(06-23-2022, 10:10 AM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(06-23-2022, 08:48 AM)Caldrac Wrote: Fred is everywhere now. He did an interview with Tomlin with Ryan Clark not too long ago. Hopefully all the media work will get him in the HOF.

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The podcast that he, Channing Tatum and Ryan Clark do together is called the pivot. 

It's one of the most well-produced podcasts out there and they do a great job of hosting it. The lists of guests they have had is REALLY impressive and they get them to open up with some great content. 

The stuff from that pod is getting Fred and Ryan into lots of other media outlets.

I too hope it helps his visibility and his HOF chances as a result.

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(06-23-2022, 05:17 AM)Predator Wrote: I don't need stats. I watched every game he played as a jag.

But if you want to use stats, Stacey Mack got a 1st down or TD on about 30% of his carries for his career. Fred taylor was under 24%. MJD was just under 27%. In 2002 Mack scored more TDs and only 9 less 1st downs on 1/3 of the carries that Taylor had.

Taylor had no torque. He didn't have power until he got his RPMs up. If Taylor got to the second level, he was the most dangerous runner in the game. He just wasn't very good at pushing his way through the line of scrimmage. If he were better at that, he would have had 2000 yrd seasons and be a first ballot HOF.

Give Taylor an opening, he would gash you. If there was no opening, he would usually go down at the LOS.

He just was never that guy who could put his head down and fall forward for a couple of yards very often. Fast twitch muscle guy .

He was better than 98% of backs at seeing/finding an opening -  which diminishes much of the critique above the bolded in that post.

If he were he wouldn't keep get benched in short yardage situations.

He had a whopping 11 TDsi n the three seasons between Stacey Mack and MJD.

Sorry, but a guy that is better at finding holes than 98% of the backs in the league doesn't rush for only 11 TDs in 41 games.

We were near the bottom of the league in rushing TDs those seasons because Fred couldn't get it done near the goal line.

In 2004, Byron Leftwich had as many rushing TDs as Fred. In 2005, Fred out scored him by 1.

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