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Willie Parker will have the most rushing yards in week 1

runaway06 said 09/06, 11:22 PM
Willie Parker will be lead the league in rushing yards this week. Hes going against a terrible Cleveland defense and is fast enough to gain big. Also, the other elite rushers are going against relatively good defenses. The one exception, Larry Johnson, held out for most of the preseason. Also, his coach has said his workload will be lighter in the beginning of this season.

Bio1590 said 09/06, 11:29 PM
Willie is a hit or miss back. Check his two games against the Browns last year. One was AMAZING and the other one was absolute crap. You don't know which Willie will show up.

My pick is Frank Gore. He's going against a weaker run defense in Arizona and he's an amazing, consistant back.

Pittsburgh is also passing the ball more this year, which will subtract from Parker's carries.

SF will lean on Gore a lot more than Pittsburgh will lean on Parker.

runaway06 said 09/06, 11:38 PM
Pittsburgh is always more of a run team. When they won the super bowl, they ran far more than they passed. Willie Parker is more comfortable as the starter, stronger, and fast as hell. In his last game against cleveland, he broke a steelers record with 223 yards. he then finished the season with 3 130+ rushing yard games out of his last 4. the only weak game he had in his final four was against Baltimore. Also, Frank Gore got ONLY 51 yards on his last game against the Cardinals.

Bio1590 said 09/08, 02:25 AM
You mean his last game? 51 rushing yards, okay, with 2 TDs and another 35 yards through the air. 86 yards and 2 TDs on 17 touches (5.1 YPT), sounds like a good night.

Frank Gore's rushing numbers are low because he didn't receive a lot of carries. He only had 11 in the last game against Arizona, and 16 in the first one.

You're so high on Willie, but do you forget his first game against Cleveland last year? 46 yards and 2.9 YPC. Pathetic.

runaway06 said 09/08, 02:27 PM
The recieving yards and touchdowns that Frank Gore have in this argument are irrelevant. The rushing yards are the only thing that is important. I admit, that Willie had a rough first game against cleveland. His most recent, however, was a team record game for rushing yards. Gores last game against arizona was extremely weak. Plus, he had an injury during the preseason. Honestly, I dont understand why youre so "high on Frank" when he is playing a team that he does not have good history against.

Bio1590 said 09/08, 03:10 PM
You're missing my point.

51 yards, 4.6 YPC. HE DID NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH CARRIES.

Honestly, how often are you going to put up over 100 yards on just 11 carries? Are you dense?

And besides, you're saying "Oh preseason Frank Gore didn't play blah blah". Guess what? Willie DID play and looked like crap. 36 yards at 2.6 YPC against teams with weaker run defences. The Preseason DOES mean something.

What I'm saying is that there's no way to be SURE Willie will because he's the most hit-or-miss back in the league. He's either on, evidenced by that game, or he's just gone, evidenced by the other Browns game.

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Larry Johnson. Both of your picks are good though.

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Willie Parker will have the most rushing yards in week 1

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