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Jamaal Charles hasn’t officially retired from the NFL, but at age 32, and after playing just two games in 2018, it seems unlikely he’ll play again. If he’s done, he’ll be eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2024. He thinks he should get in.
“I mean, some of my numbers look way better than some people already in Canton,” Charles told TMZ.com. One particular number is the reason Charles has a chance: He averaged 5.38 yards per carry over his career, the best for any running back in NFL history. “That tells you what type of player I was,” Jamaal said. “I gave it my all. Every time I touched the ball, I averaged six yards a carry basically.” Charles is, along with Jim Brown and Barry Sanders, one of just three players in NFL history to have five seasons with at least 1,000 rushing yards and 5.0 yards per carry. But Charles only had five good seasons in his career; in his other six seasons he never even reached 400 rushing yards. Five seasons will probably not be enough to get him in Canton, as spectacular as those five seasons were. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...-hall-of-fame/ |
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Did you, at any point in his career, think he was one of the five best running backs in the NFL? I didn't. JMO. He did have a great career though. The running back position, more than any other, is prone to having guys like Charles who are spectacular far beyond some of their longer career-ed peers. |
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He wasn't just some ****ing JAG who lucked his way to a couple super bowl rings.. Maybe a HOF is a stretch, but again... I think he deserves it more than a guy who ran for 12,000 yards 1100 yards and 3.8 YPC at a time and was never viewed as a top 5 RB throughout their entire career. |
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Phil Hansen is incensed that he's not in the Hall.
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He mostly played with shitty QBs so I think that makes his stats even better.
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The only reason that Olandis Gary (or whatever his name is) is in the Hall of Fame is that their offensive line coach was training their linemen to dive at the sides of defenders' knees. The sole person responsible for them winning those tainted bowls was the offensive line coach (and maybe the linemen for shamelessly abandoning sportsmanship). Any of us could have run for 1,500 yards with that style of cheating.
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I wouldn't put him top 5. MAYBE in 93. At 5. He did lead the league in rushing I think. |
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Injuries, playing for generally shitty teams in a small market, and no signature playoff wins really bring down his stock. The average fan would likely vote Marshawn Lynch into the Hall before Charles. |
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I stopped caring about the HoF when Dungy got voted in.
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Being on a crappy team should not discredit the performance of the player, his accomplishments. Had Charles of been on playoff contention teams he would have been in consideration for the hall ?
Charles stats 1407 carries 7563 yrds 5.4 ypc 44 TD's 2593 Rec yrds 1246 KR's 1 TD Plus the NFL Highest YPG avg 6.4 Davis 1644 carries 7607 yrds 4.6 ypc 60 TD's 1280 Rec yrds Charles was just as productive in a 5 yr period as Davis was in 4, injuries affected both players. Switch players and teams and it's Charles in the HOF. It's sad that Davis rode the heals of Elway and a very good defense.
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Just for fun, I made a table that divides players into categories for ypc and total rushing yards (clumping them into rounded groups). (Picture below, but it's too small to read. Open the file. It's really interesting.)
The players in this list are running backs who spent a majority of their career in the modern 1978-2018 passing era, and who have 1,000+ rushing attempts. Blue players are in the Hall of Fame, black players are eligible, and red players are not yet eligible. There are several obvious conclusions from this table. 1. Hall of Fame voters will put you in the Hall if you have 12,000 rushing yards even if you got it at 3 yards per carry. Total rushing yards is more or less the only criterion used. 2. Terrell Davis or Orlando Gary or whoever is the stupidest RB Hall of Fame decision ever made if you believe in any sort of rules. John Riggins is the second-stupidest decision and Jerome Bettis is third. 3. Jamaal Charles not only creates a new category, but he's a category above making a new category. I don't think it'll make any difference, though, since the Hall of Fame voters don't seem to take ypc into account at all. 4. Adrian Peterson should go in, along with Frank Gore. I bet Edgerrin James goes in eventually. 5. Seriously, Terrell Davis isn't even close based on these criteria. He got in because he was on TV.
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