Throwdowns > Closed

MorningWoodley said 01/18, 10:37 AM
Your going to try to argue that little running backs aren't good when the top 2 rushers this year are some of the smallest running backs in the league?

Maurice Jones Drew, I 5'7 running back led the league this year with 1606 yards. Thats 250 more yards than the 2nd most rushing yards, who just so happens to be 5'8 Ray Rice. He had 1364 rushing yards this year.

Now lets compare these two guys to your favorite "big" running back, Brandon Jacobs. Brandon Jacobs is not going to have the same amount of yards because he isn't a starting running back but lets look at his yards per carry.

Maurice Jones Drew Average Yards per Carry: 4.7
Ray Rice Average Yards per Carry: 4.7
Brandon Jacobs Average Yards per Carry: 3.8

So at this point its not looking too good for your buddy Brandon, but just for fun lets look at another large running back, Legarrette Blount (starting RB for Tampa Bay).

Blount's Average Yards per Carry: 4.2
Blount's total yards: 781

Clearly smaller running backs are the elite of the league and are much better than larger running backs such as Brandon Jacobs.

MW

MorningWoodley said 01/18, 11:43 AM
Your telling me that the Ravens don't have a good quarterback? As much as I hate the Ravens, Joe Flacco is not a bad quarterback. He's taken his team to the playoffs every year he's been in the league. Thats not a bad quarterback.

If you don't wanna look at yards, lets look at touchdowns. Lesean McCoy, a smaller running back out of Pitt, led the league in touchdowns this year. LED THE LEAGUE!!! The guy is barely over 200 pounds and is 5'10.

Next, you talk about how Jacobs is harder to bring down than Rice because he is bigger. That's not true. Check the stats. Jacobs gets tackled one yard shorter than Rice on every run (as I explained in my last argument).

Jacobs is slower and easier to catch while rice has speed and agility. Who cares how easily he can be tackled if no one can get a hand on him like on this play. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ob9aATCFU

Finally, Jacobs fumbled one more time than Rice did this season even though he had significantly less carries. Even though Jacobs is much bigger he has problems holding onto the ball, probably because he gets hit so much since hes not as fast!

MorningWoodley said 01/18, 05:18 PM
Thats great. They do specialize in 3rd and short and beating up the defense and some are stronger but the prompt is that they are better and the fact is, Big running backs ARE NOT!!!! better than small running backs. Stats prove this.

"Of all the great teams, hardly any had a great running back, like Rice, who had mega tons of yards during the regular season.."

3 out of the 4 teams left in the playoffs depend on their running game!

Here's my final point just to prove to you that big running backs aren't better. Why is Bradshaw the Giants starter over Jacobs? Because Bradshaw is faster, more agile, and better, because he is smaller than Jacobs!

Stats prove that smaller running backs are better, logic proves that they are better, and watching football proves that they are better. Clearly, smaller running backs are better!