So, the following rookies have had a lot of press, but can you rank them in order of yards gained rushing this season, without looking it up? Laurence Maroney Maurice Jones-Drew Leon Washington Joseph Addai LenDale White Reggie Bush Jerious Norwood DeAngelo Williams Go ahead, let's see who gets closest without cheating! :grin:
I think that it would fall like this: Maroney Addai Washington Bush Jones-Drew Norwood White Williams Now I have to check!
SPOILER ALERT@@@@ Maroney 361 Addai 354 Washington 346 Norwood 290 Bush 196 Jones Drew 187 Williams 139 White 111 I thought Jones-Drew had more yards than that! I knew Norwood had a few good games, but I was surprised by his numbers too.
Yeah I think Jones-Drew has a lot more receiving yards. And Leon only 15 yards from the rookie leader? Fantastic
hopefully leon can keep it up, but even if he somehow did...there is noway the media would actually let him and not reggie bush get the ROY award too many big names for him to have a shot.....leinart/young/maroney/bush
Yea, when this thread started, you all had noorwood too far down, this guy IMO is ranked around 3-4 for me. He is so much like leon washington it isnt even funny.
ahh that explains moroney's numbers. I would be so thrilled if Washington came out and showed us that he was a better back than Moroney. My brothers a pats fan as some of you know and hes always telling me how good moroney is
Interesting point -- it seems like our backs don't catch passes out of the backfield -- except for that one screen that washington caught I really can't think of any other examples.
Yeah, the media slurpage of Reggie Bush is so f'n annoying. I love how they say he has like X yards per touch, combining his receptions, rushes and punt returns. They dont do that with anyone else. It makes him sound more impressive than what he is. He averages 3 yds per rushing attempt(which isnt good), and 7.5 yds per catch(which isnt good also, especially considering how many times they throw his way) yet you would think hes pulling a Marshall Faulk or Roger Craig. Hes not even the best rookie on his team.
as a pure runner I would take Norwood over all of them. The guy is going to be a monster in this league. Gotta love Leon though.
TOTAL YARDS Maroney 773yds 3td 6 games Washington 464 yds 2td 2 tackles 7GAMES Addai 461 1td 1 fumble/lost 1 tackle 6 games
Yes, Maroney is a return man and the others aren't. Return yards don't get added for a reason, they're completely seperate. Yards from scrimmage and yards rushing are the key figures here, and Maroney leads one categories and isn't far off in the other, you've got a good player without bizarre comparisons like this. "All-purpose yards", heh.
