Dropping the Ball at the 1/2 Yardline

[ChaosTheory]

Originally Posted by sherck

However, JT is NOT leading to nearly 2,000 yards in rushing. His high-point was year 2 where he averaged 5.5 ypc and 1,811 yards overall. In the following 3 years, he is averaging 4.5 ypc, 4.4 ypc and 4.7 ypc respectively and has not cracked 1,500 yards in any of those seasons.

Well, he also only started in 16 totals games the following two years and missed three games last year. He would have cracked 1500yds easy last year. 102.2ypg is not that far behind his 2021 pace of 106.5.

I'm not trying to oversell JT... but the dude is currently #5 all-time in yards per game (behind Brown, Sanders, Davis, and Dickerson). Not saying he'll stay there, but that's where we're at now.

Originally Posted by sherck

In 2024 with JT rushing at a rate of 4.7 ypc, he was #8 in RBs on ypc. That is good, but no where near "elite" if that is what we are hoping for.

Derrick Henry's career YPC is 4.9 and JT's career YPC is 4.9. Prior to last season, Saquon Barkley had seasons had a three year run of 3.7ypc, 4.4ypc, and 3.9ypc.