Murphys95
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.The most amazing thing is the balance in carries and yardarge between the two this year. 199 carries for Dillon; 175 carries for Maroney. Both should be fresher than the average back going into the tournament.
BTW, all four of the Pats' RBs averaged at least 4.0 yards per carry this year.
Been following this one all season....the Pats running tandem is the first in 26 years to each run for 700 yards or more in the same season. It was last accomplished in 1980 by Don Calhoun and rookie Vagas Ferguson.
Good season by the duo.
Anyone else feel that BB purposely held Corey's carries down a bit more this year so as to have him rested and ready to blast for the playoffs?
He looked like a different back down the stretch.
The most amazing thing is the balance in carries and yardarge between the two this year. 199 carries for Dillon; 175 carries for Maroney. Both should be fresher than the average back going into the tournament.
BTW, all four of the Pats' RBs averaged at least 4.0 yards per carry this year.
It was a nice balance because I never really got the thought that there was a primary running back. They both got around the same number of carries.Wow, that's weird, I predicted 225 carries for Dillon and 150-175 for Maroney. I think Maroney had an excellent rookie season, Maroney and Gostkowski (100+ points) were our two best rookies, and have made huge contributions to our team ! Go Pats !!!
Been following this one all season....the Pats running tandem is the first in 26 years to each run for 700 yards or more in the same season. It was last accomplished in 1980 by Don Calhoun and rookie Vagas Ferguson.
Good season by the duo.
I was a huge Vagas Ferguson fan (he was great at Notre Dame, Joe Montana's halfback), thought he was going to be a star. then again, I though Hart Lee Dykes was gonna be a star. Oh well. Vagas had a fine rookie season, got hurt during the following training camp, the same training camp that rookie Tony Collins was at. Tony Collins went on to have a fine rookie season (1000 yards ?), and we never heard from Vagas again.
Good memory on Ferguson! Vagas broke the record for most yards by a Patriots rookie in 1980, then Tony Collins broke his record the following year. Ferguson had 818, Collins 873.
Anyone else feel that BB purposely held Corey's carries down a bit more this year so as to have him rested and ready to blast for the playoffs?
He looked like a different back down the stretch.
Been following this one all season....the Pats running tandem is the first in 26 years to each run for 700 yards or more in the same season. It was last accomplished in 1980 by Don Calhoun and rookie Vagas Ferguson.
Good season by the duo.