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Originally posted by kcpackman
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Well - ya know, I am 54 y/o and wear glasses - what did you expect???
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That's ok, this film from practice shows I probably would've dropped it anyways
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Surprised Bennett and Levens didn't do it.Comment
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Due to injuries to one or the other, 1996 was the only year they were really a tandem. That year Bennett was over 1000 and Levens was just under 800. Bennett left in free agency in 1998 after missing the 1997 season due to injury.Originally posted by smuggler View PostI can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
A thundercloud
They're going to hear from me - Leonard CohenComment
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I can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
A thundercloud
They're going to hear from me - Leonard CohenComment
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Agreed, just because they were both all-purpose backs, though frankly I don't think either was great - they were just solid. But as a duo, they produced.Originally posted by smuggler View Post"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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I'll take what we have now - a scatback who can go the distance as well as jump cut and get yards with poor blocking and a bruiser who can eat up time late in the game and has fair speed also.
The only back we ever had comparable to Aaron Jones was Ahman Green, and I don't even recall who the other RB was at that time.
BTW, speaking of Banjo, did anybody notice that Chris Banjo threw his first NFL pass, completion anyway, on a fake punt for Arizona against the Cowboys last week.What could be more GOOD and NORMAL and AMERICAN than Packer Football?Comment
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Ahman Green was as quick as Jones and as strong as Dillon. His only real downside was that he didn't have great hands.Originally posted by texaspackerbacker View Post"The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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He fumbled a lot.Comment
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Though I recall that somewhere along the way - maybe his second or third year in Green Bay? - he stopped wearing gloves, and that helped.Originally posted by smuggler View Post
But yes, that was his kryptonite.
So . . . who was the greatest running back you ever saw for Green Bay? I go as far back as remembering John Brockington, and I'd have to say Ahman Green was, for me, the best running back I've ever seen in the Green and Gold, fumbleitis and all. He had power and speed and good vision - really good vision.
I think Eddie Lee Ivery could have been one of the greats, but he was injured and in those days, you didn't come back from knee injuries like you do today.
Before he got too big, I think Eddie Lacey was pretty remarkable, too."The Devine era is actually worse than you remember if you go back and look at it."
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A lot of great running backs fumble a lot because they don't go down easily. The list of running backs with the most career fumbles is quite impressive. https://www.statmuse.com/nfl/ask/mos...a-running-back
Ahman Green was a great back. But he is not on the list.I can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud
But they've summoned, they've summoned up
A thundercloud
They're going to hear from me - Leonard CohenComment
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I don't recall too many Green fumbles. I also don't recall exceptional power running from him. He had wicked straight ahead speed, but he wasn't near as shifty as Aaron Jones. I'd taker either of them ahead of any other Packer RB mentioned in this thread, though. The only one in my long lifetime I'd take over them is Jim Taylor.What could be more GOOD and NORMAL and AMERICAN than Packer Football?Comment
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Ahman always fumbled a lot early in the year when it was hot because he sweated profusely. The second half of seasons he’d seldom fumble. It evened out. Way back in the day I think we had threads on here showing that Ahman’s fumble rate was lower than Jim Taylor and a lot of great RBs. Ahman could catch the ball too. He had 4 straight years with 50+ receptions (career high was 73) and 372 career receptions. I love Jones and Dillon, but Ahman was easily the best Packers RB I’ve ever seen."There's a lot of interest in the draft. It's great. But quite frankly, most of the people that are commenting on it don't know anything about what they are talking about."--Ted ThompsonComment
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Agreed Harv, he was badass. Turn a screen pass into a 80yd TD like nothing. MFer was gone once the wheels got moving.
Wasn’t it the rubbery Batman forearm guards that caused the fumbling due to him sweating a lot?
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Yeah he liked to protect those elbows, but eventually he swapped to some fiber based white ones and it helped the fumbling.Comment
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Aaron Jones is running really strong right now. He’s gonna be a force in the post season.Formerly known as JustinHarrell.Comment
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