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Originally Posted by pacificscrub
Jamal is a fill-in, not a "re-loading" type player. If you're depending on him to carry you beyond this year, you are in deeply serious.
BTW - I have to admit that it's rather funny watching you rag on someone for comparing a contract to the previous year, then trying to justify the price you paid for an aging RB to only his previous year's numbers when his 3yr avg prior to that was 6tds and 1000 yards a season. Even if you discount his age and the ankle problems he's had in the past, I'd hardly call 3500 a steal for those numbers.
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How about the fact that the previous 3 years shouldn't count at all because he's changed teams! Jamal Lewis battled injuries and was forced to be THE ENTIRE Baltimore offense. In Cleveland he appears healthy, but more importantly he doesn't have to carry their offense with Derek Anderson, Kellen Winslow, and Braylon Edwards to give him room to operate.
People keep callin Jamal Lewis old but take a look at this....
Jamal Lewis Career: 2120 carries, 28 years old
RB ?????: 2365 carries, 28 years old
Who is that???
That is LT
So if you guys strongly believe LT can continue his pace (you obviously do payingout 6500 cb), there is no reason that Jamal Lewis can't maintain his performance in Cleveland.
Again, I'm not saying that Jamal Lewis will be better than LT, but Jamal Lewis isn't the dog that many of you guys make him out to be.