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Originally Posted by milkman
I was bored and finally clicked on this thread.
I don't pay any attention to players' thoughts on players, and this list illustrates perfectly the reason I don't.
However, I found this post very interesting, and I did some research and found that this list that you've provided of RBs that have averaged 5.0 ypc for 5 consecutive seasons, or more is wrong.
Neither Brown nor Sanders averaged 5.0 ypc for more than 3 consecutive seasons.
Brown did it for 3 consecutive seasons '63 to '65, his final 3 seasons, and averaged more than 5.0 ypc only twice in his previous 6 years.
Barry Sanders only had 2 consecutive years, '96 and '97.
He only had 3 other seasons in which he managed that average.
The only other RB that had 5 consecutive seasons of 5.0 ypc or more is Marion Motley, and he never had more than 157 carries in that stretch.
Surprisingly, Mercury Morris is next on the list, with 4 consecutive seasons,
but he only had fewer than 100 carries in 3 of those seasons.
Adrian Petterson, for reference has never put together any consecutive 5.0 or more ypc seasons, and in fact has had only 2 seasons in which he has achieved that mark.
LeSean McCoy also hasn't had consecutive seasons, and also has only 2 seasons that he has achieved that number.
Jamaal Charles has yet to have a season in which he has dipped below 5.0 ypc.
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Its been too long to remember where I read the Brown/Sanders stat, but rest assured I wasn't just pulling stats out of my ass, it had to have come from some major site... where did you find that neither ever had 5 years at 5.0?
Anyway, I'd kinda forgot about that rant... thanks for dragging it up, kinda proud of that one.