dsciambi Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 With Portis at nearly 1000 yards rushing mid-way through the season, I've been thinking a lot about the single season rushing record, and 2000 yard seasons. I don't really care if he hits it as long as we win, but it sure would be awesome. So I looked up the numbers of the top 5 single season rushers. Listed is name, year, rushing yards per game, season total, and their mark at the midway point. Eric Dickerson, 1984 138, 102, 49, 89, 120, 107, 175, 145, 38, 208, 149, 132, 191, 149, 215, 98 2105 rushing yards Season halfway mark: 925 Jamal Lewis, 2003 69, 295, 132, 115, 131, 101, 134, 68, 111, 91, 117, 78, 180, 125, 205, 114 2066 rushing yards Season halfway mark: 1045 Barry Sanders, 1997 33, 20, 161, 113, 139, 107, 215, 105, 105, 105, 108, 216, 167, 137, 138, 184 2053 rushing yards Season halfway mark: 893 Terrell Davis, 1998 75, 191, 104, 119, 168, 208, 136, 149, 69, 111, 162, 74, 88, 147, 29, 178 2008 rushing yards Season halfway mark: 1150 OJ Simpson, 1973 (14 games) 250, 103, 123, 171, 166, 55, 157, 79, 99, 120, 124, 137, 219, 200 2003 rushing yards Season halfway mark (7): 1025 Clinton Portis, 2008 84, 96, 68, 121, 145, 129, 175, 126 Season halfway mark: 944 rushing yards All of these rushers had mid-season byes (as opposed to early), and I was surprised that all of them (except Barry Sanders, who put up a ridiculous 14 straight 100+ yard games) had 4 sub-100 yard games. All but Terrell Davis had 2 200 yard games each (Lewis with a 295 obviously helps). So far, Portis is about middle of the pack with these guys. It's some pretty good company. Portis already shares a record with OJ, it sure would be nice to get another. Editing to add Portis' career numbers based on halves of the season. 2008 (bye week 10) 944 yards, 187 attempts (5 120+ yard games) On pace for 374 attempts, 1888 yards 2007 (bye week 4) 629 yards, 105 attempts (196 yards week 9) 633 yards, 174 attempts (3 100+ yard games) 325 attempts, 1262 yards 2006 (bye week 8) 414 yards, 98 attempts (1 100+ yard game, missed week 2) 109 yards, 29 attempts (0 100+ yard games, missed weeks 11-17) 127 attempts, 523 yards 2005 (bye week 3) 620 yards, 148 attempts (3 100+ yard games) 896 yards, 204 attempts (6 100+ yard games, 5 straight to finish regular season) 352 attempts, 1516 yards 2004 (bye week 7) 663 yards, 204 attempts (2 100+ yard games) 652 yards, 139 attempts (3 100+ yard games) 343 attempts, 1315 yards 2003 (bye week 10) 682 yards, 131 attempts (4 100+ yard games, missed week 4) 909 yards, 159 attempts (missed weeks 16-17, 5 straight 120+ to finish regular season; 6 100+ in a row, 218 yards week 14) 290 attempts, 1591 yards 2002 (bye week 9) 562 yards, 114 attempts (3 100+ yard games) 946 yards, 159 attempts (4 100+ yard games, 228 yards week 17) 273 attempts, 1508 yards Total: 1897 attempts for 8659 yards Comparison (to compare longevity to running THAT hard) Eric Dickerson: 2996 attempts for 13259 yards (10 years in NFL after 2000 yard season) Jamal Lewis (Active): 2249 attempts for 9589 yards Barry Sanders: 3062 attempts for 15269 yards (1 year in NFL after 2000 yard season) Terrell Davis: 1655 attempts for 7607 yards (3 years in NFL after 2000 yard season) OJ Simpson: 2404 attempts for 11236 yards (6 years in NFL after 2000 yard season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I'm not expecting 2000. I'm not even sure I'd want it necessarily. I want to be balanced and I dont want to wear Portis out. If he gets the 1800-1900 yards he's on pace I'd be more than happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory of the Game Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 The stats on Barry Sanders and OJ Simpson are beyond incredible for 14 game stretches (OJ only beat him by three if you look at Barry's last 14 games of the 97 season) Portis is looking remarkably consistent and if he does have those 200 yard games, he has a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdskn4Lyf21 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I was thinking about this earlier. He's going to come very close if he stays healthy...I'd love to see him hit that mark though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan07 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 1056 is what he needs to get exactly 2000 yards. Which averages out to.........132 ypg for the rest of the season. Not gonna happen. lol Who knows though, lol he's on a roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 i want to see him get 2000, but i hope he doesn't kill himself trying to get to the total. we need him with somewhat fresh legs if we make the playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helptheSKINS Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I think he may slow down a little. He has a lot of carries. End up maybe around 1700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsciambi Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Keep in mind, that since Portis got here, he's ALWAYS rushed better towards the end of the season. Don't have time to compile those stats, but maybe later. Also, yes, he needs 132 per game, but like I mentioned, all of those people had 2 200 yard games (minus Sanders). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmySmith Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Amazing that Dickerson had 1044 in a 6 game span. That's nearly 2,800 for a season. The bottom line about these guys is they played mostly on poor teams that were willing to run them ragged. Or they played on good teams and were ruined for the rest of their careers. The numbers for guys that hit 1800 yards in a season do not bode well for career longevity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 He'll slow down. And that's probably a good thing. He's a worn-out guy, and we need him to be healthy. 