Selvin Young only 18 yards back of LT- greatest RB Ever!

[broncosteven]

Is this LT's year to break off some 2K? How about LJ - I am sure the LJ holdout helped him rest up for the 2K campaign.

BTW here is the breakdown of rushing leaders:

Rank Player Team Pos Att Att/G Yds Avg Yds/G TD Lng 1st 1st% Rsh 20+ 40+ FUM
1 Travis Henry DEN RB 49 24.5 267 5.4 133.5 0 33 11 22.4 -- 2 0 0
2 Jamal Lewis CLE RB 38 19.0 251 6.6 125.5 1 66T 6 15.8 1 3 2 2
3 Willie Parker PIT RB 50 25.0 235 4.7 117.5 1 25 10 20.0 1 4 0 1
4 LaMont Jordan OAK RB 40 20.0 229 5.7 114.5 1 33 12 30.0 1 2 0 0
5 Edgerrin James ARI RB 50 25.0 220 4.4 110.0 2 17T 9 18.0 2 0 0 0
6 Chris Brown TEN RB 31 15.5 209 6.7 104.5 0 42 12 38.7 -- 2 1 0
7 Joseph Addai IND RB 43 21.5 199 4.6 99.5 2 15 11 25.6 2 0 0 0
8 Derrick Ward NYG RB 28 14.0 179 6.4 89.5 0 44 6 21.4 0 2 1 0
9 Shaun Alexander SEA RB 45 22.5 175 3.9 87.5 2 22 10 22.2 2 1 0 1
10 Willis McGahee BAL RB 45 22.5 174 3.9 87.0 0 13 6 13.3 0 0 0 0
11 Adrian Peterson MIN RB 39 19.5 169 4.3 84.5 0 15 7 17.9 0 0 0 0
12 Rudi Johnson CIN RB 41 20.5 168 4.1 84.0 0 20 7 17.1 0 1 0 2
13 Marion Barber DAL RB 25 12.5 154 6.2 77.0 3 40T 7 28.0 3 1 1 0
13 Marshawn Lynch BUF RB 37 18.5 154 4.2 77.0 1 23T 7 18.9 1 1 0 0
15 Laurence Maroney NE RB 35 17.5 149 4.3 74.5 0 14 10 28.6 -- 0 0 0
16 Ahman Green HOU RB 31 15.5 144 4.6 72.0 1 18 10 32.3 1 0 0 0
17 Cedric Benson CHI RB 43 21.5 143 3.3 71.5 0 13 8 18.6 -- 0 0 1
18 Frank Gore SF RB 38 19.0 136 3.6 68.0 3 43T 6 15.8 3 1 1 0
19 LenDale White TEN RB 33 16.5 130 3.9 65.0 1 13 7 21.2 1 0 0 1
20 Cadillac Williams TB RB 36 18.0 121 3.4 60.5 2 20 8 22.2 2 1 0 0
21 Steven Jackson STL RB 39 19.5 118 3.0 59.0 0 13 5 12.8 -- 0 0 2
22 DeShaun Foster CAR RB 26 13.0 116 4.5 58.0 0 20 4 15.4 -- 1 0 1
23 Thomas Jones NYJ RB 38 19.0 109 2.9 54.5 0 12 5 13.2 -- 0 0 1
24 Warrick Dunn ATL RB 35 17.5 105 3.0 52.5 1 12 4 11.4 1 0 0 0
24 Sammy Morris NE RB 21 10.5 105 5.0 52.5 1 14 7 33.3 1 0 0 0
26 Tatum Bell DET RB 24 12.0 101 4.2 50.5 1 24 4 16.7 1 1 0 0
27 Larry Johnson KC RB 26 13.0 98 3.8 49.0 0 10 4 15.4 -- 0 0 0
27 Julius Jones DAL RB 31 15.5 98 3.2 49.0 0 21 3 9.7 -- 1 0 0
27 Clinton Portis WAS RB 17 17.0 98 5.8 98.0 1 19T 4 23.5 1 0 0 0
30 DeAngelo Williams CAR RB 23 11.5 93 4.0 46.5 0 16 6 26.1 -- 0 0 0
31 Najeh Davenport PIT RB 14 7.0 89 6.4 44.5 0 13 6 42.9 -- 0 0 0
32 Deuce McAllister NO RB 20 10.0 87 4.4 43.5 0 15 3 15.0 -- 0 0 1
33 Brian Westbrook PHI RB 20 20.0 85 4.3 85.0 0 11 3 15.0 -- 0 0 0
34 Ron Dayne HOU RB 31 15.5 77 2.5 38.5 0 9 4 12.9 -- 0 0 0
35 Brandon Jackson GB RB 32 16.0 75 2.3 37.5 0 9 2 6.3 -- 0 0 0
35 Vince Young TEN QB 16 8.0 75 4.7 37.5 1 21 4 25.0 1 1 0 0
37 Fred Taylor JAC RB 22 11.0 72 3.3 36.0 0 29 4 18.2 -- 1 0 0
38 LaDainian Tomlinson SD RB 35 17.5 68 1.9 34.0 1 11 5 14.3 1 0 0 0
39 Ronnie Brown MIA RB 22 11.0 65 3.0 32.5 0 12 4 18.2 -- 0 0 0
39 Reggie Bush NO RB 22 11.0 65 3.0 32.5 0 10 5 22.7 -- 0 0 2
41 Maurice Jones-Drew JAC RB 18 9.0 63 3.5 31.5 0 23 2 11.1 -- 1 0 0
41 Jerious Norwood ATL RB 14 7.0 63 4.5 31.5 0 16 3 21.4 -- 0 0 0
43 Ladell Betts WAS RB 17 17.0 59 3.5 59.0 0 11 3 17.6 -- 0 0 0
44 DeShawn Wynn GB RB 11 5.5 58 5.3 29.0 2 38T 2 18.2 2 1 0 0
45 J.P. Losman BUF QB 6 3.0 51 8.5 25.5 0 17 3 50.0 -- 0 0 1
46 Mewelde Moore MIN RB 6 6.0 50 8.3 50.0 0 17 3 50.0 -- 0 0 0
46 Selvin Young DEN RB 5 2.5 50 10.0 25.0 0 40 1 20.0 -- 1 1 0
48 David Garrard JAC QB 9 4.5 47 5.2 23.5 0 13 4 44.4 -- 0 0 0
48 Adrian Peterson CHI RB 9 4.5 47 5.2 23.5 0 11 2 22.2 -- 0 0 1
48 Tony Romo DAL QB 7 3.5 47 6.7 23.5 1 17 3 42.9 1 0 0 0
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Sorry but I can't make the above pretty.

