one day but the blocking scheme is wack af.
When you have over 1000 carries it's less impressive. The only other RB that comes close to that many carries is Henry, and the one season Henry fell just short of 1000 yds he actually averaged over 100 yds per game. The last time Najee did that was... uh, never. Najee is durable. Great.
Najee is not a RB DCs lose sleep over. Trust me.
I've said it before, unless you are a RB that can contribute in both rushing and receiving in a big way, you don't get the big contract. If you want a modern offense, you draft a modern RB.
Derrick Henry has 19 receptions for 193 yards this year. You just have to BLOCK for RB’s like Henry and Najee. When Henry gets hit behind the LOS he goes nowhere.
Barkley caught 33 balls this year. That isn’t a lot.
I know Najee isn’t on their level but your premise isn’t true in regards to having to run and catch. This is why teams have 3rd down
backs. The days of bell cow RB’s who do it all are over.
I know its hard but you all fail to
admit the obvious. The blocking is terrible and the playcalling is predictable. Everyone knows its run run pass. When Warren and Patterson were put and Najee was in on passing and running plays we saw the impact.
How many play action passes did we have with Najee last game? I don’t remember any. Are offense has been far too predictable and unless we have a solid OL running into run blitzes aint the way. Why didn’t Warren get a hard yard last game? Hit behind the LOS.
16, not 17 for Emmitt, and he was going for 1500-1800 in his prime.
This.
If you're healthy and play all the games, 1,000 means that you're around average.
Harris is both very healthy and around average.
It is an accomplishment to do it so many years in a row. But it's about him being very durable. Not about him being especially good (note: he isn't bad, just somewhere around average).
Derrick Henry has 19 receptions for 193 yards this year. You just have to BLOCK for RB’s like Henry and Najee. When Henry gets hit behind the LOS he goes nowhere.
Barkley caught 33 balls this year. That isn’t a lot.
I know Najee isn’t on their level but your premise isn’t true in regards to having to run and catch. This is why teams have 3rd down
backs. The days of bell cow RB’s who do it all are over.
I know its hard but you all fail to
admit the obvious. The blocking is terrible and the playcalling is predictable. Everyone knows its run run pass. When Warren and Patterson were put and Najee was in on passing and running plays we saw the impact.
How many play action passes did we have with Najee last game? I don’t remember any. Are offense has been far too predictable and unless we have a solid OL running into run blitzes aint the way. Why didn’t Warren get a hard yard last game? Hit behind the LOS.
Najee's biggest problem is his vision IMO. He's not Trent Richardson bad but he's certainly not Le'veon Bell either. Bad blocking in front of him, yes. Predictable offense, yes. But we see the dude miss the play several times a game.
When everything plays out exactly the way it's supposed to in the playbook, Najee looks all world. When it doesn't, he looks super average.
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