Todd Gurley's Best plays from 2017

[Lunchbox]

Lest we forget what it was like to have a game changer at RB. Gurley at his best below. Shame that his career was cut so short.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94KJZ250fz8

 

[thirteen28]

God I miss Gurley and I miss having a franchise back. When you have a guy like that it opens up so many more possibilities with your offense.

 

[Da-Rock]

He was everything McVay needed for his offense. He was the reason I loved that offense and not so much to anything recent.

 

[Lunchbox]

At the risk of overkill, here is a career retrospective. We've been blessed with an incredible number of great backs in the Rams history. Fun in the middle of a season that hasn't gone the way we've hoped to look back at the most recent.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB5S_t0k13U

 

[Merlin]

Glorious. One of the greatest RBs for a team that has had the greatest RBs in this league.

 

[Merlin]

Hey Les... Draft a good goddamn back and fix the OL and everyone will be geniuses again.

 

[IBruce80]

Brings a tear to my eye.
Gurley was great.

 

[Flint]

I can’t bear to watch the vid

 

[Ramlife]

Jeff Fisher drafted Gurley.. he helped Mcvay explode onto the scene. Mcvay hasnt come close to replacing Gurley.. maybe he and Snead will realize that something has to be done about the running game this offseason. One can wish.

 

[brucebruce]

At the risk of overkill, here is a career retrospective. We've been blessed with an incredible number of great backs in the Rams history. Fun in the middle of a season that hasn't gone the way we've hoped to look back at the most recent.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB5S_t0k13U

best gurley video i've seen.

ooof, the rams really screwed up their new unis.

 

[tklongball]

Man he was fun to watch. Cool to see the O-line making holes for a back and not being driven into the backfield, also.

 

[Rams8821]

Gurley was great, yet we never won a SB with him.....

 

[HitStick]

I’d take prime Gurley over any Rams running back not named Faulk.

I’d also take almost any offense line other than the one we currently have.

 

[Tano]

I’d take prime Gurley over any Rams running back not named Faulk.

I’d also take almost any offense line other than the one we currently have.

I don't know - I really liked Dickerson

And if we only had the 70s 80s OL

 

[Lunchbox]

I’d take prime Gurley over any Rams running back not named Faulk.

Me too. He had it all, size, speed, hands, vision, etc. and could do everything you want from a back at a very high level.

I’d also take almost any offense line other than the one we currently have.

I remember some pretty bad ones from the Fisher era I wouldn't be anxious to see again.

 

[Memento]

I’d take prime Gurley over any Rams running back not named Faulk.

I’d also take almost any offense line other than the one we currently have.

I disagree on both counts.

Prime S-Jax had more yards from scrimmage than damn near everyone. When he had a good offensive line, he was the best running back in football not named LT. With a bad one, with no weapon around but him, even with injuries, he was still a 1,000 rushing yard running back who was an elite pass-catcher and pass-blocker. Gurley at his best was amazing, but when he had nothing around but him, he struggled mightily. S-Jax would still be a 1,000 rushing yard running back behind any line; I can't say that for Gurley. And I may be a S-Jax homer, but I wouldn't take him or Gurley over Dickerson and Faulk.

As for offensive lines? Between 2007-2012, we had offensive O-lines. Like, we sucked, not just because of injury, but even with healthy offensive lines. We were playing names like Jacob Bell, Jason Brown, Adam Goldberg, Brett Romburg, Mark Setterstrom, Claude Terrell, Jason Smith, etc. We SUCKED back then. This offensive line is just decimated. The ones we had in the past were decimated AND they sucked elephant balls.

 

[HitStick]

I disagree on both counts.

Prime S-Jax had more yards from scrimmage than damn near everyone. When he had a good offensive line, he was the best running back in football not named LT. With a bad one, with no weapon around but him, even with injuries, he was still a 1,000 rushing yard running back who was an elite pass-catcher and pass-blocker. Gurley at his best was amazing, but when he had nothing around but him, he struggled mightily. S-Jax would still be a 1,000 rushing yard running back behind any line; I can't say that for Gurley. And I may be a S-Jax homer, but I wouldn't take him or Gurley over Dickerson and Faulk.

As for offensive lines? Between 2007-2012, we had offensive O-lines. Like, we sucked, not just because of injury, but even with healthy offensive lines. We were playing names like Jacob Bell, Jason Brown, Adam Goldberg, Brett Romburg, Mark Setterstrom, Claude Terrell, Jason Smith, etc. We SUCKED back then. This offensive line is just decimated. The ones we had in the past were decimated AND they sucked elephant balls.

I guess it depends on your preference, I suppose. I love me some SJax. I have his jersey framed on my wall.

But Gurley has more touchdowns in 5 less years. Hard to argue that Gurley would have absolutely destroyed SJaxs rams records if he stayed healthy. Gurley was a touchdown machine.

I guess in reality both were in different situations. It’s hard to compare. I love the grit of (entire career) SJax, but I love the absolute dominance of a prime Gurley.

I can’t comment on Dickerson, I was too young.

Faulk is in his own tier imo

 

[Memento]

I guess it depends on your preference, I suppose. I love me some SJax. I have his jersey framed on my wall.

But Gurley has more touchdowns in 5 less years. Hard to argue that Gurley would have absolutely destroyed SJaxs rams records if he stayed healthy. Gurley was a touchdown machine.

I guess in reality both were in different situations. It’s hard to compare. I love the grit of (entire career) SJax, but I love the absolute dominance of a prime Gurley.

I can’t comment on Dickerson, I was too young.

Faulk is in his own tier imo

2006-2007 S-Jax had a better season than any of Gurley's. I'm not denying that Gurley was dominant; he was. But S-Jax nearly got 2,500 yards from scrimmage in that season, along with ninety receptions for a little more than 800 yards - and that was his prime, working behind a good offensive line (Alex Barron aside).

Still, it's nothing compared to Dickerson and Faulk.

 

[rafa]

i miss Gurley .. and i really miss our last year's OL

 

[Loyal]

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