NFL Week 10: A bunch of games will be played

Well, yeah, but that makes O.J.'s performance all the more noteworthy.

 

In 1958, Jim Brown ran for an NFL-record 1,527 yards in 12 games, and runner-up Alan Ameche had 791 -- barely half as many.

In 1963, Brown set the record again with 1,863 yards in 14 games. Jim Taylor was second with 1,018.

 

O.J.'s 2,000-yard season wasn't even close to his best, fantasy wise. That would be 1975, which probably ranks among the best fantasy seasons ever. Fewer rushing yards, but not that many fewer, plus a lot more touchdowns and excellent receiving stats.

1973: 2,003 rushing yards, 12 TDs; 6 receptions for 70 yards and no TDs
1975: 1,817 rushing yards, 16 TDs; 28 receptions for 426 yards and 7 TDs

He also had five games without a touchdown in 1973, and only three games with multiple touchdowns. He scored at least one touchdown in every game in 1975, and had multiple touchdowns six times.

 

He killed it in 75

 

And '94.

 

There are a couple articles I remember reading on this topic. Gale Sayers had a game in 1965 that would have been 55 points, standard scoring.

 

That must've been the six-TD game. Imagine drafting Butkus and Sayers in the same first round. Got to be the all-time first round haul.

 

Maybe heresy but would the Bears have been better off with Craig Morton rather than Sayers?
Neither Butkus nor Sayers played in a Bears playoff game

 

And the Bears still sucked.

 

Wasn't that one of George Allen's drafts?

 

No, they were better off with Sayers and Butkus, but clearly didn't make enough good decisions aside from those two players.

Two Hall of Famers still puts it among the great drafts of all time. The 49ers had a couple of fantastic drafts during their run. I'm not sure if there is another one quite on the level with the Steelers drafting four future Hall of Famers in 1974: Lynn Swann, Jack Lambert, John Stallworth and Mike Webster.

 

OOP, that is the obvious answer and comparison. I was talking only about first rounders. Thing that made that Steelers draft special was they'd had a 10-3-1 season year before. Division champ when only eight teams made playoffs.