Why isnt marion barber III starting for the boys??

Lothar52

this guy runs downhill like a freight-train...never wanting to be tackled...you can see the difference in a RB who wants to get 5 yards and avoid a hit and one who wants to go for a TD every time he touches the ball....the difference is marion barber vs edgerrin james...the eagles should have drafted barber big-time!!!!

estang

I think there's a trend not to give rookie running back the vast majority of carries any longer. It used to be rookies would consistently come into the league and put up monster numbers. Now it seems in the last 5 years that their carries are held back or they don't even start at all.

EDITED TO ADD: He's a Gopher. Gophers don't earn respect. See Laurance Maroney. He's clearly superior than Corey Dillon, but rides the pine. Barber, while not a rookie --- should have been playing ahead of Julius Jones since he entered the league. Another spurned Gopher.


Notable Rookie Running Back Seasons since 1977:

1977 dal | 14 | 208 1007 4.8 12 TDs ---- HOF Tony Dorsett
1978 hou | 15 | 302 1450 4.8 13 TDs ---- HOF Earl Campbell
1979 stl | 16 | 331 1605 4.8 8 TDs ---- Otis Anderson
1980 det | 16 | 313 1303 4.2 13 TDs ---- Billy Sims
1981 nor | 15 | 378 1674 4.4 13 TDs ---- George Rogers
1982 rai | 9 | 160 697 4.4 11 TDs (strike season) --- HOF Marcus Allen
1983 ram | 16 | 390 1808 4.6 18 TDs ---- HOF Eric Dickerson
1986 nor | 16 | 286 1353 4.7 8 TDs --- Reuben Mays
1988 nwe | 16 | 297 1168 3.9 4 TDs --- John Stephens
1988 cin | 16 | 203 1066 5.3 15 TDs --- Ickey Woods
1989 det | 15 | 280 1470 5.2 14 TDs --- HOF Barry Sanders
1990 dal | 16 | 241 937 3.9 11 TDs --- HOF to-be Emmit Smith
1993 ram | 16 | 294 1429 4.9 7 TDs --- HOF to-be Jerome Bettis
1994 ind | 16 | 314 1282 4.1 11 TDs --- HOF to-be Marshall Faulk
1995 nwe | 16 | 368 1487 4.0 14 TDs --- Curtis Martin
1995 den | 14 | 237 1117 4.7 7 TDs --- Terrell Davis
1996 hou | 16 | 335 1368 4.1 8 TDs --- Eddie George
1997 cin | 16 | 233 1129 4.8 10 TDs --- Corey Dillon
1998 jax | 15 | 264 1223 4.6 14 TDs --- Fred Taylor
1999 ind | 16 | 369 1553 4.2 13 TDs --- HOF to-be Edgerrin James
2000 den | 14 | 297 1487 5.0 15 TDs --- Mike Anderson
2000 bal | 16 | 309 1364 4.4 6 TDs --- Jamal Lewis
2001 sdg | 16 | 339 1236 3.6 10 TDs --- HOF to-be Ladainian Tomlinson
2002 den | 16 | 273 1508 5.5 15 TDs --- Clinton Portis
2004 buf | 16 | 284 1128 4.0 13 TDs --- Willis McGahee

BigRedMachine

????

Marion is not a rookie. So I'm confused as to the rookie stats.

Barber is a stud and a workhorse. Parcells seems to start Jones just to be dimplomatic, watches him get his 2 yards per carry, then brings in Barber for goal line and second half work.

I haven't checked the stats, but if you looked to see who gets the most fourth quarter carries, I wouldn't think it would be close. Barber is in the game when the game is on the line. And for good reason.

shawn

lawnmowerman

<< <i>this guy runs downhill like a freight-train...never wanting to be tackled...you can see the difference in a RB who wants to get 5 yards and avoid a hit and one who wants to go for a TD every time he touches the ball >>



You are absolutely right. Jones is good but I think Marion should be the starter and Jones should be the change of pace guy. Marion would be a starter on any other team.

SoFLPhillyFan

It's in Parcell's contract as part of the management's requirements. Anyone with the last name of Jones must start every game.

That's what happens when you work for the anti - Christ.