Rudi Johnson vs Ray Lewis

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(06-22-2020, 12:33 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Rudi Johnson has the top two rushing seasons in Bengal history (1454 in '04, 1458 in '05).

Rudi also has more seasons with 12+ rushing tds (3) than any other Bengal.

He does not get enough credit as one of our best RBs ever.

I am not saying he was better than Dillon, Woods, Brooks and others.  Just saying he needs to be included in the discussion.

If Dillon was on those '04-'06 teams in his mid-20s like Rudi was, then he'd be in the HoF right now.

Rudi doesn't get as much credit because he only had 3 seasons of 1k+ yards in his 8 year career, and he only averaged 4.1 YPC over those 3 seasons. He also added basically nothing as a receiver.

Dillon has nearly twice as many yards and did it surrounded by much less talent. He took lemons and made lemonade. Peak Palmer vs Kitna/Blake/Akili. Dillon at 30 years old showed us what could have been for his career if he was surrounded by better talent.

Brooks and Woods get the recognition because of the SB, but Dillon is in a league of his own.