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What records or "marks" does Chris Johnson reach (1 Viewer)

What does Chris Johnson accomplish this year?

  • 2,000 yards rushing

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Breaks Eric Dickerson's record of 2,105 yards

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Breaks Marshall Faulk's record of 2,429 yards

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Highest y/a by a Running Back

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • None

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    0
FUBAR

FUBAR

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See sig for details on the major marks I think he could break.

Which will he reach? Are there others that he'll reach this year?

Now with multi-choice and "none" options.

 
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Option for None of the Above?

Best statistical RB of 2009, without question.

125.5 YPG is tied for 10th all-time?

Meh

Probably gets 2K

YPC is down to 6.18, and that's with quite a few long distance TDs

I'll go with 6.0 by season's end

Got a shot at Faulk's record, will be close but I say he does it

 
Questions about Highest y/a by a Running Back

Was probably covered in last week's poll, so my apology for not knowing the qualifiers

Beattie Feathers YPC in his rookie year was 8.4 in 1934

Throwing him out because he ran single wing? (HB/WB)

Skeet Quinlan 7.3 in 1953

Not enough attempts per game?

Ditto for Lenny Moore because he was a flanker/WR? He was def still a HB more often than not, but I suppose not that year.

Throw out HoF Hugh McElhenny's rookie season then, less than 10 per game (is that the threshhold?)

Well then, must be higher...HoF Joe Perry averaged over 10 APG when his YPC was 6.8 in 1949.

Dan Towler, Tank Younger, Keith Lincoln, etc etc etc

So what was the criteria again?

ETA: source

 
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BobbyLayne said:
Questions about Highest y/a by a Running Back

Was probably covered in last week's poll, so my apology for not knowing the qualifiers

Beattie Feathers YPC in his rookie year was 8.4 in 1934

Throwing him out because he ran single wing? (HB/WB)

Skeet Quinlan 7.3 in 1953

Not enough attempts per game?

Ditto for Lenny Moore because he was a flanker/WR? He was def still a HB more often than not, but I suppose not that year.

Throw out HoF Hugh McElhenny's rookie season then, less than 10 per game (is that the threshhold?)

Well then, must be higher...HoF Joe Perry averaged over 10 APG when his YPC was 6.8 in 1949.

Dan Towler, Tank Younger, Keith Lincoln, etc etc etc

So what was the criteria again?

ETA: source
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http://fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11...e-race-to-2000/
Officially, a player needs 6.25 carries per team game to qualify for the league leaders in yards per carry. Michael Vick is the official career leader; he averaged 8.4 YPC in his final season in Atlanta. But if you want to measure yards per carry among running backs — and not just change of pace backs, but players like Johnson who are their team’s primary guy — then he’s chasing the immortal Jim Brown. Among players with at least 200 carries in a season, Brown’s 6.40 YPC average in 1963 is the greatest in NFL history. Every Coach’s Dream is averaging 6.42 YPC so far this season, which at least gives him a chance to break the record. Johnson’s YPC average through nine games is the third highest by any player (with 100 carries) since 1960: only Jim Brown (’63) and Mercury Morris (’73) were better.
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If he keeps with his averages he will reach 2000 yards rushing and surpass Faulk's record too. But the margin of error for each is razor thin.

 
2,000 yards rushing [ 10 ] [62.50%]

Breaks Eric Dickerson's record of 2,105 yards [ 0 ] [0.00%]

So over half of those voting (null vote would be the "none" option) believe he'll get 2,000 but nobody thinks he'll break Dickerson?

I actually agree with this but I'm surprised nobody thinks he'll get it.

 
MCguidance said:
Bad poll, multiple choice down?
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:shock:

Now that the Titans are out of the playoff possibility race (barring miniscule odds) -- I think Fisher feeds him the ball and he breaks the rushing AND total from scrimmage records.

Not a single remaining opponent is very good against the run -- none even in the top 12. SD and MIA are middling, SEA and STL and bottom feeders.

I think Fisher makes it his mission to get the record.

Hey fantasy guys, you are going to see a lot of Britt and Cook the rest of the way.

 
Weapon of Mass Instruction said:
MCguidance said:
Bad poll, multiple choice down?
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:thumbup:

Now that the Titans are out of the playoff possibility race (barring miniscule odds) -- I think Fisher feeds him the ball and he breaks the rushing AND total from scrimmage records.

