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Hes been incredible.
He has 1173 yards rushing in his first 15 NFL games. He's not Elliot or Barkley but he's a top ten rusher.
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Someone tweeted out the list and all the RBs except one are in the HoF.Did some # crunching this morning. 117 yards in the sb would give michel the 7th most rushing yards in a single playoff season. 149 would move him into 6th. Would really need to go off to get higher, id imagine alot of those guys had 4 games.
Someone tweeted out the list and all the RBs except one are in the HoF.
Good company to be in
Add in 11 TDs and 4.47 ypc. That's a GREAT rookie year and well worth being a 1st round pick. I LOVED this pick, I wanted us to draft Michel, but never thought it would happen. GREAT pick by Belichick.He has 1173 yards rushing in his first 15 NFL games. He's not Elliot or Barkley but he's a top ten rusher.
Yep and the Riggo and TD 1997 numbers are over a 4 game stretch.Yep. Per pro football reference(michel has 242 thus far):
1 John Riggins+ (33) 610 1982 WAS
2 Terrell Davis+ (24) 581 1997 DEN
3 Terrell Davis+ (25) 468 1998 DEN
4 Marcus Allen+ (23) 466 1983 RAI
5 Eddie George (25) 449 1999 TEN
6 Thurman Thomas+ (24) 390 1990 BUF
7 Natrone Means (24) 358 1996 JAX
This is like half a season for most backs
I was one of those. Don't trust burky after that fumble he had few games ago.. but coaches obviously do and he slashed through the line well but botched the 4 th and inches... ug
Some might call it game plan, others use the term "adjustment".Some asked why he didn't play at the and of the game. Now we have the answer. Fatigue or gameplan. Because no players listed on the injury report.
So....if Sony has a solid rushing game, he will be the the most productive playoff RB since the NFL transformed itself into a passing league (2007 to present)Yep. Per pro football reference(michel has 242 thus far):
1 John Riggins+ (33) 610 1982 WAS
2 Terrell Davis+ (24) 581 1997 DEN
3 Terrell Davis+ (25) 468 1998 DEN
4 Marcus Allen+ (23) 466 1983 RAI
5 Eddie George (25) 449 1999 TEN
6 Thurman Thomas+ (24) 390 1990 BUF
7 Natrone Means (24) 358 1996 JAX
This is like half a season for most backs
So....if Sony has a solid rushing game, he will be the the most productive playoff RB since the NFL transformed itself into a passing league (2007 to present)
Yeah....BB really blew this pick
My buddy that is both a diehard Pats and Georgia Bulldogs fan had told me he was so happy we drafted Michel over Chubb. He said Chubb tended to disappear in big games.
He has 1173 yards rushing in his first 15 NFL games. He's not Elliot or Barkley but he's a top ten rusher.
And you know that is absolutely fine. Generally speaking there is bigger difference in ability between players taken in the top 5 and around 20 than there is from #32 to #100.
Also this reply is not directed at you specifically but just at those clowns that put the first round label on Sony as if that makes him the same value proposition as Barkley or Elliot. The latter two need to be game breakers and play close to an AP level to be worth where they were picked relative to the value of the pick.
Michel has been a success story so far.
Wasn’t anything burkhead could do on the 4th down, not his fault. It was a poor playcall imo should go off tackle when the defense crowds the middle to stop the qb sneak.
Burkhead has overall been pretty reliable in short yardage