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re: Why is Gurley consistently ranked ahead of T.J. Yeldon?
Posted on 5/23/14 at 2:56 pm to DawgsLife
Posted on 5/23/14 at 2:56 pm to DawgsLife
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Oh, Yeldon is good. He's very good. I don't think anybody on here would argue that point.
I'd take a healthy Gurley over Yeldon. Yeldon is a great runner but if he's going to fumble in the red zone, what good does it do? He's like that auburn rb a few years ago who would reel off twenty yards and fumble the ball away at the end of the run. His name escapes me but I'm sure Auburn fans know who I'm talking about.
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Posted on 5/23/14 at 3:59 pm to BamaDoc14
Because he's better?
And yeldon is a great back but gurley is just better
And yeldon is a great back but gurley is just better
Posted on 5/23/14 at 4:21 pm to S
From an athleticism standpoint, I think both guys are even although Gurley might be a bit more balanced due to his thicker lower body. The difference is the vision and ability to find the running lanes. Gurley never seems to make the wrong move and turns losses into 10+ yard gains with patience. Not many RBs with his athleticism run the football so naturally.
Also, dat stiffarm.
Also, dat stiffarm.
This post was edited on 5/23/14 at 4:23 pm
Posted on 5/23/14 at 4:42 pm to DaBama
quote:Arian Foster had that prob when he was at UT... The UT fans hated him. Then he goes pro & becomes a star...
e's like that auburn rb a few years ago who would reel off twenty yards and fumble the ball away at the end of the run. His name escapes me but I'm sure Auburn fans know who I'm talking about.
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There perhaps has never been a Tennessee Vol football player as polarizing to his own fan base as Arian Foster. Forget the fact that he finished his career as a Vol with just a little more than a hundred yards shy of being the all-time leading rusher in Tennessee history. We all remember the perceived selfish insular behavior, rumored faked injuries, and fumbles — oh the fumbles. Even though Foster only lost five fumbles on a school-record 650 rushing attempts, all five occurred at game-changing locations/times. Games against Penn State, Florida, UCLA, and Auburn still burn darkly in the memory. The slings and arrows with their ultra-sharp edges rained down on Arian like an Oklahoma hailstorm.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 5:17 pm to BamaDoc14
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Yeldon:
40 Low: 4.35 40 Time: 4.46 40 High: 4.57
Posted on 5/23/14 at 5:39 pm to mjw60532
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I don't think anyone is saying that Gurley is miles ahead of Yeldon.
Well, then allow me to take this opportunity. Gurley is leagues ahead of Yeldon. TJ isn't even the best RB on his own team and while I understood the comparison when they were being recruited (anyone else remember that thread the UGA fan started saying Gurley would be better than Yeldon and everyone laughed at him?
) the time since has proven that they barely belong in the same sentence. Don't take that as a slight on Yeldon, he is a very good RB, but Gurley is a transcendent talent. It is like asking why people rank Herschel ahead of Shaun Alexander, or better yet, why people consider Barry Sanders a better RB than Emmitt Smith.
Posted on 5/23/14 at 5:45 pm to BamaDoc14
quote:You keep dismissing the superiority of Alabama's offensive line, missed games due to injury, games played while not even near healthy, and so forth. A 100% Todd Gurley is better than a 100% TJ Yeldon. Not only that, an injury plagued Todd Gurley is better than a 100% TJ Yeldon. There's really no logical reason to argue otherwise, as many have already pointed out...
I don't see a huge difference. Their production is almost identical and that's what matters to me.
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