Quote:Aside from maybe Jim Brown, you'd be hard stretched to find someone outside of Duval who says Fred is better pure runner than LT. I'd love to see if you actually could find a non-Jaguars fan saying as much. That said, I do wonder if part of LT's success was the mere fact he had Lorenzo Neal as his FB.

 

I wish I could, but I doubt it. Such is the dilemma that Fred has. He'll need Prisco to really campaign for him if he has any shot at the HoF.

 

There was a run he had against the Texans, its in one of his highlight videos. Do a search for "Fred Taylor Aloha". It's around 1:58 min mark.

 

He cuts to the right (OL was blocking left), then almost immediately cuts left because of a defender. As soon as he makes that cut, another defender comes in from his left and Fred just plants and spins to the left to avoid that defender. He turns the corner and finishes the run with a devastating stiff arm on the corner. This all happens in matter of seconds, one after another.

 

I think this run exemplifies how elite of a runner Fred was. 

 

People talk about Lebron James and call him "Video game James".

 

That's what this run of Fred is to me. You'd be hard pressed to do this on a video game with any RB, much less in real life.

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