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sdog1981":35raojhe said:The best joke about Frank Gore.
A player you never worried about your team going aginst in real football or fantasy football.
I think the point is that he will make the HOF based on longevity / stat compiling as opposed to being a generational talent. See Jerome Bettis, did you know he was from Detroit?Marvin49":3fb6p4p8 said:sdog1981":3fb6p4p8 said:The best joke about Frank Gore.
A player you never worried about your team going aginst in real football or fantasy football.
um....what?
Osprey":1utdf44j said:I think the point is that he will make the HOF based on longevity / stat compiling as opposed to being a generational talent. See Jerome Bettis, did you know he was from Detroit?Marvin49":1utdf44j said:sdog1981":1utdf44j said:The best joke about Frank Gore.
A player you never worried about your team going aginst in real football or fantasy football.
um....what?
Marvin49":2i4efohl said:[youtube][/youtube]Osprey":2i4efohl said:I think the point is that he will make the HOF based on longevity / stat compiling as opposed to being a generational talent. See Jerome Bettis, did you know he was from Detroit?Marvin49":2i4efohl said:sdog1981":2i4efohl said:The best joke about Frank Gore.
A player you never worried about your team going aginst in real football or fantasy football.
um....what?
Legit LOL on the Bettis comment, but totally disagree with the first part of that statement.
The dude had 8 1000 (almost 1700 once, and 1100 or 1200 in most seasons) yard seasons in his first 10 years (outliers being his rookie year, and the year where he dislocated his hip, but had 850 yards in 10.5 games) and even though he has hung around so much late careerwith a few sub 4 yard per carry seasons, he STILL is averaging 4.3 yards per carry for his career, an average higher than HOF RBs Emmitt Smith (4.2), Curtis Martin (4.0), Jerome Bettis (3.9), and the same as LaDainian Tomlinson and Tony Dorsett (and those are just the other guys in the top 10). Barry Sanders was at 5 yards per carry. Freakin' ludicrous. LOL.
Problem is just that Frank never got the respect he deserved. He played for a ton of really bad teams and some really bad coaching staffs, but he was always the Bell Cow. Just carried the water every season and never complained.
I wouldn't say he was/is in the Sanders/Tomlinson "generational talent" conversation, but he certainly wasn't "A player you never worried about your team going against in real football or fantasy football". That's just mind-numbingly ignorant from Football perspective.
Maulbert":1bb91b98 said:Marvin49":1bb91b98 said:[youtube][/youtube]Osprey":1bb91b98 said:I think the point is that he will make the HOF based on longevity / stat compiling as opposed to being a generational talent. See Jerome Bettis, did you know he was from Detroit?Marvin49":1bb91b98 said:um....what?
Legit LOL on the Bettis comment, but totally disagree with the first part of that statement.
The dude had 8 1000 (almost 1700 once, and 1100 or 1200 in most seasons) yard seasons in his first 10 years (outliers being his rookie year, and the year where he dislocated his hip, but had 850 yards in 10.5 games) and even though he has hung around so much late careerwith a few sub 4 yard per carry seasons, he STILL is averaging 4.3 yards per carry for his career, an average higher than HOF RBs Emmitt Smith (4.2), Curtis Martin (4.0), Jerome Bettis (3.9), and the same as LaDainian Tomlinson and Tony Dorsett (and those are just the other guys in the top 10). Barry Sanders was at 5 yards per carry. Freakin' ludicrous. LOL.
Problem is just that Frank never got the respect he deserved. He played for a ton of really bad teams and some really bad coaching staffs, but he was always the Bell Cow. Just carried the water every season and never complained.
I wouldn't say he was/is in the Sanders/Tomlinson "generational talent" conversation, but he certainly wasn't "A player you never worried about your team going against in real football or fantasy football". That's just mind-numbingly ignorant from Football perspective.
