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Choco Favre
Join Date: Jul 2012
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Why is Davis so highly regarded? Bum after bum was brought in by Shanahan and they repeatedly ran for over 1000 yards each year. He is by far the most overrated player of all time. |
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#2327 |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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None of them ever rushed for over 2,000 yards like TD did. They also never won a league MVP or Super Bowl MVP. He was the best player on a team that has 3 players in the HOF.
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#2328 |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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The crazy thing about TD's 2,000 yard season was he didn't play in the second half of a lot of games. If they weren't saving him for the playoffs he could've had 500 more yards that year.
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#2329 |
Choco Favre
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#2330 |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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Only Jim Brown and Eric Dickerson put up the kind of numbers that TD did.
Terrell Davis' first four years in red OJ Simpson First 4 years Yards: 3178 (6413) Yards Per Attempt: 4.09 (4.7) Yards Per Game 64.8 (105) Rushing TD's 18 (56) Rushing TD's Per Game: .36 (.91) Barry Sanders First 4 years Yards: 5674 (6413) Yards Per Attempt 4.7 (4.7) Yards Per Game 94.5 (105) Rushing TD's 52 (56) Rushing TD's Per Game .86 (.91) Emmit Smith first 4 years Yards: 5699 (6413) Yards Per Attempt: 4.5 (4.7) Yards Per Game 91.9 (105) Rushing TD's 50 (56) Rushing TD's Per Game: .8 (.91) LT's first four years Yards: 5899 (6413) Yards Per Attempt: 4.3 (4.7) Yards Per Game 93.6 (105) Rushing TD's 54 (56) Rushing TD's Per Game: .85 (.91) Eric Dickerson first 4 years Yards: 6968 (6413) Yards Per Attempt: 4.7 (4.7) Yards Per Game 112.3 (105) Rushing TD's 55 (56) Rushing TD's Per Game: .88 (.91) Jim Brown First 4 years Yards: 5055 (6413) Yards Per Attempt: 5.2 (.47) Yards Per Game 105.31 (105) Rushing TD's 49 (56) Rushing TD's Per Game: 1.02 (.91) Franco Harris First 4 years Yards: 4005 (6413) Yards Per Attempt: 4.7 (4.7) Yards Per Game 85.21 (105) Rushing TD's 28 (56) Rushing TD's Per Game: .59 (.91) Gale Sayers First 4 years Yards: 3804 (6413) Yards Per Attempt: 5.3 (4.7) Yards Per Game 76.08 (105) Rushing TD's 31 (56) Rushing TD's Per Game: .62 (.91) |
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#2331 |
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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Davis or Holmes are not HOF material. Next question.
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Choco Favre
Join Date: Jul 2012
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I'll say it again: insert any rb in shanahan's system and give him that many carries he will rush for 2k yards. Look at Mike Anderson for example: 1,487 yards and 5 ypc. Anderson's stats prove it was the system, not the back. |
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#2333 |
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Join Date: Mar 2008
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We are running Shanahan's system and can't run the ball at all.
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#2334 |
Choco Favre
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#2335 |
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Join Date: Sep 2007
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Those comparisons are pretty disingenuous. First, you're comparing TD's "prime" years to the other guy's first four, which aren't necessarily the other guy's primes. Sanders, for example, only averaged 4.7 in his first four seasons, but retired with a 5.0 average. He clearly got better with time.
Second, you've compared a few guys that played when full seasons only amounted to 12 and 14 games. Finally, you neglect to mention the shit ton of carries TD saw in those first four seasons, which may or may not have lead to his career's early end. He had more carries in those first four years than any other back had besides ED. It's no surprise that ED put up better numbers. Davis had a nice little four year stretch, but so have a ton of backs. Priest Holmes, Shaun Alexander, Chris Johnson, etc. He also was afforded the opportunity to play in a running back's wet dream scheme-wise while sharing a backfield with a future HOF QB. What's most impressive about TD's career is his 2,000 season and his playoff production. That shit was off the charts. ... But he's not a legend like the other guys. |
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Choco Favre
Join Date: Jul 2012
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It's simple, he's a product of Shanahan's system. Nothing less, nothing more. |
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#2337 |
Psycho Bag Of Squanch
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#2338 |
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#2339 |
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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TD isn't one of the greatest of all time, but he was a damn good workhorse of a runningback that helped Elway and the Broncos win 2 Super Bowls.
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#2340 |
You gotta kill a few people
Join Date: Sep 2007
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