Will Barkley break the rushing record?

[Cyrus12]

Needs a 100 yards to beat Dickerson...how is this guy not in the mvp convo?

 

[James in PA]

Zero doubt in my mind he gets it. Zero. It will be the last dash of salt in the wound against the Giants.

 

[Cyrus12]

Zero doubt in my mind he gets it. Zero. It will be the last dash of salt in the wound against the Giants.

What were they thinking?

 

[James in PA]

What were they thinking?

It was clear he was going to Philly too. Now I have to put up with these a hole Iggles fans everywhere. Giants are morons. I hate them so much. Ruined our season and made the Iggles good.

 

[NJlargent]

Barkley is good but the Eagles have drafted really well for close to a decade and he benefits from it. With the Giants he did not have that luxury or anything close. On most teams he doesn't break 1500.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

What an incredible football player. And he's had some brutal injuries in his career. The addition of him to Philly, along with Henry to the Ravens........huge.

 

[IndyHawk]

I like how he gets the record with more games in a season, I think you
have to take all the records and separate them by how many games are
in that season.
OJ still has the record in my mind, he did his in a 14 game season with less
carries and a higher YPC.
Compare all the RBs with 2k by game and you'll get my point.
They are all great RBs but let's be fair on the records.

 

[James in PA]

I don't think they should play him. Its a meaningless game for Philly. It wouldn't be a legit record anyway. But Prick Sirianni is certainly douchey enough to make sure he gets 30 carries if necessary.

 

[NoGain]

Sometimes I think such aggregate career and seasonal NFL records should have an asterisk by them if the player played in a longer NFL season. The NFL is a little different than the other major team sports in that way. The baseball, hockey, and basketball seasons have hardly changed in length since I was born. I think the NHL added just a couple of games, but the length of the basketball and baseball seasons haven't budged since I was a toddler, if my memory serves me correct.

This is not to take anything away from Barkley's accomplishment this year. You could make the argument that he's playing during a time when featured RB's are not as heavily relied upon as they once were.

Good on him.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Big time good on him. And he got over 2000 in 16 games. Phenomenal season.

 

[Seahawker]

Usain Bolt 100 meter world record of 9.58 in 2009. So a guy with world class speed comes along in 2025 and they let him run it at 99 meters and "breaks" Bolt's record? No. Barkley came up one hundred yards short and no amount of yards in a 17th game would best Dickerson.
What is wrong with people with their participation trophy mentality tendencies these days?

 

[NoGain]

Usain Bolt 100 meter world record of 9.58 in 2009. So a guy with world class speed comes along in 2025 and they let him run it at 99 meters and "breaks" Bolt's record? No. Barkley came up one hundred yards short and no amount of yards in a 17th game would best Dickerson.
What is wrong with people with their participation trophy mentality tendencies these days?

And how about OJ rushing for 2003 yards in only 14 games. That seems even more impressive than Dickerson's record.

PS> Dickerson had 1865 yards after 14 games when he broke OJ's season rushing record in 1984 in 16 games.

 

[GeekHawk]

I read on ESPN that Philly isn't going to play him and he's PO'd about it. As far as the record goes, I'd be good if the 'total yards in a regular season' changed to 'most yards/game played over => 14 regular-season games'. That way it's normalized for a full season for all eras. At least all the eras where they played 14 games in a season. I'm too lazy to look that up but I think that gets it back to the leather helmet days.

 

[Lagartixa]

Usain Bolt 100 meter world record of 9.58 in 2009. So a guy with world class speed comes along in 2025 and they let him run it at 99 meters and "breaks" Bolt's record? No. Barkley came up one hundred yards short and no amount of yards in a 17th game would best Dickerson.
What is wrong with people with their participation trophy mentality tendencies these days?

By the same logic, Dickerson can kiss the ass of O.J. Simpson, who got over 2000 rushing yards in a 14-game season. He can also kiss the ass of Jim Brown, who got more yards in 14 games (1863) than Dickerson did in the first 14 of his best season (1792 yards).

Why is 16 the magic number of games for which records are pure and real and should count forever, but 17 is a wrong number, and any career records must have an asterisk? And whaddya got against 14, so you count the records from 16-game seasons, but not the superior performances from 14-game seasons?

 

[warden]

As soon as this team hits a rough patch, this coach will lose this team. Don’t underestimate how much he pissed the players off not letting this player have his once in a lifetime time chance. Sure publicly the players will say the right things but deep down inside the resentment is building

 

[Lagartixa]

As soon as this team hits a rough patch, this coach will lose this team. Don’t underestimate how much he pissed the players off not letting this player have his once in a lifetime time chance. Sure publicly the players will say the right things but deep down inside the resentment is building

Is this something you're saying from your years of experience hearing the private thoughts of the players as the Eagles' team consulting psychologist, Dr. @warden?

How do you know the players won't respect that the coach didn't put a single player's chance at a meaningless counting record ahead of the whole team's best chance at winning games?

Could it be you're just making up nonsense that reads just like the nonsense talking-head mediots make up? To this untrained eye, it sure looks like a big "yes." Explain why I'm wrong.

 

[Maulbert]

I like how he gets the record with more games in a season, I think you
have to take all the records and separate them by how many games are
in that season.
OJ still has the record in my mind, he did his in a 14 game season with less
carries and a higher YPC.
Compare all the RBs with 2k by game and you'll get my point.
They are all great RBs but let's be fair on the records.

There's something else to consider. Carries. Barkley has 34 fewer carries through 16 games than Dickerson had. He's averaging 5.8 yards, which is better than Dickerson's 5.6. Simpson was better with 6.0, but even he pales compared to Jim Brown, who averaged 6.4 on only 291 carries when he became the first running back to rush for 1,800 in a season. Barry Sanders average 6.1 when he ran for 2,000.