Whats the big deal about 1000 yard rushers in the NFL

[GoingUp]

Honestly, I don't understand. All you need is about 65 yards per game over 16 games to reach it. Why is that so hard?

 

[Anubis]

because you have big scary men running fill speed at you from the other direction that wanna put the hurt on you

 

[JonnyStarks]

I dunno... how many people do it a year?

 

[PunDogg]

lets see u do it!!

 

[Baked]

Can you do it? Thought so. Put a dirty post game sock in your mouth and shut your pie hole.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Honestly, I don't understand. All you need is about 65 yards per game over 16 games to reach it. Why is that so hard?

That's IF they play all 16 games.

Put it another way....

10 games with 100 plus yards.

That's pretty dang impressive. Depending on the team there are playing star running backs are can be held to less than 20 yards a game.

 

[Jhill]

All you need is 65 yards rushing per game against the best athletes in the world trying to take your head off.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: spidey07

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Honestly, I don't understand. All you need is about 65 yards per game over 16 games to reach it. Why is that so hard?

That's IF they play all 16 games.

Put it another way....

10 games with 100 plus yards.

That's pretty dang impressive.

RB's are the most "at risk" players on the field for injury...well maybe if you don't count kick/punt returners. Ankles, knees, shoulders, ect. They just get hammered on. Hard to find a running back that doesn't sit out a game or two (or more) a season.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Honestly, I don't understand. All you need is about 65 yards per game over 16 games to reach it. Why is that so hard?

The 1000 yard benchmark dates back to when the NFL played fewer regular season games. Back then only one or two running backs were able to do it per season.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: Jhill
All you need is 65 yards rushing per game against the best athletes in the world trying to take your head off.

......
Yeah...

 

[techs]

1000 yard ain't what they use to be now that we have the 16 game season.
I look for 1500 yards now as a great season by a running back. Last year there were 5 1500 yard rushers.

 

[yosuke188]

You know you did alright if you got a 1000. You know you did great if you got 1500. You know you are god amongst men if you got 2000.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
Honestly, I don't understand. All you need is about 65 yards per game over 16 games to reach it. Why is that so hard?

uhhh, think back to when it was 14 games per season, back then it was much harder to get 1000 yds per season.

100 yds in any given game is a good game. averaging 70 or 80 yd's / game makes you an above average back. if you average 100 yd's / game (1600 yds for the season) you are a top 5 back.

but again, put it in the perspective of 14 game seasons as that's when the whole 1000 yd / season statistic being important idea started.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: yosuke188
You know you did alright if you got a 1000. You know you did great if you got 1500. You know you are god amongst men if you got 2000.

7000 and yer jesus

 

[meltdown75]

i miss Barry

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i miss Barry

what is it with people and Barry?? he QUIT.

and don't give me the excuse of how bad his team was. as Peyton what it was like playing for the Bears all those years? or OJ playing for the Bills. . . .

many good and great RB's have played all their careers for bad teams, a lot of them didn't just QUIT like barry did.

basically, he made a lot of money and was happy with the money. no sense of history, no sense of records. no dedication.

he quit.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i miss Barry

what is it with people and Barry?? he QUIT.

and don't give me the excuse of how bad his team was. as Peyton what it was like playing for the Bears all those years? or OJ playing for the Bills. . . .

many good and great RB's have played all their careers for bad teams, a lot of them didn't just QUIT like barry did.

basically, he made a lot of money and was happy with the money. no sense of history, no sense of records. no dedication.

he quit.

and all that takes away from how great he was at running the ball because...

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i miss Barry

what is it with people and Barry?? he QUIT.

and don't give me the excuse of how bad his team was. as Peyton what it was like playing for the Bears all those years? or OJ playing for the Bills. . . .

many good and great RB's have played all their careers for bad teams, a lot of them didn't just QUIT like barry did.

basically, he made a lot of money and was happy with the money. no sense of history, no sense of records. no dedication.

he quit.

and all that takes away from how great he was at running the ball because...

Yeah. It'd have been better if he'd stuck around til he got a career ending injury or just faded away into a lackluster washed up former star.

 

[Ace McCloud]

Originally posted by: Pablo

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i miss Barry

what is it with people and Barry?? he QUIT.

and don't give me the excuse of how bad his team was. as Peyton what it was like playing for the Bears all those years? or OJ playing for the Bills. . . .

many good and great RB's have played all their careers for bad teams, a lot of them didn't just QUIT like barry did.

basically, he made a lot of money and was happy with the money. no sense of history, no sense of records. no dedication.

he quit.

and all that takes away from how great he was at running the ball because...

Yeah. It'd have been better if he'd stuck around til he got a career ending injury or just faded away into a lackluster washed up former star.

Barry Sanders is one of the top 5 all time greatest running back that ever played the game, hands down. I understand that he did quit but that doesn't tarnish his career. His team was very bad and he was at injury everytime he stepped out on the field, reguardless if his team was magnificant or not. He decided to leave the game in his prime, not when he was 40 year old and get crushed by an um-and-coming played and risk his health severely. I believe that Rice's career is a little wore than Sander's. Only b/c Rice stuck around for more many years after he should have retired. Rice did aboslutely nothing his last 4 years in the NFL, which is you had never seen him play prior to that you would think, "What makes this guy so good." You would have to look in the record books to see that, and realize that he wasa great NFL player. And you would have to do that with any NFL player, so I don't see how getting himself out of harms way and spending time with his family tarnishes his reputation. Also playing 10 years for 1 team says something about his reputation. He was only 5'8" 200lbs! he can't take that much of a beating!

