What was Gore Stat about 3rd since 1970?

Nov 12, 2009 at 9:03 PM

Jeepzilla
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What was stat about Gore about being 3rd since 1970, behind Barry Sanders and who else?

Nov 12, 2009 at 9:03 PM

znk916
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Robert Smith was 2nd

YPC was the stat

Nov 12, 2009 at 9:04 PM

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Originally posted by jeepzilla:
What was stat about Gore about being 3rd since 1970, behind Barry Sanders and who else?

Robert Smith of Vikings

I beleive it had to do with the Average yard per Carry for a certain number of career carries (1000 maybe)

Nov 12, 2009 at 9:06 PM

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Ya there was a minimum carry cutoff or else guys like Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, and DeAngelo Williams would be on that list as well, all over 5 ypc for their careers.

Nov 12, 2009 at 9:29 PM

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Gore is #3 behind Barry Sanders, ? in average yards per carry at 4.8 based on 1000 carries.

Sad really Adrian Peterson, Barber in Dallas, LT in San Diego yet Gore quietly keeps having 1000+ years with a very high YPC.

Imagine what he could do behind a good OL

Nov 12, 2009 at 9:31 PM

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Originally posted by Bejaard49er:
Gore is #3 behind Barry Sanders, ? in average yards per carry at 4.8 based on 1000 carries.

Sad really Adrian Peterson, Barber in Dallas, LT in San Diego yet Gore quietly keeps having 1000+ years with a very high YPC.

Imagine what he could do behind a good OL

He would also benefit from a solid passing game. Look at the past 2 games as evidence. We don't see many 9 man fronts anymore since we opened the offense.

Nov 12, 2009 at 10:58 PM

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Not just the more recent backs. That would include Emmitt, Dickerson, Sweetness, Earl Campbell...

Nov 13, 2009 at 8:18 AM

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Gore quietly puts up consistently good numbers, even on a s**tty team.

3rd overall in yards per carry, the stat they showed last night, and i think only behind LT in all purpose yards since 2005.

If we somewhat resembled a normal offense gore would easily be in the top 3 in rushing every year.

Nov 13, 2009 at 9:07 AM

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Originally posted by znk916:
Ya there was a minimum carry cutoff or else guys like Adrian Peterson, Chris Johnson, and DeAngelo Williams would be on that list as well, all over 5 ypc for their careers.

yeah, imagine what he could do if he had half the offensive line and quarterbacks those guys have had.....(peterson, williams, johnson)

dang...