In the years 1960, 1961 & 1962 Taylor actually outgained Brown 3,882 to 3,661. Brown was injured some in '62, but even so their performance were similar for those three years.
year -Taylor/Brown
1960 - 1101/1257
1961 - 1307/1408
1962 - 1474/996
Brown played three more seasons, gained nearly 5,000 yards and retired. Taylor gained just short of 3,000 yards those three season and about 1100 the two season safter that. At the starts of their careers, Brown gained nearly 4,000 yards, Taylor less than 1,000.
Brown was hands down better at the start and end of his career than Taylor was. But for a few years in the middle of their careers it was reasonable to ask who was the better back.
Quarless' value has generally been more late in the season than early in the season. When the Packers want to emphasize running more, I suspect Quarless will play more.
There is a wild card in all this. Quarless has a court date in October. He could also be facing a suspension. Add that to the mandatory 8 weeks of IR-DR and it might not make sense to use it on him.
Sorry, I equated full-IR to cutting in my head. They are not the same. Poor communication skills on my part. My point being, unless they expect to shelf him for the year, they might as well use it on him. I argue that it is better to use the designation on someone of mediocre value. A roster spot counts the same regardless of the quality of the player. Plus, on the off chance they make a quick comeback, it would suck to have superstar unavailable.
http://www.packers.com/news-and-even...6-f9fba5d1d663
The Green Bay Packers have placed TE Andrew Quarless on injured reserve – designated for return
Go PACK
Even a blind squirrel gathers no moss.
Unfortunately, patler convinced me to sell Q short moments before his stock soared.
Crap, now we are going to be anticipating the return of Andrew Quarless. I wonder if they can get their DR designation back if Q gets suspended while he's on it. Kind of like recovering a signing bonus or something.
There is very little out there for FA TE's.
The Falcons just signed Mickey Shuler JR, fer instance.
Maxie, keep that old school rollin'. This a great thread. In fact, start one.
Jim Brown is the greatest NFL player I've ever seen.
Bud Adams told me the franchise he admired the most was the Kansas City Chiefs. Then he asked for more hookers and blow.