 

[Yreka]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i miss Barry

what is it with people and Barry?? he QUIT.

and don't give me the excuse of how bad his team was. as Peyton what it was like playing for the Bears all those years? or OJ playing for the Bills. . . .

many good and great RB's have played all their careers for bad teams, a lot of them didn't just QUIT like barry did.

basically, he made a lot of money and was happy with the money. no sense of history, no sense of records. no dedication.

he quit.

You are grossly oversimplifying the situation. He had some very valid reasons for retiring when he did, and he gave back quite a bit of moolah to do it. Barry was never much of a smirking face in front of cameras, so his reasons never really got out to the non-fans.

If you are seriously interested, and not just taking a jab at the man you should check out his autobiography. Might help you understand part of what it is with people and Barry

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...6105-9796716?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

 

[meltdown75]

i can't fault him for leaving the game when he did, as much as it saddened me at the time. bottom line is, on my all-time football team, #20 is getting the damn ball and he's going to run all over the field and make everyone look stupid.

#20 forever

oh yeah and i did get to see him play live once before he called it quits. :thumbsup:

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i miss Barry

what is it with people and Barry?? he QUIT.

and don't give me the excuse of how bad his team was. as Peyton what it was like playing for the Bears all those years? or OJ playing for the Bills. . . .

many good and great RB's have played all their careers for bad teams, a lot of them didn't just QUIT like barry did.

basically, he made a lot of money and was happy with the money. no sense of history, no sense of records. no dedication.

he quit.

That's a real asshat thing to say. Running backs pretty much take the worst beating of all the positions. That beating can shorten the lives and hinder the qaulity of those lives dramatically. Sanders went out in his prime and didn't wait around to get the rest of his internal organs squished to jelly.

He, and everyone else, knew that the Lions wouldn't get a chance at the post season for a long long long time, so who cares if he quit?

 

[Ace McCloud]

Originally posted by: preslove

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i miss Barry

what is it with people and Barry?? he QUIT.

and don't give me the excuse of how bad his team was. as Peyton what it was like playing for the Bears all those years? or OJ playing for the Bills. . . .

many good and great RB's have played all their careers for bad teams, a lot of them didn't just QUIT like barry did.

basically, he made a lot of money and was happy with the money. no sense of history, no sense of records. no dedication.

he quit.

That's a real asshat thing to say. Running backs pretty much take the worst beating of all the positions. That beating can shorten the lives and hinder the qaulity of those lives dramatically. Sanders went out in his prime and didn't wait around to get the rest of his internal organs squished to jelly.

He, and everyone else, knew that the Lions wouldn't get a chance at the post season for a long long long time, so who cares if he quit?

Well I see what he is saying, the fans cared that he quit, b/c they wanted to see him play for years to come. But the fans were being selfish b/c they didn't care about his health until he would have become injured, and that would have been too late.

 

[Ace McCloud]

Getting on topic...

Having a 1000 yar seaon designated an average running back from an everyday, everydown running back. About 15-25 runningback do it every season but, that is what a 1000 yard running back means. If you get 1500 yards in a season that means at it has already been said, you are a sensational runningback, and are among the best in the league.

What is really looked at as being a great running back in the league now is 1200 yards for a rooie running back and around 1500 - 1600 for a great running back in the league. These are all of the names of the running backs to achieve 1200 yards in their rookie year.
Name..........................Team.........Year...Atts.....Yds....Avg....TDs

Eric Dickerson............L.A. Rams....1983...390....1,808...4.6....18
George Rogers.........New Orleans...1981...378 ...1,674...4.4....13
O.J. Anderson...St. Louis Cardinals...1979...331...1,605...4.8.....8
Edgerrin James........Indianapolis......1999...369...1,553...4.2...13
Curtis Martin...........New England.....1995...368...1,487...4.0....14
Mike Anderson............Denver.........2000...297...1,487...5.0....15
Barry Sanders.............Detroit..........1989...280..1,470...5.3....14
Earl Campbell............Houston..........1978...302...1,450...4.8....13
Curt Warner..............Seattle...........1983...335...1,449...4.3....13
Jerome Bettis..........L.A. Rams........1993...294....1,429...4.9.....7
Eddie George.............Houston.........1996...335....1,368...4.1.....8
Jamal Lewis..............Baltimore.......2000...309....1,364...4.4.....6
Rueben Mayes........New Orleans.....1986...286....1,353...4.7.....8
Billy Sims.................Detroit............1980...313...1,303...4.2....13
Marshall Faulk........Indianapolis.......1994...314...1,282...4.1....11
Fred Taylor.............Jacksonville......1998...264....1,223...4.6....14

Much to say, most of, if not all of these guys are hall of fame or noteable at their position.

 

[Spooner]

I think 1500 yards is the current standard for a "spectacular" season.

would agree that 1,000 yard seasons aren't what they used to be. the paradigm may be shifting back, however, as more and more coaches employ the platoon method of carries in their backfield severly hampering how many touches an "elite" back would get