Interesting stat on Bernard

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(04-17-2016, 11:54 AM)Essex Johnson Wrote: I was comparing after three overall seasons.... and lets give Gio credit also.. if he would average the 1,147 he has averaged for the past three years in overall yards for 8 seasons he would have 9,176 which would be double what Woodhead has averaged in 8 seasons so far.

I don;t think it is out of the realm that in 8 years Gio is just below the level of Charles.. I feel that is what he is after 3 years when you compare the two... also injuries are part of a reflection and evaluation of a career... Charles has been hurt by that so if Gio stays healthy and continues to put up 1,200 seasons he will have a very good career.

Sorry, I thought we were comparing these players since Gio came into the league - and since that point - Woodhead has had almost 1100 yards from scrimmage in both of his healthy seasons. Very Gio-like.

If we're comparing careers, then Charles still smokes Gio, when you actually use context and look at things with some perspective.

Charles- averaged 1207 total yards and 7.8 TDs
Gio- averaged 1147 yards and 5.7 TDs

Sure, it looks similar on the surface...until you actually stop and think. Charles didn't get as much PT as Gio as a rookie. He's also missed an entire season (2011) and 75% of another (2015). When you look at their averages, that's when the difference becomes much more clear:

Charles- 96.7 yards and 0.62 TDs per game
Gio- 76.4 yards and 0.38 TDs per game

And that's still including the rookie season where Charles didn't play as much as Gio. Then of course you still have the huge advantage in YPC for Charles (5.5 to 4.3 for their careers). Like I said, Charles has been the centerpiece for the Chiefs, similar to how AJ Green is our centerpiece. Gio is a role player. Looking at all of this and the accolades (again, Charles is a 4x Pro Bowler and 2x first team All-Pro), I'd say there's a pretty big gap between the two.

No one outside of Bengals fans wearing orange shades is going to suggest they're on the same level. Gio is a really good player and we should probably just leave it at that. Comparing him to Charles is similar to comparing Marvin Jones to Julio Jones.