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It's Friday, let's go with a big one today. Running Back.
There are tons names that can be mentioned here, but IMO MJD has done more with less.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
"Talk is cheap, we all know that. It's like I've always said, don't tell me about the labor pains, just show me the baby. That's what we've got to do. We've got to show you the baby, and the baby is winning." ~Buddy Nix
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
I think Forte is a top tier back mostly for his effectiveness in Martz's passing schemes but I dont consider him to be in the Peterson, Johnson, Foster, MJD class.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
Ok, so almost half a decade ago he barely made it over 1200 yards and had double digit TDs if you include receptions.
That's nice, but I dont see how that justifies him as the best RB in the NFL. Especially considering that most of a RUNNING back's responsibility, is, ya know, running.
Outside of the fact he was accounting for something ridiculous like 43% of Chicago's offense last year til he got hurt and was 3 yards short of 1000 in 12 games. The fact that he's as big of a threat catching the ball out of the backfield as he is running it. And he does it all out of Mike Martz's pass happy offense. He accounted for 1487 yards from scrimmage last year as well.
I think Forte is a top tier back mostly for his effectiveness in Martz's passing schemes but I dont consider him to be in the Peterson, Johnson, Foster, MJD class.
Chris Johnson looked terrible and a step slower last year. Peterson is now trying to come back from a major injury.
I can't say anything bad about MJD or Foster though. To me, Forte is right with those guys.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
I didn't throw anything out. I said the last time he did it was nearly half a decade ago and it was including running AND receiving.
If you want to include receiving, then McFadden has done it as well.
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That's the point. He is their only weapon so of course he is going to get all of the yards, touches, and receptions. And he STILL doesn't put up very good numbers.
McFadden has never rushed for over 1200 yards, Forte has.
And 1487 yards from scrimmage in 12 games is something to sneeze at these days? And if memory serves me right, he was hurt early in that week 12 matchup vs the Chiefs too.
In comparison, McFadden had 768 yards from scrimmage in 7 games. And Chris Johnson had 1465 yards from scrimmage in 16 games.
You're missing the point. Forte is their only weapon so they use him like a mule. When you get nearly 50% of the offensive production, youre going to get yardage. A running back's main purpose is to RUN. It's nice when they can catch too, but a high catch % is indication of poor running ability on 1st down which leads to more passing downs on 2nd and 3rd. McFadden had almost 800 yards in 6 games (he was injured in the beginning of the 7th game), and that was with very FEW rushes and receiving attempts. Thus why he had a 5.4 average YPC.
By the way, are you really going to point to Forte BARELY breaking 1200 yards almost half a decade ago?
I'm pointing it out because 1200 was your set benchmark on a back and the guy you're picking has never done it. Nothing more, nothing less.
And used like a mule? FFS what else do the Raiders have besides McFadden? Bush had like 40 carries while McFadden was healthy.
I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.
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