Break the record? Eric Dickerson is rooting against Sequon

[BigJay]

 

[BigJay]

Dickerson cheering on Saquon? 'Absolutely not'

One person not pulling for Eagles running back Saquon Barkley to set the single-season rushing mark: current record holder Eric Dickerson.

www.espn.com

 

[BigJay]

Dick’s trying to hang on to the past

 

[BigJay]

I do think Dickerson is pretty underrated history-wise

Dude was a beast and doesn’t get mentioned in same breath as Peyton, Barry, Jim Brown, Emmitt, etc

 

[Franz555]

EVERY record holder is cheering for their record to be held by them alone ( Secretly or otherwise ). Another player breaking your record makes you irrelevant. Nobody cares who #2 is

 

[djefferis]

Underrated - but also not exactly a friendly guy.

Never a fan of the media.

Suffered as he came out in the same class as many great passers and in a time where the league became more pass oriented.

 

[djefferis]

Dude was a beast and doesn’t get mentioned in same breath as Peyton, Barry, Jim Brown, Emmitt, etc

Nor should he -

Sweetness was 100% class as a player and a person and could do everything.

Sanders was the most exciting back since Jim Brown.

Emmitt was a winner - probably 5th or so on my list of RBs just ahead of Dickerson.

Jim Brown was an amazing talent who left the game at his peak - could have easily have pushed the records if he stuck around to play until his mid 30s and had a 14-16 game regular season.

 

[djefferis]

As to where Barkley ranks - he’s probably deserving of a mention that group of 2nd/3rd tier RBs at this point in his career.

Great season along with Derrick Henry - but RBs are judged more on careers.

TD had some great seasons
Tiki had some great seasons

Neither guy would ever say is a top 10 RB ever.

 

[BigJay]

As to where Barkley ranks - he’s probably deserving of a mention that group of 2nd/3rd tier RBs at this point in his career.

Great season along with Derrick Henry - but RBs are judged more on careers.

TD had some great seasons
Tiki had some great seasons

Neither guy would ever say is a top 10 RB ever.

Sequon had the unfortunate Giants experience first part of his career.

Obviously if he’d have been on even a halfway decent team we may judge him differently career-wise to this point

Only now really getting to shine and he’s 27, which usually means only another prime year or two for RB

 

[Wagerallsports]

He's not going to break it

The teams they are playing against already know and will make sure of it

EVEN IF he does he did it in 17 games vs 16 for Dickerson

 

[Wagerallsports]

Similar thing happened back when James Wilder was Tampa Bay's running back

Last game of season he had a chance to break Eric Dickerson's Total rushing + receiving yardage record in a season

Jets keyed on him late to make sure he didn't

Bucs even intentionally let the Jet score late in game just to get the ball back to give Wilder another shot and failed

 

[BigJay]

He's not going to break it

The teams they are playing against already know and will make sure of it

EVEN IF he does he did it in 17 games vs 16 for Dickerson

Yeah but Dick broke OJ’s, who did it in 14 games

The record’s the record

 

[BigJay]

OJ 2,003 yards in 14 games amazing

 

[BigJay]

OJ 2,003 yards in 14 games amazing

Whatever happened to that guy??

 

[jjgold]

Records silly
Different eras

 

[PaulieWalnuts]

Years ago people really made a big deal of 2k yards. Seems like no one really cares now

 

[djefferis]

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[djefferis]

It’s still a big deal - as just 8 guys eclipsed the mark - but half in the 2ks, 2 in 90s and one each in 80s/70s.

1k was once all-pro caliber back - now it’s everyone.

1k over 14 games is just over 70 yards a game.
1k over 16 is 62.5
1k over 17 is below 60.

18 rushes per game average - not hard to figure out what you need to average to be a 1k rusher. It’s YPC that matter - 4 is “good”.

You can be a part time back in the NFL today and getting 13 carries per game and be approaching that figure. The lesser workload helps boost that YPC figure too in general.

Too much emphasis on stats to me - part of a RB job is blocking too - but these days it’s a given stars don’t do that.

 

[Wagerallsports]

Years ago people really made a big deal of 2k yards. Seems like no one really cares now

True and should be an even bigger deal nowadays

 

[jjgold]

The extra game never makes it a real record