Hawks46":19jdee9q said:
I sincerely hope he plays out his contract.
With the way the coaching staff manages him and his practice time, and maybe splitting a few more carries with Turbin or who ever else steps up, it's definately possible.
I'm not just being selfish here either.....if he plays out his contact, the Hawks are going to be tough to beat as long as he's on the team and playing at a high level.
If he plays out this contract, Marshawn will be in the HoF.
He's less than 800 yards away from surpassing Shaun Alexander in career yards. He's only 1,305 yards away from the 10,000-yards club; he had 1,306 yards last season in somewhat limited carries.
If he averaged 1,000 yards and 10 TDs over the next three seasons, he would be #15 in all-time rushing yardage (11,695 yards) and would be #7 in career rushing TDs with 101.
Every other player in the Top 15 in rushing yardage is in the HoF, except for Ladainian Tomlinson (eligible in 2017) and Edgerrin James. Also, every player with over 100 career rushing TDs is in the HoF, except for Tomlinson.
And then you consider the impact he has had on the game in an era of mostly passing offenses, breaking records for broken tackles and going to multiple Super Bowls. People think the media won't vote for him, but in 10 years, the only thing they will remember is how much attention they received for writing stories about him. He is one of the few RBs in history to get better
with age.