2000 won't keep us balanced. He'll prolly finish with 1700 or so, if he stays healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniksdeR_RTTH Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 i dont know what the exact stats are but i believe that every1 that has had a 2000 yard rushing season their career pretty much went down hill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[[ghost]] Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I'd rather see him get 1800 yards and 20 TDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanhillbilly Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 The stats on Barry Sanders and OJ Simpson are beyond incredible for 14 game stretches (OJ only beat him by three if you look at Barry's last 14 games of the 97 season) O.J. was a killer back in the day. Man he could lay them out.... Barry Sanders was feast or famine. He would have 20 yards on 20 rushes then break one for 80 yards to get to the 100 yard mark. He was just silly with the football and his ability to stop and start on a dime, but it seemed that they could never sustain the drive with the running game and never had a QB to help him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd421 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 i dont care what he does in yardage as long as we are winning.....its still to early in the season to crown anyone anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-Dog Night Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Unlikely. The Redskins face 3 of the top 4 defenses in the NFL over their next 5 games, including the #1 team against the rush (Ravens) and the #3 team against the rush (Steelers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor The Invincible Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Unlikely. The Redskins face 3 of the top 4 defenses in the NFL over their next 5 games, including the #1 team against the rush (Ravens) and the #3 team against the rush (Steelers). This is true, but we faced the Eagles when they were the No. 1 team against the rush, and see what happened? Not saying that Portis will do as well, but just saying that numbers mean little most of the time. But I agree that Portis won't hit 2,000. Or come close (within 100 yards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flycoach Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 ];5745525']I'd rather see him get 1800 yards and 20 TDs. Amen to that!:applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never4get#21 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I would like to see it but it wont happen. We're facing a rough second half of the season. Teams that we faced before will key more on Portis. If we're lucky enough to capture the Division or playoffs early I can also see us resting our starters in the last game. I would rather see a solid balanced attack for the second half. Get more players involved like Devin Thomas and Fred Davis. Rest Portis and bring on a run at the playoffs!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiggosMohawk Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I don't think he gets close to 2K. I'm gonna call 1600 & 15 TDs, both are tops in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Interest post, dsciambi. All those guys had at least two games at or near 200 yards rushing: Dickerson 208 - 191 - 215 Jamal Lewis 295 (holy cow!) - 205 Barry Sanders 215 - 216 Terrell Davis 208 - 191 OJ Simpson 250 - 219 - 200 That helped offset the few lower-than-needed games out of the season. Like the guys on this list, Portis will need one or two off-the-chart games to get there. I wonder if, to some degree in these cases, the coach and the team decide they want to go for that goal for the player. So they may leave him in longer in games, give him more carries than usual, adjust play calling, things like that. I wonder how many of those guys were playing on a playoff-bound team in the year they hit 2,000? If they're out of the playoff hunt, it might become easier to try for that goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjinhan Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 i dont care how many yards he get nor do i care about how many TDs he gets... all i want is us to be in a situation where we win enough games early that we can rest Portis little bit in the last couple weeks of the season for the playoffs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightbird Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Don't think he'll come close to it, and don't really care either. On that list, Terrell Davis was the only guy who won it all during his big year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 12-4/11-5 record and playoff berth > Portis breaking 2,000, and I would hope that he agrees. If he has to wear himself out to get such an absurd number of yards, then I must say that it's not worth it. We're going to need him healthy down the stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voice_of_Reason Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I'll take whatever he gives us the rest of the way, and 150yards/game in the playoffs. How about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 OJ and Eric didn't have byes. Byes didn't come about until 1990. 2000 yards would be nice. If he's close near the San Francisco game, I hope he goes for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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