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Old 02-27-2009, 06:22 PM   #1
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Fred Taylor
11,271 career yards (Third among active players)




Corey Dillon
Age: 30
Carries: 1,865
1,000 Yard Seasons: 6 (Ended with 7)

Fred Taylor
Age: 33
Carries: 2,428 (+563)
1,000 Yard Seasons: 7

Last year with previous team

Corey Dillon
541 Yards / 3.9 YPC / 2 TD
2003 (13 games)

Fred Taylor
556 Yards / 3.9 YPC / 1 TD
2008 (13 games)

Best game from last year with previous team

Corey Dillon
Week 12
108 Yards / 6.0 YPC / 0 TDs

Fred Taylor
Week 3
121 Yards / 4.7 YPC / 0 TDs

Last good season before signing with Patriots

Corey Dillon
1,311 Yards / 4.2 YPC / 7 TDs
2002 (2 years before)

Fred Taylor
1,202 Yards / 5.4 YPC / 5 TDs
2007 (2 years before)
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Corey was a better between the tackle runner but Taylor has better all around skills. We can only wish to get 1600 out of Taylor including his pass cathing. That first year with Corey was no doubt the best rushing season in Patriot history. My expectation of Taylor are a little less than that but I think he will be a huge part of this team and he IMO is the best back in our Staple (with Faulk an exzemption becuase he isnt an every down guy)
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Taylor will be good for 5 carries a game.
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Pretty good comparison, although Dillion had a very bad rep before he came here. Taylor has kept things on the straight and narrow.

Dillion was a monster, he just wear teams down. Taylor is hell of a lot faster, we should expect him to break off a couple 40+ yard runs.

After year 1 Dillion was pretty much old, tired, fat and cranky.

How long did Taylor sign for?
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Fred Taylor did an interview this afternoon, you can grab it off the "New England Patriots Pod Casts" in iTunes.
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How long did Taylor sign for?
Hasn't been released yet.

On another note, Adam Schefter just said New England has had the most productive free agency so far, based on value.

Mike Lombardi then picked Fred Taylor as the best value pick of free agency thus far.
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Taylor signed for 2 years "in the vicinity of $2.5M a year" according to Schefter on the NFL Network earlier today.
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Corey was a better between the tackle runner but Taylor has better all around skills. We can only wish to get 1600 out of Taylor including his pass cathing. That first year with Corey was no doubt the best rushing season in Patriot history. My expectation of Taylor are a little less than that but I think he will be a huge part of this team and he IMO is the best back in our Staple (with Faulk an exzemption becuase he isnt an every down guy)

Best season in Patriots history? That depends, are you looking at it from Corey's point-of-view or the Patriots' point-of-view, because the Patriots have a great history running the ball, and some of those seasons from the 1970s and even 1985, no one has come close to.
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Best season in Patriots history? That depends, are you looking at it from Corey's point-of-view or the Patriots' point-of-view, because the Patriots have a great history running the ball, and some of those seasons from the 1970s and even 1985, no one has come close to.
Superbowl, 1600 yards.. has to be right up there with the all time best, I would put it as number 1.
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Superbowl, 1600 yards.. has to be right up there with the all time best, I would put it as number 1.
Like I said, is it from the Patriots point of view, or the runners? The best running seasons in Patriots history come from the 1978, 1976 and 1985 teams.

When you have Sam Cunningham, Horace Ivory, Don Calhoun and Andy Johnson all running for decent yards, you have a great running game. Over 3600 yards. Can you imagine that?
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