[shakenbake]

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[shakenbake]

LT is having a rough start but I would take him on my team in a heart beat. It looks as though LT and LJ are both suffering from the fact that their teams don't have a lot of options outside of the running game.

[socalorado]

Question: What in the heck happened to Deangelo Williams? Man, that guy was supposed to be the next big thing!
I am just guessing, but the panthers must not be using that guy correctly or sosomething. That just amazes me! What a waste of talent!
I know they have Foster, but still they should be able to utilize this guy better.

[Sprout]

Selvin showed some amazing balance at the beginning of his long run yesterday... just pinballed through the crowd. He's the anti-Tatum.

[lazarus4444]

Selvin is quite possibly our future starting RB. As soon as next year?

[broncofan2438]

What a weird year in Fantasy Football!

[bpc]

People can say what they want but we are dominating statistically over the NFL. That is something to be proud of and hopefully they can keep it up.

The scary part is, our offense is cutting through defenses right now and we haven't even come close to playing a perfect game.... its going to be an interesting year!

[lazarus4444]

It should be a fun year but the obvious great teams in the NFL are the Colts and Patriots. it'll be interesting to see if we can hang with them. SD obviously couldn't.

[Kaylore]

What a weird year in Fantasy Football!

Give it a few more games.

I think it's great. We have a franchise running back and a franchise quarterback and two number one receivers that are man beasts that can block downfield like tight ends. Boo-ya!

[Odysseus]

Henry isn't scoring any points. Henry needs to be a SERIOUS dog about getting seven points AND getting yards. I think he's doing great. The last time a Broncos running back cracked the top ten for any period of time was when Clinton Portis was here. Broncos are doing better on 3rd down but I think they have enough weapons to do better.

I think a lof of Henry's success comes from the OL doing their jobs. They are a rag tag bunch doing a lot with very little. They are always a suspect group in my eyes much like the DL is but it's still early.

[azbroncfan]

You should trade LT for Selvin. Seriously I wouldn't make any judgements this early in the season. LT has had a lot of slow starts(maybe not playing preseason or whatever) and had a couple big games and he is near the lead again.

[Odysseus]

What a weird year in Fantasy Football!

I am very very lucky that I am not playing this year! Whew! ;D

[Rock Chalk]

Tater is ahead of LT and LJ.

Hmm.

[400HZ]

Question: What in the heck happened to Deangelo Williams? Man, that guy was supposed to be the next big thing!
I am just guessing, but the panthers must not be using that guy correctly or sosomething. That just amazes me! What a waste of talent!
I know they have Foster, but still they should be able to utilize this guy better.

