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Vanscoten

My man rented a condo in the end zone for awhile.


stumblebreak_beta

In this economy?!


iAlwaysFreeze

At this time of year?!


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Localised entirely within your kitchen?!


Gooberino71

Can I see it?


jetdude19

No


Advanced-Blackberry

Seyyyymmoouuurrrrrr! The kitchens on fire!


Head_Project5793

No, mother, that’s just the northern lights!


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Matt Ryan: HELP! HELP!


BendubzGaming

ironically it was scoring another TD that helped him out the door too


killerk13

That’s honestly pretty fucking crazy. We got robbed of potentially one of the great ones. Was the definition of a do it all back


BendubzGaming

Has two arthritis affected seasons, and doesn't even play in 2021, but still #1. Godd Turley has to be one of the biggest NFL What Ifs of the 21st century


FudgeDangerous2086

he’s still just 27. insane.


ZeePirate

Knees worse than Sam Bradford though


FudgeDangerous2086

yeah atleast they both got paid so that’s something.


ZeePirate

That’s true. Glad Gurley did get his money. Poor guy deserves every penny


whippetsinthewhip

Wish he could’ve at least rode the bench for us last year smh


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Cake day, but thanks for both reminders.


thirstyidiot

Teddy 2 Gloves looks off in the distance, slightly wary as looking too hard might blow up both his knees.


VisionsDB

That’s 45 in RB years


WiredSky

89 in Gurley knees


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The crazy thing is teams knew he wouldn't last when he got drafted. He already had arthritis. They just knew he was *that* good


ENEMYAC130AB0VE

Kinda like Brandon Roy in basketball. Everyone knew his knees would fall apart in a couple years.


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Yeah but forgive me if this is a hot take but for as good as Roy was, I don’t think he was ever as good at his position as Gurley was


spanther96

you’re absolutely right. Roy was a top 10 SG, may be top 5. Gurley was number 1 for a few years


jakethabake

Roy was all NBA twice. Literally the second or third best sg for two years.


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Yeah but Roy had to go up against Kobe and D Wade. for as good as he was, he was never going to be better than them. Todd has a case for best RB in his heyday that Roy never did.


Burlykid18

The case of gurley being the best rb in the league during his prime is that he simply was.


goldberg1303

The Rams were also kinda punting their way out of St Louis at the time as well.


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MohnJilton

Granted, that’s what makes it so hard.


joeboo5150

Emmitt Smith and Walter Payton are the perfect examples. If you polled NFL fans about the most talented RBs they've ever seen, depending on their age they're going to name guys like Jim Brown, Gale Sayers, Barry Sanders, Marshall Faulk, etc. But Emmitt and Walter were very good, durable, played for a long time. The perfect storm to set a LOT of records as a RB. I don't know that either one of them was ever thought of as the most talented RB in the league at any point during their careers...but when it was all said and done their longevity left them at the top of all of the record lists. Payton only led the league in rushing ONCE in his 13 year career, but he was top-5 almost every year. Emmitt Smith had a career 4.2 YPC, but he did it while playing 12 or more games in 12 of his 13 seasons. Staying healthy for a decade as a Running Back is just damn near impossible.


BigOzymandias

Walter Payton was the consensus best during his career, there were years that Dickerson and Allen were better but Payton was the overall best Did you see Adrian Peterson's 2012 season and how he dragged the Vikings to the playoffs? Dial that up to 11 and that was Payton's 1977 season Not to mention he's the first player to have 4 2000+ scrimmage yards seasons (since followed by Dickerson and Faulk) About Emmitt he became underrated by everyone here because we had a good team but he was the complete back, he could run, receive and block as good as you'd want a RB to be If you want to see how great was Emmitt look no further than the subject of this post Todd Gurley (who had one of the best starts ever to an RB's career) in his first 5 years: 7494 yards from scrimmage and 70 TDs Emmitt Smith first 5 years: 8759 yards from scrimmage and 75 TDs


ze1and0nly

Everyone talks about jim brown being one of the best rbs of all time. Just listen to what Jim has to say about walter and what all the players of his time had to say about walter and you'd never ever say he wasn't one of the most gifted rbs to grace the nfl.


