dhockster
Footballguy
I heard a radio talk show host saying how ridiculus it was that he was hearing LeSean McCoy compared to Barry Sanders. Obviously, any comparison of Careers is insane because McCoy is only in his 5th season. However, if you look at their results through 5 seasons and it is a much closer comparison than you might think:
McCoy: 71 games, 57 starts, 7,198 total yards (rush & rec.), 46 total TD's, 4.72 rushing avg.
Sanders: 73 games, 71 starts, 8,288 total yards, 60 total TD's, 4.74 rushing avg.
Keep in mind that McCoy still has 3 games left in his 5th season, so those numbers will get closer by year-end.
Besides the numbers, if you watch a lot of McCoy, you see how his style is similar to Sanders. Both are ankle-breakers. Sanders may be the best of all time, but the more I watch of McCoy, the more I am amazed at some of his moves. Even on Sunday, I thought, no way McCoy is effective in the snow with his style. And yet he went off for 217 and made some stop and go moves which were ridiculus in those conditions.
McCoy: 71 games, 57 starts, 7,198 total yards (rush & rec.), 46 total TD's, 4.72 rushing avg.
Sanders: 73 games, 71 starts, 8,288 total yards, 60 total TD's, 4.74 rushing avg.
Keep in mind that McCoy still has 3 games left in his 5th season, so those numbers will get closer by year-end.
Besides the numbers, if you watch a lot of McCoy, you see how his style is similar to Sanders. Both are ankle-breakers. Sanders may be the best of all time, but the more I watch of McCoy, the more I am amazed at some of his moves. Even on Sunday, I thought, no way McCoy is effective in the snow with his style. And yet he went off for 217 and made some stop and go moves which were ridiculus in those conditions.