Do 1,000 yards per season by RBs still mean anything?

[G2]

I would still consider 1,000 yards a decent mark to hit. I'm curious how many 1,000 yard rushers are on the same roster.
I would like to see RBs that average 100+ being they extended the season. Kind of makes stats a little weird for a bit.

 

[Praxit]

..in a conundrum sense. If you dont achieve at least 1k, W/17 game season.

That tells ya, something. And its not good.

 

[G2]

Not as much as as it used to.
when 12 game season, you needed 83.3 YPG, at 14 games needed 71.4. It still meant something then.
16 games it dropped to 62.5, and now at 17 games, it is 58.8.
when they add an18th games, it will be 55.55.

it you extrapolate it out based on a 14 game season average to be equal you would need 1214 yards for it to mean something in comparison.

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[jazzcat22]

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[CowboysLakerBamaFan]

No....it's about how good you are, and whether you are always available to play and not missing time.

Any average RB can gain 1000 or even 1300 yds over 17 (or even 16) games if he just plows forward for 3 yds a pop if his coaches call his bumper 25 times a game. But it doesn't mean he's good.

YPC, pass blocking ability, and receiving ability, and games missed due to injury are what I'd use to judge a RB. Or...just use the good ole fashioned eye test.

 

[bandfan]

The only stats that should ever be considered for comparison purposes are averages...it's the only way to come close to evening up the different eras.

 

[Big D]

It may be more difficult now than it was back then.

The percentage of passing plays to running plays have dramatically shifted in the past 12 to 15 seasons.

There may be a 17 game schedule instead of a 16, 14, or even 12 game schedule but teams are passing more and running less.

In the 70's the Cowboys ran an average of 37 times a game. In the past ten years it has been about 28 times a game.

Under Kellen it was 15-20

 

[Typhus]

Blimey!
If an RB is sturdy enough to stay healthy and play even 15 games, tha is 67 yards per game in one season.
If he plays in 17 games, tha is 59 yards per game.
I know, I know. It's a modern passing game, but 1,000 yards a season used to be a big deal.
How did our view of 1,000 yards change?

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[Kwyn]

Blimey!
If an RB is sturdy enough to stay healthy and play even 15 games, tha is 67 yards per game in one season.
If he plays in 17 games, tha is 59 yards per game.
I know, I know. It's a modern passing game, but 1,000 yards a season used to be a big deal.
How did our view of 1,000 yards change?

Holla and brings me a dollah!

Nah, that level of impact is now reserved for 1500 yard seasons with less than 350 carries.

Better mix in 500 receiving yards too

 

[mattjames2010]

Total yards says a lot more now with how RBs are used in the league today unless they are topping 1,400 yards or so on the ground. But even then, all depends on the amount of carries an RB did that in.

 

[MyFairLady]

Yards per carry, yards per reception, these are things that matter.

 

[MyFairLady]

1,000 yards on 250 carries. A stat line only fat Zeke could be proud of.

 

[charron]

While they play more games now it's also more common to have multiple backs then add to that how are they used in the passing game too. Zeke getting 1000 yards early in his carreer wasn't a big deal. He needed more because he was the sole RB carrying the rock most of the time. Now if Zeke or Pollard got 1000 yards last year while splitting carries, that's a bigger deal to me because of how they still split carries.

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

Blimey!
If an RB is sturdy enough to stay healthy and play even 15 games, tha is 67 yards per game in one season.
If he plays in 17 games, tha is 59 yards per game.
I know, I know. It's a modern passing game, but 1,000 yards a season used to be a big deal.
How did our view of 1,000 yards change?

Holla and brings me a dollah!

IMHO I dont' think so. last season 16 RBs rushed for over 1000. as in previous seasons it was 7-10. although in 2019 there was 16. that extra game probably helped, as ther is usually about 6-8 RBs about 930 yards or more but less than 1000, so that extra game seems to have gottent them over the 1000 mark.

I think a better measure should be 1100 and for good ones 1200 or more.

 

[MyFairLady]

The league has moved empty stat lines like this. All pro sports has evolved beyond that. The NBA uses things like true shooting percentage. Baseball has a million different efficiency stats. It is pretty easy today to identify who your good players are and who your bad players are.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Blimey!
If an RB is sturdy enough to stay healthy and play even 15 games, tha is 67 yards per game in one season.
If he plays in 17 games, tha is 59 yards per game.
I know, I know. It's a modern passing game, but 1,000 yards a season used to be a big deal.
How did our view of 1,000 yards change?

Holla and brings me a dollah!

YES!

With today's modern offenses....complex and prolific passing and "gadget players" and increasingly athletic defenses...

It's still a good number. We flirted with TWO thousand yard rushers in the same season.

 

[SteveTheCowboy]

Nah, it has lost its luster. 1250 seems more like the bench mark now for a good season rushing yards wise.

I can still remember when 400 yards passing in a game was kinda rare, so the game has changed in a lot of ways.

You just made a point FOR 1000 yard seasons. More yards are being eaten up by the passing game and taken from the run game.

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

Nah, that level of impact is now reserved for 1500 yard seasons with less than 350 carries.

Better mix in 500 receiving yards too

15 yards per quarter!

Good chap, let's leave Zeke out of this!

 

[GimmeTheBall!]

15 yards per quarter!

Good chap, let's leave Zeke out of this!