Not a single remaining opponent is very good against the run -- none even in the top 12. SD and MIA are middling, SEA and STL and bottom feeders.

I think Fisher makes it his mission to get the record.

Hey fantasy guys, you are going to see a lot of Britt and Cook the rest of the way.
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We've seen a lot of Britt lately anyway. I expected to see more Cook against the Colts, it will be interesting to see how VY uses his old teammate who he has a solid connection with vs. Cook, maybe he uses both well and less of Washington?
 
What is absolutely remarkable about this run that he's had is that usually it's a case of where the stars align and you have a last place schedule and the strength of your opponents line up perfectly to put together the dream season. That has not been the case at all with CJ's run. The average defense strength is 15th and he played some teams like Pitt and the Jets early in the season when they were full strength and quite a bit better than they are now. He's only faced 1 really bad team and that was the Bills, other than that Houston is the next worst at 22nd and a good portion of why they are 22nd is that CJ dropped 2 bombs on them for 197 yards and 151 yards.

So while people can argue that his line is good it shouldn't diminish at all what he's doing because he's facing very good competition and shredding them like no other back in the league. SF ranked 5th 25-135, Jax ranked 11th 16-83/24-228, NE 15th 17-128, ARZ 12th 18-154.....

 
Banger said:
What is absolutely remarkable about this run that he's had is that usually it's a case of where the stars align and you have a last place schedule and the strength of your opponents line up perfectly to put together the dream season. That has not been the case at all with CJ's run. The average defense strength is 15th and he played some teams like Pitt and the Jets early in the season when they were full strength and quite a bit better than they are now. He's only faced 1 really bad team and that was the Bills, other than that Houston is the next worst at 22nd and a good portion of why they are 22nd is that CJ dropped 2 bombs on them for 197 yards and 151 yards.

So while people can argue that his line is good it shouldn't diminish at all what he's doing because he's facing very good competition and shredding them like no other back in the league. SF ranked 5th 25-135, Jax ranked 11th 16-83/24-228, NE 15th 17-128, ARZ 12th 18-154.....
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:jawdrop: It isn't often that a RB would rank as the #9 team.
 
FUBAR said:
Looking more likely that he breaks Faulk's record - less likely to break Dickerson's.
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Yeah, he's on pace to top Faulk. Y/A record still in reach, as are the rushing ones. Miami is an interesting matchup for him.FWIW, Faulk's '99 season (151.8 YFS/G) ranks only sixth in yards from scrimmage per game, and third in YFS per team game.

Jim Brown averaged 152.2 YFS/G in '63; O.J. Simpson was at 160.2 YFS/G in '75 (not the season he rushed for 2,000 yards).

Marshall Faulk has two other seasons with more YFS/G -- in '00 he was at 156.4 and the next year he was at 153.4. At #1 is Priest Holmes, with 163.4 YFS/G, when he rushed for 1615 yards and had 672 receiving yards in just 14 games.

 
:goodposting:

2,000 yards: needs 128 yards

Dickerson record (2105): needs 233 yards

Faulk record (2429): needs 74 yards

Almost certainly gets Faulk's, probably 2,000. Dickerson's will be tough.

 
If you were fortunate enough to draft CJ this year, thank your lucky stars. Not only has he exceeded yardage totals beyond belief, he took the goal line duties over too from White who scored a dozen TDs last year while he was taken out of the game. Enjoy.

 
FUBAR said:
:excited:2,000 yards: needs 128 yardsDickerson record (2105): needs 233 yardsFaulk record (2429): needs 74 yardsAlmost certainly gets Faulk's, probably 2,000. Dickerson's will be tough.
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Note to Jeff Fisher: give CJ 41 carries next week in Seattle.CJ averages about 5.8 ypc, so with 41 carries that would give him 238 yards.
 
Breaking Jim Brown's YPC is now out of reach.

Johnson has an outside chance at the highest YPC average of any RB with 300 carries in a season. If Johnson got 255 yards on 25 carries next week, he'd break Sanders' record in that category. More reasonably, he'd need 210 yards on 25 carries to be the third RB (Barry, OJ) with a 6.0 YPC average and 300 carries in a season.

 
2,454 yds total. Doesn't that beat Faulks record or was his rushing only?

Needs 45 to eclipse 2,000!

 
Needs 25 more yards to hit 2000.

Faulk's record is already toast.

Needs 131 to break all time rushing record (pretty tough pickings now with only a quarter to go).

 
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