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My favorites, for your perusal.
Ezekiel Elliott - Jay-Z (The Blueprint)
You're never getting a bad year from Zeke, if he shows, just like Jay. Much like Jay Z went from being backed by the demographically sound Roc-A-Fella Records to the corporate conglomerate Finkel brothers and Live (Roc) Nation, Zeke went from a passionate Ohio State fan base to the real estate provided by uber-mogul Jerruh Jones's Cowboys and their status-obsessed clientele. Much like Jay, you're talking about floors for reals even if age is taking its toll on his ability to make jaws drop. He's a consistent product, and the highs still surprise.
Saquon Barkley - Kendrick Lamar (Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City)
Trying to figure out generational collegiate/erudite athletes or talents with pedigree is tough, but if Kendrick makes people go DAMN. by grace of his activist vocabulary and Dre backing, surely Saquon is the fullest post-collegiate package since LaDanian Tomlinson. 4.4 speed, pass catching ability, and the talent to take any mundane play to the house to make it a special play is just like Kendrick's worldview and wordplay -- the special is in the everyday in his neighborhood.
Tom Brady and Mike Evans - El-P and Michael Renner from Run The Jewels (RTJ4)
Has anyone over forty looked to enjoy a greater renaissance on a mission the way El-P and Killer Mike from Run The Jewels have with the well thought-out RTJ3 transitioning to the major label production and budget of the societal-defying RTJ4? Brady got to ditching Belichick and the NFL-independent (some might say cheating) penny-pinching Patriots for pure talent in Tampa, and together with Godwin, Evans, Howard, and old friend Gronk, he looks to start anew in a sun-drenched state. Watch for Evans's and Brady's early camp connection to carry through the season to become an inseparable tandem. Yankee and the Brave indeed.
Raheem Mostert - De La Soul in the aughts (or Twilight Terror from Pavement)
Old but newfound and can do it all. Putting on weight ever since his Grind Date, Mostert is showing up in camp and is generally regarded as the finest back from the finest rushing attack in the league. Much like De La led the Native Tongue from the aughts on and Pavement identified what it was like to be Rattled By The Rush, so goes Mostert, a former special teamer turned just flat special approaching what should be his twilight.
Matt Breida - Eazy E (or 1999 by Prince)
Okay, there's nothing "E" about his name besides the phonetic part of "Bree-da" but he did show up to camp in a Lambo. Which made me think of Eazy's "You'd rather see/me in the pen/than me and Lorenzo rolling in the Benzo!" From the fastest run in the league last year to a shot at a shared backfield once freed from SF, Breida looks to make noise in Miami as a fantasy dart throw and Ekeler-Lite. This guy can move. Little Red Corvette for sure. The nastiest funk and rock from a player this side of the Mississippi when healthy. Add versatility, vision, and understanding and how to diagnose plays at full speed, to boot, and you've got your rocketship.
Christian McCaffrey - Mac Miller (or Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues with June Carter Cash)
Getting a starting gig in college as a function of your father and predecessor's successes is one thing, to defy expectations based on immutable characteristics and other ephemeral concerns besides talent is another (like June Carter). McCaffrey is appropriately-sized and with an incredible instinctive athleticism that leads to his success. His greatest trait? Learning how to fall and absorb hit after hit given his workload. Unlike Eminem before him, Miller was just transitioning from a rapper backed by turntables to rhythm and blues artist backed by a band until his untimely death. Will we see a similar transformation from McCaffrey from workload monster to efficiency monster before possible injury befalls him? We shall see.
And that's about it for now. Yes, this was certainly a copy of ilov80s movie list. And yes, it's corny.
Have away with any others you can think of!
Ezekiel Elliott - Jay-Z (The Blueprint)
You're never getting a bad year from Zeke, if he shows, just like Jay. Much like Jay Z went from being backed by the demographically sound Roc-A-Fella Records to the corporate conglomerate Finkel brothers and Live (Roc) Nation, Zeke went from a passionate Ohio State fan base to the real estate provided by uber-mogul Jerruh Jones's Cowboys and their status-obsessed clientele. Much like Jay, you're talking about floors for reals even if age is taking its toll on his ability to make jaws drop. He's a consistent product, and the highs still surprise.
Saquon Barkley - Kendrick Lamar (Good Kid, m.A.A.d. City)
Trying to figure out generational collegiate/erudite athletes or talents with pedigree is tough, but if Kendrick makes people go DAMN. by grace of his activist vocabulary and Dre backing, surely Saquon is the fullest post-collegiate package since LaDanian Tomlinson. 4.4 speed, pass catching ability, and the talent to take any mundane play to the house to make it a special play is just like Kendrick's worldview and wordplay -- the special is in the everyday in his neighborhood.
Tom Brady and Mike Evans - El-P and Michael Renner from Run The Jewels (RTJ4)
Has anyone over forty looked to enjoy a greater renaissance on a mission the way El-P and Killer Mike from Run The Jewels have with the well thought-out RTJ3 transitioning to the major label production and budget of the societal-defying RTJ4? Brady got to ditching Belichick and the NFL-independent (some might say cheating) penny-pinching Patriots for pure talent in Tampa, and together with Godwin, Evans, Howard, and old friend Gronk, he looks to start anew in a sun-drenched state. Watch for Evans's and Brady's early camp connection to carry through the season to become an inseparable tandem. Yankee and the Brave indeed.
Raheem Mostert - De La Soul in the aughts (or Twilight Terror from Pavement)
Old but newfound and can do it all. Putting on weight ever since his Grind Date, Mostert is showing up in camp and is generally regarded as the finest back from the finest rushing attack in the league. Much like De La led the Native Tongue from the aughts on and Pavement identified what it was like to be Rattled By The Rush, so goes Mostert, a former special teamer turned just flat special approaching what should be his twilight.
Matt Breida - Eazy E (or 1999 by Prince)
Okay, there's nothing "E" about his name besides the phonetic part of "Bree-da" but he did show up to camp in a Lambo. Which made me think of Eazy's "You'd rather see/me in the pen/than me and Lorenzo rolling in the Benzo!" From the fastest run in the league last year to a shot at a shared backfield once freed from SF, Breida looks to make noise in Miami as a fantasy dart throw and Ekeler-Lite. This guy can move. Little Red Corvette for sure. The nastiest funk and rock from a player this side of the Mississippi when healthy. Add versatility, vision, and understanding and how to diagnose plays at full speed, to boot, and you've got your rocketship.
Christian McCaffrey - Mac Miller (or Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues with June Carter Cash)
Getting a starting gig in college as a function of your father and predecessor's successes is one thing, to defy expectations based on immutable characteristics and other ephemeral concerns besides talent is another (like June Carter). McCaffrey is appropriately-sized and with an incredible instinctive athleticism that leads to his success. His greatest trait? Learning how to fall and absorb hit after hit given his workload. Unlike Eminem before him, Miller was just transitioning from a rapper backed by turntables to rhythm and blues artist backed by a band until his untimely death. Will we see a similar transformation from McCaffrey from workload monster to efficiency monster before possible injury befalls him? We shall see.
And that's about it for now. Yes, this was certainly a copy of ilov80s movie list. And yes, it's corny.
Have away with any others you can think of!
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