What I think really benefited Gore, bizarrely, is the fact that he tore his ACL twice in college, and kept getting passed on the depth chart. He was considered very talented, which is one reason he still went in the 3rd round despite having the 'injury prone' label in college, but the ACL problems limited him to 348 carries over 4 years (interestingly, Curtis Martin dropped and arguably had a long career for a similar reason). I really believe his lack of mileage entering the NFL really helped his long-term durability. Also, in hindsight, there's really no question his ACL problems were a fluke, not an omen.
sdog1981":akm647i1 said:The best joke about Frank Gore.
A player you never worried about your team going aginst in real football or fantasy football.
Marvin49":ru6lteq6 said:[youtube][/youtube]Osprey":ru6lteq6 said:I think the point is that he will make the HOF based on longevity / stat compiling as opposed to being a generational talent. See Jerome Bettis, did you know he was from Detroit?Marvin49":ru6lteq6 said:sdog1981":ru6lteq6 said:The best joke about Frank Gore.
A player you never worried about your team going aginst in real football or fantasy football.
um....what?
Legit LOL on the Bettis comment, but totally disagree with the first part of that statement.
The dude had 8 1000 (almost 1700 once, and 1100 or 1200 in most seasons) yard seasons in his first 10 years (outliers being his rookie year, and the year where he dislocated his hip, but had 850 yards in 10.5 games) and even though he has hung around so much late careerwith a few sub 4 yard per carry seasons, he STILL is averaging 4.3 yards per carry for his career, an average higher than HOF RBs Emmitt Smith (4.2), Curtis Martin (4.0), Jerome Bettis (3.9), and the same as LaDainian Tomlinson and Tony Dorsett (and those are just the other guys in the top 10). Barry Sanders was at 5 yards per carry. Freakin' ludicrous. LOL.
Problem is just that Frank never got the respect he deserved. He played for a ton of really bad teams and some really bad coaching staffs, but he was always the Bell Cow. Just carried the water every season and never complained.
I wouldn't say he was/is in the Sanders/Tomlinson "generational talent" conversation, but he certainly wasn't "A player you never worried about your team going against in real football or fantasy football". That's just mind-numbingly ignorant from Football perspective.
Marvin,Marvin49":1q05l8r9 said:[youtube][/youtube]Osprey":1q05l8r9 said:I think the point is that he will make the HOF based on longevity / stat compiling as opposed to being a generational talent. See Jerome Bettis, did you know he was from Detroit?Marvin49":1q05l8r9 said:sdog1981":1q05l8r9 said:The best joke about Frank Gore.
A player you never worried about your team going aginst in real football or fantasy football.
um....what?
Legit LOL on the Bettis comment, but totally disagree with the first part of that statement.
The dude had 8 1000 (almost 1700 once, and 1100 or 1200 in most seasons) yard seasons in his first 10 years (outliers being his rookie year, and the year where he dislocated his hip, but had 850 yards in 10.5 games) and even though he has hung around so much late careerwith a few sub 4 yard per carry seasons, he STILL is averaging 4.3 yards per carry for his career, an average higher than HOF RBs Emmitt Smith (4.2), Curtis Martin (4.0), Jerome Bettis (3.9), and the same as LaDainian Tomlinson and Tony Dorsett (and those are just the other guys in the top 10). Barry Sanders was at 5 yards per carry. Freakin' ludicrous. LOL.
Problem is just that Frank never got the respect he deserved. He played for a ton of really bad teams and some really bad coaching staffs, but he was always the Bell Cow. Just carried the water every season and never complained.
I wouldn't say he was/is in the Sanders/Tomlinson "generational talent" conversation, but he certainly wasn't "A player you never worried about your team going against in real football or fantasy football". That's just mind-numbingly ignorant from Football perspective.
sdog1981":o1nkt69g said:As a fantasy player, he was top 10 RB 3 times.
In real NFL he averaged around 62 yards rushing per game.
Yawn, the dude is dead ass average and played for 5 teams.
However, staying healthy is a skill and he is on the all-decade team and will be in the HOF.
mistaowen":1aliffzl said:Frank is gonna keep playing til he's in his 50's.