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  • northernbillfan
    Hello, I'm Mike and I'm a Bills fan.

    Administrator Emeritus
    • Jul 2002
    • 27551
    #1

    With a better O line...

    Travis Henry could have had a Jamal Lewis type of year.

    I am one of the biggest Henry fans on this board and have been criticized for saying he could get 2000+ all purpose yards in 2002. Hell he almost had 2500 that year. I have also been crapped upon for calling Henry the next "Sweetness", but I still believe he will go down in history as one of the best backs of recent times.

    This season he had a cracked bone in his leg in one of the games, and he still managed to gain 136 yards.

    Back to my original question...DO you think or agree that with better blocking Travis Henry is better than Lewis or Holmes? The only reason Lewis had 2000 yards this season was he is the only offensive weapon that Baltimore has. And Preist Holmes has an awesome blocking line in front of him and was able to get significant gains down field.
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  • ArcticWildMan
    #2
    Tough call. Henry doesn't have the breakaway speed of Holmes or the physical size to punish tacklers that Lewis does.

    I really like Henry and think the guy is a warrior but he is just a tad below the superstars like Lewis and Holmes.

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    • ryguy8161
      BRING IT
      • Jul 2002
      • 238
      #3
      I think he could be close to Priest. He runs behind practically an all-star offensive line.

      But not Jamal Lewis. Defenses put 8 or 9 guys in the box and he can still consistently run.

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      • Devin
        The Octagon
        • Apr 2003
        • 23878
        #4
        I dont know if hes better, hes def. not as strong. But as far as speed I think he beats them. Hes more speed while they are more power.

        But with a better line I think hed do wonders.
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        • ryguy8161
          BRING IT
          • Jul 2002
          • 238
          #5
          And by the way, get rid of that avatar, it scares me.

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          • Jeff1220
            H to the 12:20
            • Jul 2002
            • 6136
            #6
            Jamal is an awesome running back, but there is NO DOUBT that he was a benefactor of having one of the best OLs in football in front of him.

            Side note: Does anyone else find it strangly coincidental that Jamal didn't seem to run so hard the other day, after his push for the record* had been finished the week before?

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            • The Spaz
              Registered User
              • Mar 2003
              • 19066
              #7
              Originally posted by ArcticWildMan
              Tough call. Henry doesn't have the breakaway speed of Holmes or the physical size to punish tacklers that Lewis does.

              I really like Henry and think the guy is a warrior but he is just a tad below the superstars like Lewis and Holmes.
              Henry isn't easy t tackle by any means he is one of the profound users of the stiff-arm users as well.

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              • The Natrix
                Registered User
                • Jul 2002
                • 7305
                #8
                Jamal Lewis has one great year, and everyone acts like he is the greatest. I rank him about 5 or 6. Henry at about 6 or 7.


                Byrd.

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                • The Natrix
                  Registered User
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 7305
                  #9
                  What did Lewis do against Tenn when it mattered the most?


                  Byrd.

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                  • ArcticWildMan
                    #10
                    Originally posted by The Spaz


                    Henry isn't easy t tackle by any means he is one of the profound users of the stiff-arm users as well.
                    I agree, but he never seems to have any really huge runs. His biggest for the past two seasons is only something like 35 yards.

                    A lot of that might be because of the piss poor play calling by Gilbride.

                    It should be interesting to see next year when we HOPEFULLY have a new offensive scheme.

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                    • The Spaz
                      Registered User
                      • Mar 2003
                      • 19066
                      #11
                      Originally posted by ArcticWildMan


                      I agree, but he never seems to have any really huge runs. His biggest for the past two seasons is only something like 35 yards.

                      A lot of that might be because of the piss poor play calling by Gilbride.

                      It should be interesting to see next year when we HOPEFULLY have a new offensive scheme.
                      I can agree with that but he gets the tough yards.

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                      • Ð
                        1-800-SAD-GOAT
                        • Jul 2002
                        • 17319
                        #12
                        Originally posted by Jeff1220
                        Jamal is an awesome running back, but there is NO DOUBT that he was a benefactor of having one of the best OLs in football in front of him.

                        Side note: Does anyone else find it strangly coincidental that Jamal didn't seem to run so hard the other day, after his push for the record* had been finished the week before?
                        Speaking of Baltimore's OL, did anyone catch Orlando Brown going ape**** in the Tennesee game ?

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                        • ryguy8161
                          BRING IT
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 238
                          #13
                          Lol, Yeah and some people think that he cost them the game.

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                          • Ð
                            1-800-SAD-GOAT
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 17319
                            #14
                            Wasn't he the guy who got poked in the eye with a referee's flag a few years back ?

                            I seem to remember him going ape**** on the referee at the time too.

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                            • The Spaz
                              Registered User
                              • Mar 2003
                              • 19066
                              #15
                              Originally posted by Ð
                              Wasn't he the guy who got poked in the eye with a referee's flag a few years back ?

                              I seem to remember him going ape**** on the referee at the time too.
                              Yeah it was and he pushed the ref and the ref went flying like 10 feet.

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