drrew":33ktca8d said:RolandDeschain":33ktca8d said:All this proves is that he was softer outside of it, which is fine. He wanted to preserve himself. What annoys me personally is people saying he was never soft when he very obviously was on purpose, with intention, by design, of his own accord. Just admit it everybody, and move on. Doesn't mean we can't appreciate him for what he did for us while also thinking he was a soft runner overall.
I reject the entire premise of what you say. Choosing not to initiate the contact on every carry does not equate to running soft. He had a very very successful style, it's fine if that style was not to your liking, but claiming he, or any other professional football player ran soft is insulting, and it's especially insulting to an NFL RB with more than 2500 touches in his career.
Marshawn can take more hits because on average he doesn't carry the football as much as SA did.
SA had 370 attempts in one season. That's crazy. At 370 attempts he doesn't need to fight for every yard on every run attempt.