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[Whiskeyjack]

Why is Northwestern writing about this....?

ND is Chicago's CFB team. Get rekt, Wildcats.

 

[Rogue219]

Announce Golden.

 

[Rogue219]

I know but that came after the fact. It doesn't change the narrative really. Freeman isn't afraid to go after elite dudes for his staff and his roster.

Agreed. However, any chance there may have been while remote probably goes to zero now in light of current events.

Alas, Announce Golden.

 

[Me2SouthBend]

Golden is Thy Fame

 

[Irish#1]

Shut down the best running back in the nfl the week prior to KC too.

Sorry, but Jonathon Taylor wasn't playing.

55, Logan Wilson, had an incredible game. He was everywhere. Second year with the Bengals. 3rd round pick out of Wyoming?

When you look at their game plan against KC and LA, with what they were able to do, if he brings some of that scheme and principles to Notre Dame as a DC we're going to be just fine. Obviously tweaked and simplified for the college game, but man they were stout against two very good offenses.

From what I read, it sounded like he simplified the game for the Bengals D.

 

[Rogue219]

The Rams are expected to hire Liam Coen from Kentucky as their new OC.

 

[Sea Turtle]

Shut down the best running back in the nfl the week prior to KC too.

Yep. I don't see how this wouldn't be a home run hire.

 

[greyhammer90]

Sorry, but Jonathon Taylor wasn't playing.

 

[Irishnuke]

JT goes for 110 yards and a TD on 20 carries.

Henry goes for 125 yards and a TD on 37 carries.

Titan fans: hEnRy Is Da BeSt

 

[irishog77]

JT goes for 110 yards and a TD on 20 carries.

Henry goes for 125 yards and a TD on 37 carries.

Titan fans: hEnRy Is Da BeSt

I guess there’s that. It would almost be like cherry-picking the last 10 games of Taylor’s 2021 season and proclaiming him the best.

Then you also have the past 4 years of data and statistics painting the picture of Henry being the best RB. But let’s not let those get in the way of a dumb argument.

 

[Irishnuke]

I guess there’s that. It would almost be like cherry-picking the last 10 games of Taylor’s 2021 season and proclaiming him the best.

Then you also have the past 4 years of data and statistics painting the picture of Henry being the best RB. But let’s not let those get in the way of a dumb argument.

Can’t really take the last 4 years of Taylor since he was in college for two of those.

 

[irishog77]

Can’t really take the last 4 years of Taylor since he was in college for two of those.

You can use the last 4 for Henry to obviously bolster the claim. It’s not his fault the supposed best RB in the nfl…wasn’t even in the nfl.

Go ahead and use the last 2 years though, if that’s what you want to do. The data and statistics still all point to Henry.

 

[irishog77]

I’m actually not even a big Henry fan. I just can’t ignore the facts.
Arguing that he’s not the best RB in the nfl right now, and that Taylor is, would be like guys claiming Tim Brown and Herman Moore were the best receivers in the league in 1997. Yeah, maybe they were…that year. But it had more to do with Jerry Rice being hurt than either of them actually being better than Rice.

 

[ACamp1900]

Me reading this last page:

 

[irishog77]

Me reading this last page:

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I think you obviously mean this:

 

[Irishnuke]

You can use the last 4 for Henry to obviously bolster the claim. It’s not his fault the supposed best RB in the nfl…wasn’t even in the nfl.

Go ahead and use the last 2 years though, if that’s what you want to do. The data and statistics still all point to Henry.

Since Henry was hurt this year and only averaging 4.3 yards per carry, let’s compare Taylor’s best hear with Henry’s. Yards per attempt? That’s Taylor. Yards after contact? Both are at 2.8 per carry. Maybe receiving? Taylor. Henry definitely beats him in rushing attempts though so there’s that.

 

[Irishnuke]

Sorry for derailing the thread by comparing Henry with the best RB in football.

 

[ACamp1900]

I think you obviously mean this:

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Yeah, him too

 

[greyhammer90]

Since Henry was hurt this year and only averaging 4.3 yards per carry, let’s compare Taylor’s best hear with Henry’s. Yards per attempt? That’s Taylor. Yards after contact? Both are at 2.8 per carry. Maybe receiving? Taylor. Henry definitely beats him in rushing attempts though so there’s that.