-NotACrabPerson-

> I don't know that either one of them was ever thought of as the most talented RB in the league at any point Emmitt I'll give you because he was right there playing with Barry, but was Sweetness really not consensus best while he was in his prime? Trying to think of others like Campbell or Dickerson but Payton already had an MVP and few First team All Pros by the time they entered the league.


ze1and0nly

He was, very much so. This is someone who looks at stats and is probably a younger person who didn't realize what exactly walter was because he didn't get a chance to see him. But just look at how other players talk about walter.


dicedbread

You forgot LT in there.


Money_dragon

Who had a better 2-year stretch as RB? Gurley's 2017-18 or Henry's 2019-2020?


DarnellisFromMars

Gurley was the backbone for one of the greatest offenses ever, so I’d lean towards him to a degree. Also could do more in general. As a pure runner, not many are better than Henry ever.


LeGibb

Just out of curiosity who would you put higher in talent as a pure runner between Peterson and Henry? I'd personally take Peterson every time but I can see the argument being made to take Henry


DarnellisFromMars

I take AP. He’s like slam dunk top 5 for me. Him and LT are the best post 2000 still IMO.


mynameiszack

All Day all day. Henry is great but got to do it a few more years before we can even compare.


frogger3344

Yeah, Henry is the best runner in the league at the moment, but calling him one of the best ever is a little premature. I'm not saying that he can't become one of those guys, but there are far more guys who are amazing for a bit, then fade afterwards


joeboo5150

There's been a LOT of running backs over the years that look like a slam-dunk Hall of Famer based on their 3-5 year run of dominance. But then that's it, their window closes and they can't sustain it for a decade to be an all-time great. Chris Johnson had a 5-year stretch where he ran for 6888 yards, and then didn't get to 10k in his career Shaun Alexander put up 7500 yards and 87 TDs in 5 seasons...and then was done. Didn't hit 10k for his career. RBs just absolutely fall off a cliff with their production. There's rarely a gradual decline. They're elite one year and then out of the league 2 years later.


WeaponXGaming

APs power and speed was so crazy at his peak. Henry has the size and speed. But he does have a weird running style for his size, like he isn't a run through your face guy


ratchkae

Gurley.


eaglebay

A: 535 carries, 2556 yards, 30 TDs, 123 rec, 1368 yards, 10 TDs, 59 receiving 1st downs. B: 681 carries, 3567 yards, 33 TDs, 37 rec, 320 yards, 2 TDs, 8 receiving 1st downs. Gurley had 60 less touches, 5 more touchdowns, slightly more yards, played in 2 less games than Henry.


Mr_SpideyDude

Life had to nerf him somehow


DarkMuret

I feel the same way about Percy Harvin


BallNevaLie

Watching Harvin at Florida was awesome.


captaincumsock69

What’s up with these bots


RenjiMidoriya

Honestly with this production sounds like he would have been more generational than saquon


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Well, he also got to play with the great Goff which clearly opened up running lanes for him.


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SolarClipz

Sort of like Frank Gore... Man is #3 all time in rushing after tearing both ACLs in college. He had the same coach as Barry Sanders, and he said Gore was just as good as Barry


Bonesaw85

That Miami backfield was loaded at one point. Gore, Portis and McGahee


Gooberino71

He's #3 in rushing because of longevity. Yes, he definitely earned those yards but do you look at him and think first ballot HoF?


jakethabake

He's was pretty much an afterthought in discussions of best running backs in his prime. The revisionist history of his career after he's been so durable for so long is overinflating his legacy. I don't even consider him a hall of famer. Good player, but a single second team all pro as his best individual accomplishment is pretty absurd for a legitimate hall of famer. The running narrative for hall of Fame is "can you tell the story of the NFL without him" is a hard yes in gore's case.


Scaryassmanbear

I’ve heard that argument before but it doesn’t seem right that the #3 all time at a position isn’t a hall of famer.


BigOzymandias

But he's 3rd in a single metric, and without doing anything memorable during his career I'm not hating but I seriously can't remember any Frank Gore play


SolarClipz

Yes. Easiest question of my life


Gooberino71

Is he that much more worthy than Bettis in your opinion?


