this year. I know its way too early for this talk, and probably will seem silly in a couple weeks. The only reason why I feel he might have a shot is that Raiders Oline coach (TOm Cable) Oline have always been able to run block. (ben one of the better rushing teams)
umm the only reason to have this conversation is if Jordan is leading the league in rushing right now, and since i dont think that this is the case, why are we having this argument??
Lamont is in the running so far... top 5 I think. If it gives you a reason to keep on living then you go on and keep believing Jeaux. :up:
I'm pretty sure Eric Crouch could win it before LaMont Jordan - and he's not even in the league...but he's still the most badass option runner EVER.
I don't know that. Granted, the Raiders signed him this off season, but Rhodes has always been a guy who splits carries. Jordan is still the bigger money investment there and if he performs, they're not going to take the ball out of his hands. -X-
Heres the top 41. Lamont is #2 right now. It seems to me that he has a chance, given that the O-line has a new blocking scheme that seems to be effective and the Raiders will look to pound the rock as much as possible in order to rely on their defense.... 1 Willie Parker RB, PIT 74 368 5.0 122.7 25 1 1 1 2 LaMont Jordan RB, OAK 69 350 5.1 116.7 33 2 0 0 3 Jamal Lewis RB, CLE 53 307 5.8 102.3 66 1 2 1 4 Travis Henry RB, DEN 60 302 5.0 100.7 33 1 0 0 5 B. Westbrook RB, PHI 51 291 5.7 97.0 27 2 0 0 6 E. James RB, ARI 60 277 4.6 92.3 27 2 0 0 7 S. Alexander RB, SEA 66 275 4.2 91.7 22 2 1 0 8 Derrick Ward RB, NYG 54 273 5.1 91.0 44 0 0 0 9 W. McGahee RB, BAL 66 272 4.1 90.7 37 0 0 0 10 Joseph Addai RB, IND 65 271 4.2 90.3 15 4 0 0 A. Peterson RB, MIN 64 271 4.2 90.3 16 1 1 1 12 M. Barber III RB, DAL 40 256 6.4 85.3 54 4 0 0 13 L. Maroney RB, NWE 54 252 4.7 84.0 19 0 0 0 14 Chris Brown RB, TEN 42 247 5.9 82.3 42 0 0 0 15 D. Foster RB, CAR 46 238 5.2 79.3 20 1 1 1 16 S. Jackson RB, STL 69 233 3.4 77.7 14 0 2 2 17 M. Lynch RB, BUF 57 228 4.0 76.0 23 2 0 0 18 C. Portis RB, WAS 48 227 4.7 75.7 19 3 0 0 19 Thomas Jones RB, NYJ 63 219 3.5 73.0 12 0 1 0 20 Cedric Benson RB, CHI 59 189 3.2 63.0 13 1 2 2 21 LenDale White RB, TEN 50 180 3.6 60.0 13 2 1 1 22 Rudi Johnson RB, CIN 58 177 3.1 59.0 20 0 2 2 Ronnie Brown RB, MIA 45 177 3.9 59.0 13 2 0 0 24 Frank Gore RB, SFO 52 175 3.4 58.3 43 3 0 0 25 C. Williams RB, TAM 48 167 3.5 55.7 20 3 1 1 26 Warrick Dunn RB, ATL 46 160 3.5 53.3 17 1 1 1 27 Fred Taylor RB, JAC 39 156 4.0 52.0 29 0 0 0 28 Sammy Morris FB, NWE 33 151 4.6 50.3 14 2 0 0 29 Ahman Green RB, HOU 35 149 4.3 49.7 18 1 0 0 30 Larry Johnson RB, KAN 50 140 2.8 46.7 10 0 0 0 D. Williams RB, CAR 34 140 4.1 46.7 16 0 0 0 32 N. Davenport RB, PIT 19 136 7.2 45.3 39 1 0 0 33 L. Tomlinson RB, SDG 57 130 2.3 43.3 11 1 0 0 34 Julius Jones RB, DAL 38 124 3.3 41.3 21 0 0 0 35 Tatum Bell RB, DET 29 121 4.2 40.3 24 1 0 0 36 M. Jones-Drew RB, JAC 33 100 3.0 33.3 23 0 1 1 37 David Garrard QB, JAC 21 99 4.7 33.0 19 0 0 0 38 B. Jackson RB, GNB 38 97 2.6 32.3 9 1 0 0 39 Vince Young QB, TEN 21 96 4.6 32.0 21 1 1 0 40 J. Norwood RB, ATL 20 95 4.8 31.7 26 0 0 0 41 D. McAllister RB, NOR 24 92 3.8 30.7 15 0 1 1
If Lamont stays healthy and continues to get the carries and blocking, I see no reason why he can't. His stat line is grea tas of game 3. The only question is will he be able to do it all year. I think he has the skills to.
I'd bet against it. Tomlin's going to run Free Willie into the ground, so unless Parker gets injured, I bet he finishes ahead of Jordan.
If you're going to take Jordan or the field, than yeah, of course. Who would be your Top-5 most likely to win the rushing title? Mine would be (in no particular order): 1. Willie Parker 2. Willis McGahee 3. Brian Westbrook (if he stays healthy) 4. Ladanian Tomlinson 5.Travis Henry
Henry and Parker would be at the top for me. Westbrook won't get enough carries. McGahee isn't good enough. Two surprise guys could be Addai and THE Adrian Peterson.
I think that LT had too bad of a start to win it, McGahee has and will always be overrated, and I think Andy Reid will prevent Westbrook's chances, LaMont could be top 5 as well as Alexander and Addai I think that so long as Willie stays healthy it will be his title to lose
My top 10 choices 1. Willie Parker 2. Travis Henry 3. Joseph Addai 4. Shaun Alexander 5. Travis Henry 6. Adrian Peterson 7. Brian Westbrook 8. Edgerrin James 9. Willis McGahee 10. Larry Johnson 11. Steven Jackson 12. Frank Gore 13. Lamont Jordan 14. Jamal Lewis 15. Lawrence Maroney Granted, if Rhodes comes back and Jordan is still getting the same amount of carries, his chances go up immensely. But until I see how they're splitting carries, I can't give him that chance yet. Besides, Oakland has played 2 bad defenses and then Denver, who isn't special either.
