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Originally Posted by ThaVirus
Tony Richardson is underrated. I was looking into his career not too long ago and he blocked for Priest Holmes and Larry Johnson here, went to Minnesota where he blocked for a 1,000+ yard back (can’t think of his name) in 2006 then Adrian Peterson in 2007, then went to New York where he blocked for Thomas Jones with the Jets (1,300 yards in 2008 then 1,400 yards in 2009).
There was nearly a solid decade where he was paving the way for 1,000 yard backs every single year.
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990
Agreed. It’s funny now, but he was actually the starting back in 2001 for the first few games before Vermeil knew what he had.
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I may be mixing up Tony Richardson and Kimble Anders, but didn't Tony get a start at the end of a season and run for 150 yards or something, and on the sidelines Carl Peterson told him he was going to be the starter at running back next year? And then next year came and he never got a chance? (In fairness to Carl, maybe that was when Priest arrived.)
I think that was Tony who didn't get the chance. I think Kimble had a similar story, but he actually was named the starter as the feature back and then blew out an achilles in his first game.
Can anyone confirm or refute my memory on this?