Pete Prisco Insults L.J., Leaves Him Off Top 50
The Star’s Jeffry Flanagan actually found this, but next time, Flanny, include a link to the story you are referencing. Otherwise we don’t know what the hell you’re talking about until we go over to CBS Sportsline and dig the article up ourselves. That’s way too much work for your average lazybones blog reader, man.
Anyway, on to that hack Pete Prisco’s Top 50 NFL Players list. First off, as I’ve pointed out before, the name Pete Prisco makes the guy sound like a mob goon. Good thing he’s not, because he’d get whacked for an eff up like this if he was actually in the mafia. We appreciate Tony Gonzalez being listed at 46, but what’s up with Larry Johnson’s exclusion. Is Fred Taylor really better than our Iron Man? Seriously? You can say that with a straight face? Taylor has been a very good player during the course of his career, but this isn’t the lifetime achievement list. No way in hell is Taylor the more talented player. Nobody in there right mind is buying that.
What about Wes Welker, essentially a one-year wonder who benefited by being the guy who was always open in the highest scoring offense in NFL History? What about ranking Mario Williams sixth? Even Mario’s mama doesn’t think he’s that super. Ernie Sims? Drew Brees? Aaron Kampman? Prisco, you’ve gotta be out of your mind.
We’ll revisit this topic in a year, Pete, and see how you feel about leaving L.J. off your list then. My guess is that you’re going to be downright embarassed after he posts another 1,700-yard season. I’m still shaking my head in bewilderment at this one…
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Prisco is a man of keen insight.
June 28th, 2008 at 4:01 pmDan you just love him cause he loves Purple
“Pete Prisco and Dr. Z are official Friends of the Purple.”
June 28th, 2008 at 4:23 pmTruer words have never been spoken!
June 28th, 2008 at 4:46 pmI read the article but didn’t actually look for the list - as I’m also cooking up some grub at the moment… But if it’s not a lifetime acheivement award as you say, and is more like a ‘what have you done for me lately’ format.. Then he’s got every right to leave LJ off the list. Shaky line or not, LJ could have produced more. Dismal totals in every category and a below 3.0 ypc average doesn’t make you a Top 50 player in the NFL. I agree, when he’s healthy, he’s easily in the top 3 RB’s in the league, and will be up there (possibly top 10) but until he proves to everyone that he can come back after busting his butt in ‘06, and then sucking, and getting hurt for half of ‘07… Prisco’s correct, he’s not a Top 50 NFL player at the moment. Hopefully LJ can come back and rub his nose in this trash, because we all know his potential, but who knows.. Maybe the 416 carries really did put a beating on the 29 year old work horse.
On a sidenote: I’d still not have Fred Taylor on there. He’s had a solid career, but nothing too spectacular.
June 28th, 2008 at 7:49 pmOh come oooooon now. You decide to go after Fred Taylor, the only Jaguar on the list (even though Garrard is the one who had the amazing season) who is 49th on the list?
Also, he’s got like 4.7 career yards per carry which is something like THIRD IN ALL TIME IN THE NFL HISTORY EVER EVER EVER. And he hit his 10,000th yard last year and got his first pro-bowl appearance. So yeah. Last year was a pretty big year for Freddy T.
June 29th, 2008 at 1:52 pmhey, i was just over checkin out arrowhead pride and they have an awesome Ja Cha video, i think the kid is gonna compliment LJ very well and eventually become more, we oughta have a spot on here where we can put videos we find for all of us to check em out
June 29th, 2008 at 2:50 pmYou can just search our video category:
http://arrowheadaddict.com/category/chiefs/chiefs-video/
June 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pmFred Taylor is good, Jeanne, but Larry Johnson is an elite player. I honestly don’t think there’s a defense out there that fears Taylor more than L.J. I don’t.
June 29th, 2008 at 8:28 pmThe Steelers do! Fred Taylor completely destroys them. He broke the “most yards allowed” record against them and then came back like six years later and broke it again.
And you can’t say that Fred didn’t suffer from being on a low radar team. He’s had 7 1,000 yard season and that is with him being injured half the time. No one really even talked about how amazing it was that he broke the 10,000 yard mark and that he is 17th in all time rushing. After missing about two and half seasons to injury.
June 29th, 2008 at 8:41 pmJeanne has some great points, Adam. Fred Taylor has had a fantastic career despite injury, etc. He’s one of the greats.
I agree that Larry Johnson should probably crack the list, but perhaps not at the expense of Fred Taylor.
June 29th, 2008 at 9:04 pmThis isn’t the career achievement awards, people. This is which guy would you rather have playing for your team, right now? I’m pretty sure L.J. would be just about every GM in the NFL’s choice.
June 30th, 2008 at 12:34 amWell, consider this Adam:
Is this list an annual sort of thing? If this ranks the top 50 players RIGHT NOW, based on the most recent season, LJ should not even be considered for it. He had a pedestrian season in ‘07. Fred Taylor, on the other hand, greatly complemented a team that played into January.
Even if the list has never been done by this source before, I’m fairly sure that’s how it was intended. It can’t really be argued that LJ had his most horrid season starting ever in 2007. Even before the injury, it was relatively painful to watch. Let’s just hope he makes the list next year.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:00 amYah Dwight Freeney and Steven Jackson had down seasons too. I am not worried about LJ, if Fred Taylor or any other RB ran behind that line last year they would look awful too. LJ was barely left off that list, he doesnt get hurt he is on it.
If LJ has a bad season this year than I will worry, but almost everyone on the Chiefs had a horrid season last year.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:59 amPlus, we were 4-4 with L.J., and beating the Packers and driving when he went down. We were 0-8 without him. That being said, I can’t possibly imagine that he isn’t one of the 50 best players in the league, based on his importance to the Chiefs. He really wasn’t that bad early on, despite no line and playing against monstrous front sevens (SD, MIN, JAX, etc…). I just can’t wait until L.J. steps back on the field and silences his critics. Been waiting for that day for too long now.
June 30th, 2008 at 1:54 pmHe averaged 3.5 yards a carry and 6.2 yards a reception. He had 3 TDs in 8 games. How was he not doing that bad?
Fred Taylor averaged 5.4 YPC last season and 5.0 the year before that, with over 1,000 yards each season. That’s with Maurice Jones-Drew sharing carries.
I don’t Larry Johnson not making this list has anything to do with anyone criticizing him. It’s not like anyone specifically left him off the list as a personal slight against him. He just didn’t make the cut after the season he just had.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:02 pm