What's so special about rushing for a 1,000 yards in a season?

[manning2nicks]

*remembers when the gawd Tiki "its comical" barber was rushing for minimum 1600 3 years in a row* and 2000 all purpose.

 

[feelosofer]

It's only special if you are a backup or you avg more then 4 YPC.

 

[Carlos Huerta]

RB's are overrated as hell

shyt don't even make sense

 

[klientel]

1,000 yards is the wackest benchmark for a starting RB....

Chris Johnson got a 1000 yards last year. That right there should just dead that benchmark

 

[Stone]

The highest single-season rushing yards per carry average in NFL history is 4.29…set in 2011.

is this based on a certain number of carries? I know there have been higher ypc averages than that.

 

[HacksawJimThuggin]

it's no longer the bench mark... but it probably will be again soon considering that the league is as pass happy as ever and more teams are going to a running back by committee

 

[NatiboyB]

I think 1100 or 4.5 yards per carry should be the standards.

 

[klientel]

is this based on a certain number of carries? I know there have been higher ypc averages than that.

hes talking about the nfl as a whole

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

1,000 yard season is nothing like averaging 20 points a game. Many running backs could walk in off the street and gain a thousand yards if he gets the carries behind a half decent line and stays healthy.

You don't often see a player walk in from the D-league or from an undrafted position and start knocking down 20 a game. That was a big reason why Lin became such a big deal. 1. He was Asian. 2. He was a guy that "came out of nowhere" and started lighting it up.

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Hell with the way teams throw the ball nowadays and so many teams going with the running back by committee thing getting to a 1,000 imo is still an achievement.

 

[MikelArteta]

It depends if you got 1,000 yards on 200 carries that's impressive

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

What's so special about 5 stars in a thread?


You'll never know.

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

The highest single-season rushing yards per carry average in NFL history is 4.29…set in 2011.

what type of YPC is this?

Cause Jamaal Charles has had seasons where he had 1,000+ and 5.9 and 6.4 averages.

Jamal Lewis' 2k year he had nearly 400 carries, and a 5.3 average

 

[MegaTronBomb!]

It depends if you got 1,000 yards on 200 carries that's impressive

only Jamaal Charles has ever done that under 200 carries.

cats in here are acting like 1,000 on the ground or recieving is some average ass feat...

 

[KillbertArenas]

wtf is this a serious thread?