I love that this is just thrown in at the end as though Henry being run over and over into a loaded front isn’t kind of the whole point of his obvious dominance.

How about 2000 yard seasons? How about Offensive League MVPs? How about playoff yards?

JTT is a great back, but Colts fans gotta Colts fan.

 

[irishog77]

Since Henry was hurt this year and only averaging 4.3 yards per carry, let’s compare Taylor’s best hear with Henry’s. Yards per attempt? That’s Taylor. Yards after contact? Both are at 2.8 per carry. Maybe receiving? Taylor. Henry definitely beats him in rushing attempts though so there’s that.

Is this a serious post? For this season, when Henry was hurt, you also neglected to mention Henry did things not done since the merger and/or only things done by a handful of players Ever. Or that he was on track to shatter Dickerson's record.

But go ahead and use last year's numbers too. See how well those compare with Taylor. Awfully convenient that you left those out.

When you can come back and show how Taylor set the all-time high school rushing record, went on to set school and sec records at alabama (or wisconsin and big ten), then compare his nfl records (regular season and post season combined) with Henry's, let's talk.

Maybe Taylor will be great one day. Until then, get of here with the Taylor-is-the-best-RB-in-football talk because he basically had DeMarco Murray's 2014 season. Not only are they not even in the same ballpark, they're not even in the same game.

 

[irishog77]

I love that this is just thrown in at the end as though Henry being run over and over into a loaded front isn’t kind of the whole point of his obvious dominance.

How about 2000 yard seasons? How about Offensive League MVPs? How about playoff yards?

JTT is a great back, but Colts fans gotta Colts fan.

It's almost like he's not aware that Henry faced stacked boxes. And that there are resources out there that point this fact out.

 

[Irishnuke]

Is this a serious post? For this season, when Henry was hurt, you also neglected to mention Henry did things not done since the merger and/or only things done by a handful of players Ever. Or that he was on track to shatter Dickerson's record.

But go ahead and use last year's numbers too. See how well those compare with Taylor. Awfully convenient that you left those out.

When you can come back and show how Taylor set the all-time high school rushing record, went on to set school and sec records at alabama (or wisconsin and big ten), then compare his nfl records (regular season and post season combined) with Henry's, let's talk.

Maybe Taylor will be great one day. Until then, get of here with the Taylor-is-the-best-RB-in-football talk because he basically had DeMarco Murray's 2014 season. Not only are they not even in the same ballpark, they're not even in the same game.

I don’t know why you’re talking about high school or college but since you want to, Taylor was the 6th leading rusher in NCAA history and did it in three years. I’ll bow out of this since you guys want to ignore yards per carry and yards after contact and receiving.

 

[greyhammer90]

I don’t know why you’re talking about high school or college but since you want to, Taylor was the 6th leading rusher in NCAA history and did it in three years. I’ll bow out of this since you guys want to ignore yards per carry and yards after contact and receiving.

Irishnuke ACKSHUALLY:

 

[chicago51]

Announce Golden.

I want him rocking the tie on gamedays. Seriously.

If he's not going to wear the tie I don't want him.

 

[irishog77]

I don’t know why you’re talking about high school or college but since you want to, Taylor was the 6th leading rusher in NCAA history and did it in three years. I’ll bow out of this since you guys want to ignore yards per carry and yards after contact and receiving.

Nobody is ignoring them. You just chose to cherry-pick some stats, then think that somehow backs up your proclamation that Taylor is the best RB in the league. I pointed this out earlier.

Now please, address all those nfl record books that Taylor sits atop, like Henry.

 

[GoldenAura]

Normally I'd complain about derailing a topic but thankfully this thread can finally be over this week.

 

[stlnd01]

Oh shit for a second I thought we were hiring Derrick Henry as DC and that’d be kind of awesome.

 

[irishog77]

Oh shit for a second I thought we were hiring Derrick Henry as DC and that’d be kind of awesome.

Meh, apparently not as good as Jonathan Taylor. Ya know, cuz, Colts.

 

[Irish du Nord]

Why is Northwestern writing about this....?

Motivating their players for a chance to get called up

 

[Irish8248]

Meh, apparently not as good as Jonathan Taylor. Ya know, cuz, Colts.

Taylor does have 3 fumble recoveries compared to DH 2. Therefore Taylor would fit with our chaos scheme better. I'll confirm once I find out if he had a MSU offer.