(09-23-2020, 03:33 PM)High Octane Wrote:

(09-23-2020, 12:13 PM)HURRICANE!!! Wrote: Box score below.  Wow, Taylor only had 135 yards rushing and 39 yards receiving.  Take away that 90 yard run and the 39 yard reception and Taylor would have only had 45 total yards from scrimmage.

We just went from Taylor setting a record to him pretty much sucking in that game, except for 2 plays.  Imagine if we would have had James Robinson that year !!!!

https://www.espn.com/nfl/boxscore?gameId=200115030

Kind of funny how that works. Most people remember it as a game that Freddy T dominated. But the stats show a different side if you take away 2 plays.  

With that said, he's still my favorite player in team history. That guy sure was fun to watch when healthy.

I don't like the "take away this play or that play" type arguments though. You can do that with a lot of games for RBs. Running the ball is typically a lot of 2-5 yard carries with one or two big rips sprinkled in.

If we "take away 2 plays" from most RBs big rush games, they too would look pedestrian. 
I bet you could do it with quite a few QB games too. "take away this throw or that" and he has sub 200 yard game with lower than average ypa or something.

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