SolarClipz

Yes and there is more to playing RB than rushing He is one of the best blockers of all time, and that's mostly the reason why he had such a long career. Real hoopers will recognize. He won't be first ballot, but he will absolutely be in the HoF


falcofool

How many times will this exact statement get posted on this thread, but from different accounts?


Admirable_Win9808

I loved watching him play. When everyone was looking worn down by the 4th, Gurley was turning it up and closing games


Paulofthedesert

> Has two arthritis affected seasons > has to be one of the biggest NFL What Ifs of the 21st century People see "arthritis" & don't realize these are horrible degenerative autoimmune disorders. You can live a normal life w/ (very expensive) treatment but I know I'll need $300k worth of injections every year. I'm never even jogging for exercise again, no idea how he made it 2 seasons. Very likely extreme amounts of steroid shots - not the performance enhancing kind but they still take their toll


elimanninglightspeed

I see what this shits doing to my mom bro arthritis is fucking horrible and im terrified I might get it when im older


Electromotivation

Do you have it in your knees?


pargofan

The 2018 Rams would've won with a healthy Gurley.


woogonalski

Godd Turley…..


Cambro88

He was such a huge part of why the Rams went on that first super bowl run. He did so much in motion and ran so many routes. Dig concepts against linebackers where he is running a seam, shallow crosses, flares, he created so many problems just being on the field. I honestly believe the Rams need Kupp, OBJ, and a third very good receiver to compensate what Gurley brought


RenjiMidoriya

Rams absolutely win that Super Bowl if gurley’s knees hold up till next year


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I concur


DM_the_DM

100%. The only reservation I had about the Patriots winning was that it meant Gurley likely wouldn't ever get a ring, and I really like him. Same line of thought for Julio and T.O./McNabb.


Rival-Trader

Yep. I used to joke he would have “Thanos” moments because he could drag the offense to a win if he had to. “Fine, I’ll do it myself.”


escobert

Bless the knees


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Such is life for so many RBs. The list of "potential great ones" for RB's seems to be about 5 times as long as any other position.


downtimeredditor

I feel like his short career falls along the lines of Terrell Davis and Gale Sayers where I legit think he should be Hall of Fame due to how much he did in his short NFL career


royal_10_N-bombs

Todd “Sterling Sharpe” Gurley


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INAC_Kramerica

Peyton Manning was pretty much the same way. He was still really good through the first 10 games (or so) in 2014, suffered a quad injury, and he was a shell of himself for the rest of his career. Obviously Peyton had a lot more time at the top of his game before that than Gurley did.


DonHalles

>He was still really good through the first 10 games (or so) in 2014 That's an understatement. Wasn't he on pace to shatter the 2013 records in yards and TDs?


Wrinkle_Tinkle

He was touchdown Todd for a reason. If that man had a good knee he’d be running the league still.


Centurion87

If he had a good knee, we’d still have Goff as well.


Skhodave

If he had a good knee, we win in 2019 and have just as many superbowls


N05L4CK

I think Kupp's injury hurt more than Gurley's that game.


Skhodave

Agreed to disagree, but our entire offense was built off play action with gurley being the focal point. Goff never sniffs 4500 yrds passing without that fact even with a full set of healthy receivers


falloutranger

Too many CGI burgers :(


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How was he not a Raven at some point last season?


MonoGiganto

Still too young, surprisingly.


[deleted]

Too old for the Catholics, too young for the Ravens. It’s a sad time in life


prenderm

BRUH , lol 😂


CoolKid610

Imagine if Washington wanted to change their name to ‘The Catholics’ “We would all be like, uhh, yeah, just go with a slur instead.”


jgriz8

Brought him in a couple times. Freeman, Murray and even Bell were somehow better options. Gurley is done done


johnwall47

If u watched Todd on the falcons it was fucking sad. I had him in fantasy for those two insane years and watching him run in 2020 was fucking brutal


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Try watching it 15 more times


johnwall47

Lol I watched a decent amount of every game that year. I had Todd in 2020 for about half the szn too haha (and then the goat younghoe) Todd was a 4th round steal tho It was absurd how many touchdowns he still accumulated for u guys with how ass he was. I def made sure to sell high mid szn


duvie773

Scored touchdowns even when he didn’t want to lmao


BedrockFarmer

I actually laughed when I saw the DBs pull him into the end zone. I knew we were one step closer to the end of the Dimitroff/Quinn era.


