Blue-Kun
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Larry Johnson’s 9 games as a starter last year
1351 rushing
276 Receiving
17 TD
261 Rushing Attempts
Remember that Roaf was inactive for 3 of these games.
Larry Johnson’s current 14 games
1432 rushing
379 receiving
15 TD
333 Rushing Attempts
Now consider the fact that Trent Green got smashed in game 1 and led Arizona and Pittsburgh to completely stack the line against him resulting in 2 games of under 40 yards rushing. Once Huard got going though, the holes started opening up again even against teams with solid rushing D's. In 10 games this season he's gotten at least 100 rushing yards. In 6 games LJ has had 150+ all purpose yards. In addition, he only failed to get 100 all-purpose yards in 3 of his games this year.
So how were most of the projections / predictions for LJ this year? In the spotlight thread, it seems like Joffer was one of the closest.
360/1700/19 rushing
40/422/1 receiving
Assuming LJ can rack up 270 rushing yds and 50 more passing yrds in his last 3 games, this’ll be basically accurate. LJ will of run a bit more and he may not hit a total 20 TD (though it’s certainly possible), but its pretty close.
I don’t post this to call anyone out, merely to point out how ridiculous some of the claims were on both sides of the debate. Some people were seriously contemplating 2400-2500 all purpose yards and 25 TD. Others said LJ would be lucky to get to 1800-1900 because of the Roaf retirement. And of course this was before the injury to Trent Green in week 1.
So really, how big of an impact did Roaf make? Was he worth 500 more yards and another 4-5 TD? How much would he of helped in the 2 games where LJ was completely shut down rushing (Yet still got 128 yards passing in one of those games)?
Really what I'm saying is, if LT didn't have one of the most statistically dominant stretches of a RB ever would anyone of even whispered the thought that LJ somehow wasn't worth the 1st pick this season?
1351 rushing
276 Receiving
17 TD
261 Rushing Attempts
Remember that Roaf was inactive for 3 of these games.
Larry Johnson’s current 14 games
1432 rushing
379 receiving
15 TD
333 Rushing Attempts
Now consider the fact that Trent Green got smashed in game 1 and led Arizona and Pittsburgh to completely stack the line against him resulting in 2 games of under 40 yards rushing. Once Huard got going though, the holes started opening up again even against teams with solid rushing D's. In 10 games this season he's gotten at least 100 rushing yards. In 6 games LJ has had 150+ all purpose yards. In addition, he only failed to get 100 all-purpose yards in 3 of his games this year.
So how were most of the projections / predictions for LJ this year? In the spotlight thread, it seems like Joffer was one of the closest.
360/1700/19 rushing
40/422/1 receiving
Assuming LJ can rack up 270 rushing yds and 50 more passing yrds in his last 3 games, this’ll be basically accurate. LJ will of run a bit more and he may not hit a total 20 TD (though it’s certainly possible), but its pretty close.
I don’t post this to call anyone out, merely to point out how ridiculous some of the claims were on both sides of the debate. Some people were seriously contemplating 2400-2500 all purpose yards and 25 TD. Others said LJ would be lucky to get to 1800-1900 because of the Roaf retirement. And of course this was before the injury to Trent Green in week 1.
So really, how big of an impact did Roaf make? Was he worth 500 more yards and another 4-5 TD? How much would he of helped in the 2 games where LJ was completely shut down rushing (Yet still got 128 yards passing in one of those games)?
Really what I'm saying is, if LT didn't have one of the most statistically dominant stretches of a RB ever would anyone of even whispered the thought that LJ somehow wasn't worth the 1st pick this season?
