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As of now those are the chooses....They are hoping it will be Mcfadden, but things can change on a dime...
 
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Huh? That statement does not in any way establish the point you want it to, which apparently is that Murray didn't leave yards on the field, and he was a home run hitter. So are you trying to establish he was superior in this respect or just average?

Not every other RB in the league rushed for 1800 yards, but neither did every other RB in the league have around 1000 yards of those 1800 yards occur before he even got hit by the first defender, meaning not every RB had the OL opening up holes for him to run through before even getting touched and having a chance to get going full-speed in what was many times a one-cut zone blocking scheme of Callahan's. Nor was every other RB in the league running against defenses that were playing cover-2 deep because of Dallas vertical passing attack of Romo and Dez, meaning teams not stacking the line giving him chances for Murray to get going full speed before being brought down.

So when you say he was among the rest of the RBs in the league in regards to 'home-run hitting' I'm not sure if your trying to make it into a positive or what...
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I didn't say "every other RB in the league", I said every other great RBs. This isn't the norm for nearly ALL running backs.

And I've already provided examples. Lesean McCoy who has had the benefit of running behind a great run blocking line the past few years only had 9 20+ yard runs. Want to look this up? Go ahead, look up every good RB who runs behind great offensive lines, 20+ yard runs are rare. 15 20+ yard runs is great production.

Myths and more myths. Nothing like setting unreasonable expectations for RBs because a few RBs in the past had over 20 20+ yard runs.

http://www.nfl.com/stats/categoryst...xperience=&tabSeq=0&qualified=false&Submit=Go

Go ahead and go through the years and look at the big plays. Count how many RBs had over 20 20+ yard runs. Even LT in his biggest year only had 12.

This isn't Madden.
 
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ActualCowboysFan said:
What's not accurate is your claim that Minnesota holds ALL the leverage. AP holds some cards as well. Just has to be willing to play them.
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Fair enough. I probably shouldn't have said the Vikings hold ALL the cards.

We'll see how this plays out.
 
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It does look like Minny holds all the Cards....He is still under contract for 3 more years...They can tell AP if you want to play it will be for us or no one.....They don't have to trade or cut him...
 
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Bullet22 said:
It does look like Minny holds all the Cards....He is still under contract for 3 more years...They can tell AP if you want to play it will be for us or no one.....They don't have to trade or cut him...
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They don't have to trade or cut him, but who wants a healthy $12 million player sitting on the bench?

AP certainly holds some cards here.
 
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Bullet22 said:
It does look like Minny holds all the Cards....He is still under contract for 3 more years...They can tell AP if you want to play it will be for us or no one.....They don't have to trade or cut him...
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i think his salary is guarantee after week one. so tech a "sore hamstring" could sideline him all season and he would still get paid. someone correct me if im wrong
 
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