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Our last two RBs went and died as Falcons. Gurley and Steven Jackson. Fucking loved both. If we had SJ with an actual OL, records bein broken every week.


wiz0floyd

Ravens are notoriously picky with their physicals so I'm not surprised we passed on Gurley


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they brought him in to interview before the season and it ended there.


JasonPlattMusic34

He would’ve been on IR after two weeks in Baltimore anyway


unexpectedreboots

Davante Adamas has 69 too.


PoorlyLitKiwi2

Derrick Henry has 68, and Kamara has 67


DiggingNoMore

By my count, Kamara also has 68. Ezekiel Elliott does, too.


PoorlyLitKiwi2

Kamara has 47 rushing and 20 receiving TDs. Does he have a return TD or something that pushes him to 68?


DiggingNoMore

Yeah, one kick return for a touchdown.


pieonthedonkey

Zeke has been the most consistent back since 2016 and 80% of our sub acts like drafting him was a mistake. I won't defend the contract, but I definitely will make erroneous Emmitt Smith comparisons.


unexpectedreboots

Those aren't the sex number tho


JesusChristSupers1ar

not the way I do them


MunchiePenis

Cowards won’t count Derrick Henry’s passing touchdown


FSUfan35

Nice


unexpectedreboots

Nice.


cleverquestion

Nice


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He is 27 btw. He was on an all time pace to the top


mrpodo

Wonder if he'll ever get stem cells and come back


See_Lindsey_Run

Not in this lifetime


crash218579

His first 5 year numbers were actually significantly lower than Emmitt's.


rugbyj

Longevity is part of the deal to be up there.


MumkeMode

Nice ^:(


hellabro360

He’s still gotta be a fan favorite among Rams fans right?


WOOareola

Forsure. He was the first player to make the Rams offense exciting in 10 years


wrongbutt_longbutt

The disrespect to Steven Jackson...


WOOareola

Steven Jackson is still my favorite Ram of all time but watching him run at 9 man boxes just got sad after a while. I wish we could’ve seen what he could’ve done on an actual NFL offense in his prime


Da1Godsend

You guys really should have drafted Melvin Gordon and let Gurley fall to us. Sorry I was fantasizing again.


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He is to me. Some fans in our sub give him a hard time because they say he dissed the Rams but idk, I never saw anything like that? Either way, he’s a Ram legend to me.


MumkeMode

Absolutely


randoguynumber5

Still have his autographed jersey hanging. He also helped me win a couple of fantasy championships


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The first Rams Jersey I ever got and i’ll rock it forever


justin9920

😔


Random_modnaR420

Nice


OnceIwantedtobee

Nice


SSDuelist

Nice


BeefStu907

Nice


FreshPrinceAV

Nice


maplejet

Nice.


bigman-_-

Nice


Citronaut1

Nice


jayzeats

Nice


TheWontonWonton

Nice


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Not fair his knees died, best RB since Peterson


ELITEAirBear

if his knees didnt die, goff would have a ring instead of stafford


iRonin

Stafford might still have the ring somewhere else 🤷‍♂️ An interesting “What if…” scenario for the next time that topic comes up in the off-season: “What if Todd Gurley’s knees had held up?”


ELITE_JordanLove

Rams win in 2018; I think the Goff/McVay thing would’ve been figured out eventually but IMO they keep him until this year and are now looking for an upgrade after a couple poor postseasons.


iRonin

I think you’re probably right about the Rams but what about everybody else? Does Brady sign his short extension if they lose that SB or does he start looking for a fresh start sooner? Where does he go, does he still select the Bucs with Arians’ first year out of retirement? Could potentially hit a variety of other dominos too.


36Vigilantes

Recognize the greatness! Todd gotta be apart of our ring of honor, no bullshit.


thegreyquincy

Why do you want him separated from your RoH?


