is 80 yards MORE better or worse? is 2 MORE Tds better or worse? My point was Jones has been better the lst 2 years. In the last 2 years:
Jones: 2545 yds, 15 TDs, 16 20 yd runs, 122 runs for 1st downs
Brown: 1915 yds, 9 TDs, 11 20 yd runs, 90 runs for 1st downs.
Which is better? the ONLY area Ronnie leads in is YPC and he has a .1 yd lead.
Given the fact that Jones played behind a better OL, in a weaker conference, and had more opportunities, Brown did the better job.
BTW, you are wrong, Brown also led last season in rushing yards per game, TDs per game, reception yards per game, receptions per game, 20 yard runs per game, etc. etc. etc.
brown has 464 yds rushing on 3.8 YPC in the 1st 7 games.
Jones had 543 yds on 3.9 YPC in his first 7 games.
139-543
through 7 jones averaged more but when the 1-6 dolphins were done Ronnie had a good game and passed Jones.
Enough with the arbitrary 7 game cutoff. 8 games in the first half of the season. You pick 7 to excluded Brown's performance against the Bears.
Through 8 games, Brown was better, period. More yards, better YPC, more TDs. Better.
When a guy has more yards, TDs, 1st down runs, etc. how is he outplayed? Do you even read what you write?
Thank you. Since Brown was better in all of those categories in the first 8 games, he outplayed Jones. There, you finally admit it.
In the last 8 games, Brown missed 3 games and didn't start a 4th. The only reasonable way to compare is to use YPC or production by game. No surprise, Brown was better.
The other thing you should notice is the significant dropoff in Jones' play from 2005 to 2006. Fewer carries, fewer yards, fewer TDs, fewer 20+ yard runs, lower YPC, shorter longest run, lower yards per reception, shorter longest reception. Almost every category had a significant dropoff. You have gotten a RB on the downside of his career.
One more question to burst your "Only total rushing yards matter" bubble. Do you really think that there are more than 41 RBs in the league that are better than Reggie Bush? No rational person would think that. At least that many had more rushing yards than Bush last season. Do you seriously think that Maurice Morris is better than Reggie Bush? How about Jerious Norwood? Justin Fargas? Get real.
Finally, here is a ranking of the top 16 RBs last season by yards per game (pay special attention to numbers 13 and 16):
1 L. Tomlinson RB, SDG 348 1815 5.2 113.4 85 28 2 1
2 Larry Johnson RB, KAN 416 1789 4.3 111.8 47 17 2 2
3 Frank Gore RB, SFO 312 1695 5.4 105.9 72 8 5 5
4 Tiki Barber RB, NYG 327 1662 5.1 103.9 55 5 3 1
5 S. Jackson RB, STL 346 1528 4.4 95.5 59 13 2 1
6 Willie Parker RB, PIT 337 1494 4.4 93.4 76 13 6 4
7 S. Alexander RB, SEA 252 896 3.6 89.6 33 7 5 3
8 Travis Henry RB, TEN 270 1211 4.5 86.5 70 7 3 1
9 Rudi Johnson RB, CIN 341 1309 3.8 81.8 22 12 6 2
10 B. Westbrook RB, PHI 240 1217 5.1 81.1 71 7 1 1
11 C. Taylor RB, MIN 304 1214 4.0 80.9 95 6 4 3
12 Tatum Bell RB, DEN 233 1025 4.4 78.8 51 2 3 3
13 Ronnie Brown RB, MIA 241 1008 4.2 77.5 47 5 4 2
14 Fred Taylor RB, JAC 231 1146 5.0 76.4 76 5 2 1
15 Ahman Green RB, GNB 266 1059 4.0 75.6 70 5 2 2
16 Thomas Jones RB, CHI 296 1210 4.1 75.6 30 6 1 1