OK, he fumble(s)d, but can we talk about Cook's season, historically, please?

[SoCal Deek]

So he only needs 700 yards on Sunday to pass the mark that OJ set in a 14 game season? Come on boys! Put your backs into it…dammit! 

[WotAGuy]

1 hour ago, hondo in seattle said:

Cook is a good back, and I like watching him work.  But he wouldn't achieve the stats he's attaining now on the 1970s Bills versus 1970s run-first defenses.  

I think he would still be very successful if transported back to the 70s. He’s not built to take the pounding RBs had to back then, but his burst and vision translate to any era.  Cribbs did ok in 1980, so I feel like Cook would have good numbers (e.g. YPC), just not a heavy workload like OJ got. 

[HOUSE]

Oh I see

Dollars 2 Donuts is really James Cook

I knew it...WE PAID YOU BIG MONEY, DON'T FUMBLE

Edited 55 minutes ago by HOUSE

[hondo in seattle]

56 minutes ago, WotAGuy said:

I think he would still be very successful if transported back to the 70s. He’s not built to take the pounding RBs had to back then, but his burst and vision translate to any era.  Cribbs did ok in 1980, so I feel like Cook would have good numbers (e.g. YPC), just not a heavy workload like OJ got. 

 

I agree with your remarks about his burst and vision.  

 

He's not elusive like Barry Sanders, nor powerful like Earl Campbell, nor a freakishly elite athlete like OJ.  But sometimes I'm amazed at the creases Cook sees, and how quickly he gets to them.