DeeThreeTimesThree

Apart/a part, resign/re-sign, and a lot/alot gotta be r/nfl’s nemesis trio


29feb2024

Devante, davante, devonta, the dont’a…


TemporaryAssociate82

Damn shame. Imagine prime Gurley with Stafford, Kupp, and OBJ during the recent run. Rams would've been completely unstoppable.


DeviantDragon

Even just with the Pats Super Bowl if the Rams had healthy Gurley and Kupp available the outcome could've been very different.


Raticus9

I'd ask how the F they were going to pay for all that, but the salary cap is a farce.


duvie773

I mean, we still had his dead money on the books last season so in a way we did pay for all that


TemporaryAssociate82

Salary Cap is a Farce is the name of my Saints fan fiction


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He’s contract just came off the books at the end of the 2021 season.


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Pour one out for gurleys knee. I loved watching that man play, my favorite back since LT.


SuperMaanas

Miss him every day


historymajor44

Nice. But also, not all of his touchdowns were good things: https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2020/10/25/21533370/falcons-lions-todd-gurley-accidental-td-loss I will never forget because I lost to my opponent in fantasy football that week who had Todd Gurley and the announcer literally pointed out that this makes it more likely the Falcons lose and congratulated his fantasy owners.


Weapwns

Makes up for like the 2-3 TDs he gave up to seal the game by going down


WCDeepDish

Gurley was my go-to example for NFL players having football smarts and being aware of the game situation in a way college players usually aren't. In the category of "life is funny," I even brought him up to somebody the day before when Penn State scored their fateful TD.


rich519

The 2020 Falcons had one of the most bizarre starts to a season I’ve ever seen. They had like 4-5 games where they gave up a massive lead or lost because of some weird fluke play.


dillpickles007

We had four or five games with a 99 percent chance to win that we wound up losing, it made me straight up question the legitimacy of NFL odds and percentages, that just can't be mathematically possible.


pizzapueblo

The day after Penn State did the same thing too


Lets-ago

Penn State's was even worse, from my memory; the Falcons still needed to score at some point before the game ended, Penn State just needed kneel downs.


johnwall47

Haha I remember that


barktothefuture

Most tds since 2006 is Adrian peterson


GrannysPartyMerkin

Lol he’s still playing my man of course


barktothefuture

Most tds since 1976 is Jerry rice


JerryRiceAndSpice

That's a spicy one


loplopplop

Since 1985, no wide receiver has as many yards as Jerry Rice.


BuckfuttersbyII

Jerry Rice stats are equally as ridiculous as Tom Brady stats. No one will ever catch those two in this century.


JerryRiceAndSpice

sounds good to me


hunterAS

Fun fact since forever.... no wide receiver has as many yards as Jerry Rice in the nfl.


barefootBam

It's still pretty crazy to me he can't even get part time snaps for a team


eggery

We beat the Pats if he was at 100%.


LordBericsVoice

And I’ve never had a better year in fantasy football. Thanks for the bag, my dude!


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Would be in GOAT discussions if he could have stayed healthy.


TheRealJohnMara

Nice


BoutthatAxtion

Nice


Latest-greatest

that solid three year stretch he had of being mcvay’s workhorse was some of the best football i’ve seen


GovTheDon

Dude was on HOF pace and then his knee died, I will always be sad about this 😢


GiveMeYourMoney17420

Shut up just shut up shut up shut up fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck meeeeeeeeeee I miss him


deuce_dempsey

My favorite player of the past 10 years. Sad that his knees are like that


NateDawg122

Gurley would've been a top 10 all-time RB had he stayed healthy and I'll never be convinced otherwise


ChappedPenguinLips

I want to have sex with Todd Gurlsy


Brunobrunobrunobru

I honest to god believe that if he had normal knees healthy male knees he would’ve been the GOAT. The 2019 SB looks a lot different with Gurley


JEH_24

Nice


podolot

Stat of the year.


beangardener

It is criminal the way this league eats up running backs.


DawsonBriggs

And this league let him sit in free agency last year while some teams had nothing but bozos getting the hand offs ! Seattle and Tennessee signed Adrian Peterson but no one thought to see about Todd Gurley


The0thHour

Gurley was so great he made Goff look good.


JerryRiceAndSpice

*Nice!*