They never really used DeShaun Foster right either.

[HorseHead]

I missed the last two games...(work)

Could someone tell me who Selvin is like, who does he compare to?

I saw him just a bit in the pre-season....

[TallyBronco]

When Ron Dayne is ahead of Tomlinson in both total yards and yards-per-carry, you know it's early in the season. And not surprisingly, Dayne is averaging a whopping 2.5 yards per run.

[jmz313]

Once that TD number climbs a little I'll be thrilled. IMHO need to run more in the redzone. Shanny is getting a little too pass happy.

[Anaximines]

this is great and I love how we're dominating stats, but Henry also has the 3rd most carries/game on that list (just 0.5 carry/game back from the top). Avg is important too (which he also looks good on).

[broncosteven]

Tater is ahead of LT and LJ.

Hmm.

I wonder if that 40hz Chugger fan saw this.

[Bronco Bob]

Selvin showed some amazing balance at the beginning of his long run yesterday... just pinballed through the crowd. He's the anti-Tatum.

When I saw him looking like he was starting to fall, I said "oh crap, another 3 and out." And then boom, he's off to the races. "what the hell?" "YEAH!"

[Crushaholic]

Selvin Young was the biggest surprise of the game (In my mind). The guy can play...

[broncosteven]

Selvin Young was the biggest surprise of the game (In my mind). The guy can play...

If Henry was not averaging 133 per game I would be wining about him not starting. I hope Henry breaks the plane of the goal soon!

[400HZ]

I wonder if that 40hz Chugger fan saw this.

Well it was pretty obvious that he was going to lag behind somewhat because SD plays 3 excellent defenses to begin the season. LT has tended to start the season slow the past few years, too. What happened last year was that Rivers had some big games and the O line came together and started playing well. After that LT started getting 150+ 3TDs every week. The offense got in sync. That hasn't happened yet this year, but it hopefully will soon. Then you will see LT start playing like LT again.

[broncosteven]

Well it was pretty obvious that he was going to lag behind somewhat because SD plays 3 excellent defenses to begin the season. LT has tended to start the season slow the past few years, too. What happened last year was that Rivers had some big games and the O line came together and started playing well. After that LT started getting 150+ 3TDs every week. The offense got in sync. That hasn't happened yet this year, but it hopefully will soon. Then you will see LT start playing like LT again.

Serviceable backs gain about 35 yards per game Great backs should be near 80-90 and All time greats that have always talked about it but never actually broken 2k should be near 100-110.

Funny how being one dimentional on O hurts the ALL TIME GREATEST RB EVER!

[Inkana7]

Well it was pretty obvious that he was going to lag behind somewhat because SD plays 3 excellent defenses to begin the season. LT has tended to start the season slow the past few years, too. What happened last year was that Rivers had some big games and the O line came together and started playing well. After that LT started getting 150+ 3TDs every week. The offense got in sync. That hasn't happened yet this year, but it hopefully will soon. Then you will see LT start playing like LT again.

Who do the Chargers have this week, 400?

[NDBRONCO]

I see J.P. Losman is only 17 yards behind LT!!
I guess it's race to the finish to see who wins that battle.....

[boltaneer]

This thread is hilarious.

[sirhcyennek81]

It happens. LT will get on track...hopefully not against Denver though...


:Broncos:

[lazarus4444]

This thread is stupid. We shouldn't be disrespecting LT2 like this, he really is a great running back. I've never even seen anybody question that before. If he stays healthy he smashes Emmitt Smiths sham record (Should belong to Barry, still wishing Barry hadn't retired *sigh*)....

[lazarus4444]

I missed the last two games...(work)

Could someone tell me who Selvin is like, who does he compare to?

I saw him just a bit in the pre-season....

http://www.nfl.com/videos?videoId=09000d5d8026de6a

[TheChamp24]

I like how Shanny uses Selvin in the passing game too, but he needs to get better hands. Selvin should've had a big 30 yard completiong down the sideline that he dropped.

[broncosteven]

This thread is stupid. We shouldn't be disrespecting LT2 like this, he really is a great running back. I've never even seen anybody question that before. If he stays healthy he smashes Emmitt Smiths sham record (Should belong to Barry, still wishing Barry hadn't retired *sigh*)....

I still think it is funny how the Best RB EVER in the History of the Universe can fall prey to the problems of a one dimentional O.

Sure he played some tough D's but that is when you want your GREAT players to make their mark.

Hell I could gain at least 70 yards against our D. I bet LT puts up 150 on us at Chuggerland.

A person shows his true colors when the chips are down and times are tough.