It's been 6 years since a Super Bowl champ had a 1,000 yd rusher.

[pstall]

Bask in that glorious reality. The double irony for the Panthers is, well, double trouble.

Only Terrell Davis who topped 2k was the only back ever to do that. Having Elway I'm sure hurt.

The easiest money you will make is to bet against a team who is run first to make the SB.

[Cyberjag]

Well, now we know why Davidson is so hesitant to run...

[mmmbeans]

jeez. that's not a happy stat.

[LinvilleGorge]

It's what the NFL wants. Casual fans want to see games with 60+ points.

[Cyclonus]

It's a QB league now. Passing attacks win now. A team has to have the ability to run the ball when needed. But the old days of 4 yards and a cloud of dust are gone. To win you need an elite QB and an aerial attack. This is one ofd the reasons i'm looking forward to Fox getting fired. The game has passed him by.

[Stroupe-a-loop]

Didn't the colts and the giants both have thousand yard rushers they won? Jacobs and Addai.

[blackcatgrowl]

It's what the NFL wants. Casual fans want to see games with 60+ points.

This is exactly correct. + rep.

[X-Clown]

Context is a wonderful thing

New Orleans was 6th in the NFL in rushing yards per game last year

The Giants were 4th in the NFL in rushing yards per game in 2007

Steelers were 5th in the NFL in rushing yards per game in 2005

EDIT: Stropuealoop is right...Jacbos ran for 1004 yards in 2007 despite only playing in 11 games and Joseph Addai ran for 1081 on the 06 Colts. And Willie Parker ran for 1202 in 2005. More holes in that theory.

[Fiz]

god dammit pstall is so fuging dumb

[jloh]

Bask in that glorious reality. The double irony for the Panthers is, well, double trouble.

Only Terrell Davis who topped 2k was the only back ever to do that. Having Elway I'm sure hurt.

The easiest money you will make is to bet against a team who is run first to make the SB.

it has not been 6 years....only the last 2... :confused:

[jloh]

It's a QB league now. Passing attacks win now. A team has to have the ability to run the ball when needed. But the old days of 4 yards and a cloud of dust are gone. To win you need an elite QB and an aerial attack. This is one ofd the reasons i'm looking forward to Fox getting fired. The game has passed him by.

horse poo

[Stroupe-a-loop]

I'm just saying man, Google. It literally would have been easier to look this up than type that post.

[TylerDurden]

Our offense is safe. What 1000+ yard rusher can do, is generally get you to the playoffs. After that it's a lot of things that go into making it to the Superbowl outside of rushing. What would be more interesting to see as a stat is how far each team with a 1,000 yard rusher went into the playoffs and then look at how their defense stacked up.

In order for the run-first offense to work, you gotta have some serious defense. Otherwise, the pass-first teams that are taking over the league will score just as fast and win, eating the clock doesn't matter.

Prime example, look at The Dolphins and Colts game last year, I believe it was MNF... The Phins held the ball for almost the whole game. Peyton just took over at the end of the game and scored enough to beat them.

To be honest, I love DLo and JStew and want to keep them here for their careers, but run-first philosophies are becoming a thing of the past, and on top of that, our pass designs and formations are prehistoric. I'd like to see some creativity in our passing game.

[Udogg]

We don't need creativity in our passing game. We need execution. MM was locking in on what he was going to throw. There were plenty of check downs available. Also pressure was crazy the second half. Our O-line was like a sieve. Play-calling was predictable. Total team execution was poor. Our D played well enough to win yesterday. We had excellent field position the entire first half. Just couldn't capitalize. Goodson needs to be utilized more.