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Saturday, March 09, 2024

PFHOF RB Candidates

An article on the top players from 1980-2000 not yet in the Pro Football Hall of Fame listed four running backs: Roger Craig, Ricky Watters, Eddie George, and Ottis Anderson. All have similar stats. So does Herschel Walker.

games.rush.rec....APY..player

182 10273 3062 13335 OA 79-92 (14)

165 08189 4911 13100 RC 83-93 (11)

187 08225 4859 13084 HW 86-97 (12)

144 10643 4248 14891 RW 92-01 (10)

141 10441 2227 12668 EG 96-04 (9)

Craig returned three kicks for 43 yards. Anderson, Watters, and George never returned a kick. Walker had 5084 return yards, giving him 18168 all purpose yards.  When Devin Hester gets a gold jacket and special teamer Steve Tasker gets considered, perhaps it’s time to take another look at Walker’s all-round career, toiling for poor to average teams. 

Herschel not only played special teams, but lined up at several offensive positions in addition to tailback: fullback, H-back, tight end, flanker, and wide receiver. He returned kickoffs, and played on punt coverage teams. No other elite back in his era (or before) was so versatile).   

Most yards in a season:

RC 2066 in 1985 (1050 rushing and 1016 receiving).

EG 1962

RW 1855 twice

OA 1913 as a rookie.

HW 2051 and 2019

Walker gained 1000+ yards ten straight years (11 of 12 NFL seasons). Nine straight years just with rushing and receiving yards. He gained 951 yards in the one year he fell short of a thousand. One thousand yard seasons:

06 Anderson

09 Watters

08 Craig

08 George

11 Walker

Sure the others went to more Pro Bowls and had more playoff appearances - two things that seem to go hand in hand. Other backs were named to Pro Bowls ahead of Herschel because a great percentage of Walker's yards came from receiving (and returns). The media was primarily focused on rushing yards, not receiving and special teams. Plus none of the is Herschel played for ever made the playoffs..

Walker is just as deserving as any other back of induction to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And this doesn't include Herschel's first three professional seasons.

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Also I have several rewards from focus groups, and just haven’t cashed them in.

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I don’t like to go to that WalMart in Roswell. Too many cars. I try to park on the side.

Man I have changed over the years. Pretty sure I don't want to teach preschool, or work with any age children (except Shivonne and Millie). I used to love working with teenagers but not sure any more. So much has changed in the world. 

Time changes this weekend.

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