Matt Forte vs. Chris Johnson (Two Of 2008's Best RB's)

[MIKE75]

Chris Johnson drafted 2008 1st rd,Pick 24 By Titans

2,163 carries, 9,651 yards, 4.5 average, 55 TD's
307 catches, 2,255 yards, 9 TD's


Career awards and highlights


*Ran a record breaking 4.24 seconds in the 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine.

*NFL Offensive Player of the Year -2009

*NFL record 2,509 total yards from scrimmage most all time (broke Marshall Faulk's record)-2009

*Won the rushing title with 2,006 yards (the sixth of only seven players ever to gain over 2,000 in a season)-2009

*Only player in NFL history with 6 touchdown runs of over 80 yards. No other player has more than four.

*With his three touchdown runs of 85 or more yards in 2009 (91, 89, 85), and one in 2012 (94), he is the only player in NFL history to register four career touchdown runs of 85 or more yards. No other player has more than two such career touchdown runs.

*Only player in NFL history to run for 3 80-yard touchdown runs in a single season on more than one occasion (2009, 2012).

*Only player in NFL history with a touchdown of 50 yards, 60 yards, and 90 yards, in one game. (Week 2 against the Texans, 2009)

*Became the first player in NFL history with at least 2,000 rushing yards and 50 receptions in the same season.

*He became the first player in NFL history with six consecutive games of 125+ rushing yards and a 5.0+ yards per carry average in each of those games (Breaking Jim Brown's record set in 1958 of five consecutive games).

*Rushed for more than 100 yards in 12 consecutive games (10/18/09 - 9/12/10), which ranks second in NFL history (Barry Sanders, 14).






Matt Forte drafted 2008 2nd rd,Pick 44 By Bears

2,356 carries, 9,796 yards, 4.2 average, 54 TD's
554 catches, 4,672 yards, 21 TD's


Career awards and highlights


Bears Franchise Records

• Most rush attempts, rookie season (316)
• 2008 NFL All Rookie Team
  
• Most receptions, rookie season (63)
• Most yards from scrimmage, rookie season (1,715)
• Most receptions, post-season game (10, 2011-01-23 GNB)
• Games with 3+ TDs in a season (2 in 2013, tied with Gale Sayers, Walter Payton, and Neal Anderson)

 

[Rock Strongo]

i will always give johnson props for being the only titan to show up in foxboro one snowy sunday.

i think the titans had -2 yards passing over 2 QB's that day. johnson ran for like 130.

Tennessee Titans at New England Patriots - October 18th, 2009 | Pro-Football-Reference.com

brady threw 6 TD's, and johnson just kept tying.

 

[MIKE75]

Both are a mere couple hundred yards from the 10,000 mark.

Being a Titans fan i can remember how awesome CJ was when he arrived in the NFL. He broke records held by Jim Brown,Barry Sanders,Marshall Faulk and broke off many long runs. CJ Had over sixteen runs and five catches fifty yards or greater for a total of twenty one plays that went for fifty yards or greater. Had it not been for a holding call by Hoculi in the last game of the season CJ would've broke the Dickerson record they called a 75 yard run back. Years later Hoculi admitted he messed up the call.

I really liked Forte a lot as well.

 

[BottleWalk]

I'm sure it's not a mistake that the Johnson stuff is in bigger font than the Forte stuff, or that you made this thread at this moment of course.

I understand wanting to reflect on Johnson's accomplishments, though. After all he's the only noteworthy player the Titans have had in more than a decade, and even he was kind of a fad.

While the Bears and Jets in that time have also been pretty irrelevant, Forte has had a nice career and while unspectacular, maintained a good level of play for a while. He deserves praise for that.

 

[MIKE75]

i will always give johnson props for being the only titan to show up in foxboro one snowy sunday.

i think the titans had -2 yards passing over 2 QB's that day. johnson ran for like 130.

Tennessee Titans at New England Patriots - October 18th, 2009 | Pro-Football-Reference.com

brady threw 6 TD's, and johnson just kept tying.

Not one of our best days. Terrible

Whats crazy is to this day CJ still holds the most yards from scrimmage and also the most TD runs over 80 yards. He broke records by Jim Brown,Barry Sanders,Marshall Faulk. If he comes back next season he will go over 10,000 yards.

 

[MIKE75]

I'm sure it's not a mistake that the Johnson stuff is in bigger font than the Forte stuff, or that you made this thread at this moment of course.

I understand wanting to reflect on Johnson's accomplishments, though. After all he's the only noteworthy player the Titans have had in more than a decade, and even he was kind of a fad.

While the Bears and Jets in that time have also been pretty irrelevant, Forte has had a nice career and while unspectacular, maintained a good level of play for a while. He deserves praise for that.

I ran out of edit time, I was gonna match fonts. Love Forte he was awesome.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Not one of our best days. Terrible

Whats crazy is to this day CJ still holds the most yards from scrimmage and also the most TD runs over 80 yards. He broke records by Jim Brown,Barry Sanders,Marshall Faulk. If he comes back next season he will go over 10,000 yards.

well, he also wanted 2k yards...selfish or not, in 2009. its part of the reason he kept going...but, he did.

 

[SteelersPride]

two diffrent backs, both pretty fn good, if they each hit 10k they may have made HOF