He'd be a sure top 5 on most of our lists... I think Jacobs can be a real good starter but obviously NY doesn't agree.
Oh, I like this stuff. 1. Tomlinson - Duh. 2. LJ - Not as big a fan of him as others, and I don't think he'll have a very long career. Still, can't deny what he's done so far. 3. Frank Gore - Lets see...runs hard, has good speed, great build, and the 49ers coaching staff has shown they aren't incompetent. A good bet to be very good for a long time. Has better hands than given credit for, and 3B-4. Stephen Jacksons - Basically the same thing as Gore but a little less speed. Very good hands. 5. Tiki Barber - Sad to see him go. Great player who got better as he got older. 6. Shaun Alexander - Ran behind a great line. Still, he's a very good RB and deserves to be in the top 10. 7. Brian Westbrook - Another season like this one and he's got to enter top 5 talk. 8. Edge James - Always thought he was a little overrated, but still one of the better all around RBs in the league. 9. Willie Parker - Seems to me he's a little underrated. Doesn't have the typical RB build, wasn't a high draft pick, and etc. Still, he's looked good everytime I've seen him. 10. Ladell Betts - People will be talking about him next year. IMO He's a better long term option than Portis for the Red Skins.
He had one great year and one okay year and suddenly hes a one of the worst backs in the league, c'mon now.
Ok no problem....his one mediocre year and one terrible year [along with injuries galore] won't make it hard to find 20 other RB's that are better. LT LJ Gore Steven Jackson Parker Rudi Johnson Brian Westbrook Travis Henry Thomas Jones Edge James Betts Fred Taylor Dunn J. Jones Addai Jones-Drew Ahman Green Deuce Michael vick :lol: Tatum Bell Ronnie Brown Portis and half the people on this board
He's has a career 3.8 ypc, has missed 2 full games in each year and missed bits and pieces of others (injury prone), is not much of a receiver, and really isn't much more then a pure power back. I'll list 15-20 when the All-Current Draft is done, as the Cadillac still might be in that range.
I was reading down the list and I was like damn maybe he has a point until I got to Ahman green, then tatum bell, then ronnie brown, and ladell betts. Seriously, WTF edit* I just saw travis henry on the list haha, lock this thread. Travis henry did nothing for basically 3 years now hes a top 20 back for one good year ? If you call his first year mediocre something is terribly wrong. Matter of fact if cadillacs first year is mediocre then how are addai and jones drew on your list ? Ok , cool.
Well I'm not saying Travis Henry kicks his ass, he just seems to be better imo...but it IS close. Ahman Green has had an 1800 yard year...has Caddy done that? Has he come even close? Green had a good year, GB's leading rusher of all-time. Of course he's better. Tatum Bell is more explosive but he does have the Den. line. Even without the line I would still rank TB a little bit better. Ronnie Brown is questionable also but he also has a mediocre (at best) line. Betts had an amazing avg and isn't a top 15 RB imo but he's certainly having more potential than the damaged cadillac. Drew and Addai...I shouldn't even have to argue with this one. They're clear stars. Have you seen them play?! That's not even close. Even if you want to take 1 or 2 of the RB's off the list, I would still have atleast 20 RB's who are better than C. Williams. His one year with that AMAZING 4.1 avg is sooo scary....
Whoa, I never saw this thread... 1. Tomlinson 2. Johnson 3. Jackson 4. Westbrook 5. Gore 6. Alexander 7. Parker 8. Edge 9. McGahee 10. R. Johnson
I agree with ATW on Cadillac, other than the 1st 6 games of his career he has been garbage and injury prone. And I don't think he can be a workhorse like TB needs him to be, and I am noticing people like to forget about McGahee, he is easily a top 10 RB
I appreciate your agreement with Caddy but explain to me how Willis is any different/better than Caddy? If anything, he might be worse. (jmo)
ok...i got board in one of my classes today and decided to rank the "starting" rbs 1-32 and then the top 10 backups...a few comments on some 1. LT 2. LJ 3. alexander 4. s. jackson 5. gore 6. barber 7. portis- injury or not...he is good 8. parker 9. r. johnson 10. westbrook 11. edge-dropping b/c of age and arizona...but he has earned another year to prove himself 12. mccalister 13. mcgahee- injuries and 3.9 ypc make it tough to judge him, but he was 10 yds away from a 3rd straight 1000 yd season.....and he owns the jets 14. fred taylor...looked like his old self 15. chester taylor- i didnt think he would be this good 16. addai 17. t. jones 18. corey dillon- old but somehow still did well 19. dunn- old...and dropping, but out of respect for his #'s he goes here 20. tatum bell-4.9 ypc on his career and i still think he sucks...tough to prove it in denver 21. jamal lewis- this guy is a slacker 22. j. jones- needs to be benched 23.k. jones- looked impressive until the injury 24. ahman green- good career #'s but i think his time is about out 25. ronnie brown- the pot head was better 26. carnell williams- looked terrible on a terrible team 27. travis henry- this guy got a bad deal in buffalo...4.1 ypc career and benched after a 1300 yd season...every other back in the league count your blessings...this guy should be top 15 28. d. foster 29. leon washington 30. droughns- should go back to denver 31. ron dayne 32. lamont jordan
backups are tough to combine with starters...b/c some should be starters 1. m. jones drew 2. ladell betts 3. reggie bush- the running part isnt quite there 4. maroney 5. m. barber- better than julius 6. turner- not worth a 1st or 2nd 7. rhodes- superbowl mvp 8. ricky williams...worthless pothead, but he was better than brown when they played together 9. jacobs 10. m. bell
He has shown that he can last a whole season, and take away Caddy's fast start before his 1st injury and he hasn't even been starter quality
I can understand that. He probably is better, especially endurance wise. I still don't think that means he's a top 10 RB tho. I like to go by avg./carry lots of the time and when he goes up against a team that has an alright d-run game, he can hardly get past the LOS
I don't get what you're asking. The only part about 1800 I mentioned was Ahman Green.... & if you mean...Caddy ran for 1800 in 2 years...yeah..thats 900 per year...they ran A LOT...go look up stats bro, plenty of RB's have done that...
