05-19-2017, 08:09 PM
@Leonard Leap:
Bettis getting in was a joke. Compare his career to Dillon's...
Player A:
10 seasons
1124 rush yards per season
4.3 YPC
1315 yards from scrimmage per season
8.9 TDs per season
1 championship - where the offense was centered around him (he missed 1 game, but led the league in rush yards per game)
Asked to be traded from a bad team late in his career
Player B:
13 seasons
1051 rush yards per season
3.9 YPC
1162 yards from scrimmage per season
7.2 TDs per season
1 championship - where he was strictly a short yardage/goal line specialist. 368 rush yards for the season.
Asked to be traded from a bad team early in his career
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The HOF is too much about bulk career numbers and who you played for, and not enough about sheer dominance during one's prime.
Bettis getting in was a joke. Compare his career to Dillon's...
Player A:
10 seasons
1124 rush yards per season
4.3 YPC
1315 yards from scrimmage per season
8.9 TDs per season
1 championship - where the offense was centered around him (he missed 1 game, but led the league in rush yards per game)
Asked to be traded from a bad team late in his career
Player B:
13 seasons
1051 rush yards per season
3.9 YPC
1162 yards from scrimmage per season
7.2 TDs per season
1 championship - where he was strictly a short yardage/goal line specialist. 368 rush yards for the season.
Asked to be traded from a bad team early in his career
_________________________
The HOF is too much about bulk career numbers and who you played for, and not enough about sheer dominance during one's prime.
The training, nutrition, medicine, fitness, playbooks and rules evolve. The athlete does not.
