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re: Tyrann Mathieu may be the best pound for pound football player of all time
Posted on 5/6/22 at 2:58 pm to tigercross
Posted on 5/6/22 at 2:58 pm to tigercross
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Still not better than Barry Sanders:
2600+ yds (plus another 222 in the Holiday Bowl that don't count toward official stats) 7.6 ypc 37 TD (44 if you count the bowl game and all-purpose touchdowns)
Were those teams any good? Barry may have been the most electric and exciting football player ever, but his running style was not conducive to winning football. He could rip off a couple of 75 yards touchdown and finish a game with 180 yards and 2 tds, averaging 8 yards/carry. On paper, that’s an amazing game. But in context, it may not have been as great as it seems. He lost yards on too many plays, putting his teams consistently behind the chains in 2nd and 12s or 3rd and 13s.
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Posted on 5/6/22 at 4:18 pm to Hot Carl
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Were those teams any good? Barry may have been the most electric and exciting football player ever, but his running style was not conducive to winning football. He could rip off a couple of 75 yards touchdown and finish a game with 180 yards and 2 tds, averaging 8 yards/carry. On paper, that’s an amazing game. But in context, it may not have been as great as it seems. He lost yards on too many plays, putting his teams consistently behind the chains in 2nd and 12s or 3rd and 13s.
1) His negative yardage carries are counted in that 2800 yd total.
2) OSU went 10-2 that year. That's pretty dang good.
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