B-LO said:
This is ridiculous. McGahee has two back-to-back 1000+ seasons in his first two years and Brown has proven nothing.
Big deal. He averaged 3.9 ypc to get them. You can't sit there and tell me that Ronnie wouldn't have gained 1,000 yards with the same amount of carries.
Brown had 900 yards and 4 TDs his first year. McGahee had 1128 and 13 TDs in his first season. Brown hasn't even carried the full load of carries since high school.
McGahee averaged 4.0 ypc that year. Ronnie averaged 4.4. Ronnie also bested both of Willis' receiving numbers as a rookie.
Brown had six games where he averaged under 3 YPC.
And he averaged 12 carries in those games. Two of which were the first games of his career. Throw out the first game and he averaged under 10.
Brown had only three games where he had 20+ carries.
And he gained 100+ yards in two of them. The other was his first career game against Denver's front seven.
Brown had four games where he carried the ball less than 10 times.
And??
I'll make a point for you. He ran for 95 yards in one of them. He gained 44 yards receving in another. Gained 30 receiving in yet another. And as is the case when backs get few carries, nearly all his -3.0 ypc games came in these games. But you like to see a guy find other ways to contribute (like the receiving yards).
Brown reached the 100-yard mark in only two games.
Look at the games Willis reached 100 vs. the games Ronnie reached 100. Carry totals of 22, 27, 29, 31 and 22. Ronnie carried the ball 20+ times on 3 occasions. Two of them he broke 100 yards. The other was his first career game. In two other games, Ronnie missed 100 by a combined 8 yards. And he carried 8 and 17 times respectively in those games.
Willis also had four games where he rushed for 20+ and didn't reach 100. One game was 30+ carries (against Miami).
So it's not as if Ronnie can't get there. It's just a matter of opportunity.
Just for fun, lets look at our teams head to head.....:tongue:
Willis averaged 2.9 ypc on 58 attempts against the Dolphins in 2005. He caught 4 passes for 35 yards. The Dolphins were without Keith Traylor and Zach Thomas in one of those games.
Ronnie averaged 4.6 ypc on 26 attempts against Buffalo in 2005. He caught 8 passes for 49 yards and 1 TD.
McGahee played behind arguably the worst line in the league and under the dubious play-calling of Mike Mularkey as well. Regardless, he was a Pro Bowl alternate.
The league's worst line resided in Miami in 2004. I don't think that's even up for debate, with 5 new starters, Tony Wise, Dave Wannstedt and the 4-headed offensive coordinator who didn't get along. Whoda thought we'd be debating whose team sucked worse.
