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clear things up eh?

Frank Gore.. yeah, that Frank Gore

Totaling almost 1500 yards rushing this season

And they are starting to win games, something interesting to note:

Niners were ranked like 5th overall in rushing in 2003 and ended up 7-9

In 2004 they droped to 29th in Rushing and finished 2-14

In 2005 they ranked 19th overall in Rushing and finished 4-12

This year Gore is leading the league in rushing and it looks like the Niners could possibly finish off the season with a strong run and end up at .500

A helluva improvement last year where they won just 4 games

Last year they didnt even have a RB that cracked the top 30 rushing leaders.. Some teams had 2 players ahead of Kevan Barlow

This year, they get a RB thats leading the NFL in rushing

The Results?

Winning games

This is how a franchise RB can turn around a team in just one season

Alex Smiths passing rating and overall numbers are much improved from last year

This is the direct reult of a badass RB standing behind him

There should be no question as to the route this franchise needs to go in rd 1 come April
 
Well the 49ers may even make it in the playoffs this year too although slim chance at least there is a chance, but I agree with your post, any team can be competitive if you have a strong running game, it takes pressure off the QB and gives the offense much more weapons to use and harder for defenses to stop you.
 
Ugly Nipples said:


This is how a franchise RB can turn around a team in just one season

Alex Smiths passing rating and overall numbers are much improved from last year

This is the direct reult of a badass RB standing behind him
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This is also the Norv Turner effect... The same guy that last year got 1,100 yards and 70 catches out of the back everyone hates now.... I'm all for drafting Adrian Peterson, but unless we get a competent coach upstairs, I'm afraid he'll end up the same way Thomas Jones did when the Cards drafted him... :mad:
 
Right on Nips. I couldn't agree more. Gore is the main reason for the 49rs improvement. His emergence takes a ton of pressure off Alex Smith, however I don't discount the young quarterback's progression from his rookie year til now. Smith is obviously getting more comfortable back there and his timing and decision making are vastly improved. With another good receiver and some line help, SF could have a sweet offense next year.

All the more reason to take Peterson (or Bush in round 2) next year. Walter should be much improved, the line can only get better, we'll have some receivers that actually want to be there, and a star running back to make it all work.
 
Let's not pretend, Nips, that there aren't several examples of crappy teams having great running games (Lions, anyone) and successful teams having crappy running games.
 
Jack's sore libido said:
Let's not pretend, Nips, that there aren't several examples of crappy teams having great running games (Lions, anyone) and successful teams having crappy running games.
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I'm certainly not "prentending" anything

I'm simply looking at the correlation

And it's there, plain as day to me

But yeah, you can never get an accurate reading on any sample size since it does'nt include "everyone" or "every team" but you could certainly draw conclusions from it.

You're gonna find examples of teams like the Lions, and thats certainly true, but you cannot deny the obvious
 
Jack's sore libido said:
It's all dependent on your individual situation.
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Yo Jack,

I wouldn't say the Lions have a good running game. The potential was there and Jones is a versatile back, but they are not a good running team by far. 689 yards this year and 3.8 average is about average. The guy did have 520 receiving yards....he was putting up Lamont Jordan numbers as of last year.

I think Nips is saying what I've been stating. There are good running backs in the game who will get you your thousand, or that tough 1 yard you need for the 1st down. Then you have your "elite" guys who can take over a game or you can rely on. Peyton Manning has not been the same without the Edge, Palmer is not the same without Rudi, Tom Brady is not the same when you take away Dillon or Maroney, Favre and Hasslebeck. Then you have your elite guys like LT, LJ, Priest, Portis and I would even put Gore in that category as he gets stronger as the game continues. Phillip Rivers wouldn't have his success right now, I would throw Brees in there as well as he had LT and now has the dynamic combo of Deuce and Bush.

Our team needs and "elite" back not a "good" back as in the case of Lamont Jordan. We need someone to take over the game, someone to strike fear in the hearts of the defense and Lamont, Huggy, or Lee are not those guys. You get the elite back, a decent line and our QB play will be night and day.

JMO


Adrian Peterson Jihad
 
Stanny said:
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Our team needs and "elite" back not a "good" back as in the case of Lamont Jordan. We need someone to take over the game, someone to strike fear in the hearts of the defense and Lamont, Huggy, or Lee are not those guys. You get the elite back, a decent line and our QB play will be night and day.

JMO


Adrian Peterson Jihad
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Agreed, it's no coincidence that the Chargers knew what they were doing when they released Brees. They have the elite back, TE, a very good OL and a stellar defense. I'd have to believe that Andrew Walter would be putting up pro bowl numbers in that offense as well.
 
To be honest the Charger Line was looky very shaky at the begining of the season. Not to take away any due credit buthe O-Cordinator , and the LT/Gates combo helped them alot.
 
im still amazed by the fact tht we took Stanford Routt over guys like Frank Gore and Lofa Tatupu...
 
Stanford Routt was....ummm....hmmmm....lets see, i know there has to be a reason why we took him...OH YEAH

Stanford Routt was very very fast.

and i know you can always look back and say "we should have" after the cream is rising to the top.

but i dont think there was anybody that was too happy with the Routt pick when it happened
 
not stanford routt fast(40 time)

gore ran something like a 4.6, which means he most likely wasnt even on the radar

which goes to show that the "drafting track stars" draft theory is complete dogshit
 
Jack's sore libido said:
Frank Gore was very very fast, too.
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Gore ran a 4.6

Frankie was plenty of things: agile, great size, good at breaking tackles, not afraid of contact...But he was never considered 'very very fast'.

Routt only had one guy quicker in that draft....Fabian Washington.

I hated the Routt pick, but lets not forget he was SKYROCKETING on draft boards by all accounts up to the draft. We're talking from undrafted to a 3rd-4th round pick.

Al still took him way early though.
 
Gore ran poorly because he had TWO RECONSTRUCTED KNEES.

But at Miami, he was faster than Portis, faster than McGahee.
 
s.dot88 said:
im still amazed by the fact tht we took Stanford Routt over guys like Frank Gore and Lofa Tatupu...
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Tatupu going as high as he did was a shock to most people... Most felt he should have went back for his SR season... I'm an SC guy and had him in the 4th-5th round range...

If memory serves me correct, most were screaming for either Matt Roth, Daryl Blackstock or Justin Tuck when the Routt pick was made... It's likely that Routt was chosen as a developmental guy... Hard to complain too much about a first day where we walked away with Fabian and Morrison, but a Marion Barber or Khaliff Barnes (who BTW, I was dead wrong about Stepper) would have done a body good....

The draft dynamic is to always look at the guys who went after your miss that you could have had... another way is to look at some of the guys we could have taken and missed on instead of a Kirk Morrison...
 
Raiderfan007 said:
I hated the Routt pick, but lets not forget he was SKYROCKETING on draft boards by all accounts up to the draft. We're talking from undrafted to a 3rd-4th round pick.

Al still took him way early though.
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I don't buy any of that crap.

Not a single person outside of an NFL war room has any real idea how any of these players -- especially ones outside the first round -- are evaluated.

Every year there are guys taken in the first or second round that have us fans scratching our heads. Just because are not educated about them, doesn't mean the NFL scouts and GMs aren't. The reverse is also true. Every year someone we're all high on slips to the late rounds or goes undrafted, and we all say how shocking that is. But we don't have the inside scoop.

For what it's worth, Routt was a first-team all-conference player (read: performed well on the field) with the best measurables in the draft (read: great workout). That's a strong combination in my book.
 
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