Corey Dillon By The Numbers

[Mr.Automatic]

I don't know about you guys, but I can't wait to see this guy pound the ball on Sunday!

From USA Today:

1,635 Rushing yards Corey Dillon gained during the regular season, a career high that ranked third in the NFL and set a Patriots franchise record.

6.3 The average yards-per-carry by Dillon during his playoff debut on Sunday, when he gained 144 yards on 23 rushes in a 20-3 victory against the Indianapolis Colts.

12 Dillon's rushing touchdown total for the regular season, a career high.

345 The number of rushing attempts by Dillon during the regular season, a career high that ranked second in Patriots' history.

278 The number of yards that Dillon rushed for against the Denver Broncos on Oct. 22, 2000 while playing for the Cincinnati Bengals, which at the time was NFL's single-game rushing record.

34th The round that Dillon was selected in by the San Diego Padres, as an outfielder in the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft

Nice article here: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/footb...elighted_x.htm

[Ranger_Rick]

Lets look further at his stats & the rushing defense rankings() of the opposing teams

09/09 Indianapolis(24) W 27-24 86yds
09/19 @Arizona(27) W 23-12 158yds
10/03 @Buffalo(7) W 31-17 79yds
10/10 Miami(31) W 24-10 94yds
10/17 Seattle(23) W 30-20 105yds
10/24 New York(5) W 13-7 115yds
10/31 @Pittsburgh L 20-34 Did Not Play
11/07 @St. Louis(29) W 40-22 112yds
11/14 Buffalo(7) W 29-6 151yds
11/22 @Kansas City(12) W 27-19 98yds
11/28 Baltimore(8) W 24-3 123yds
12/05 @Cleveland(32) W 42-15 100yds
12/12 Cincinnati(26) W 35-28 88yds
12/20 @Miami(31) L 28-29 121yds
12/26 @New York(5) W 23-7 89yds
01/02 San Francisco(20) W 21-7 116yds

Average Rank of opposing teams: 19

Top Running Backs vs. Steeler(1) defense:

Tiki Barber: 12/18 18att 76yds

Rudi Johnson: 11/21 16att 62yds, 10/03 24att 123

Clinton Portis: 11/28 6att 17yds

Fred Taylor: 12/05 27att 76yds

Willis McGahee: 01/02 18att 79yds (Against Pittsburgh's F-Troop)

Jamal Lewis: 09/19 24att 62yds, 12/26 14att 26yds

Curtis Martin: 12/12 6-17 24att 72yds, 01/15 19att 77yds

Brian Westbrook: 11/07 6att 17yds

Totals: 196att/687yds 62.4yds/game

I can't wait to see him pound the ball too! I expect to see Kendrell Bell out there in some situations on Sunday , a run stopping machine.

[UConnSteelerFan]

Why would anyone be scared of a dumbshit injured guy who doesn't know the defensive scheme at all and hangs out with Mark Madden, #1 closet Brownstain fan/Steeler reporter? I'd rather have James Harrison trying to play MLB than have Bell out there.

[BizarroAnnihilus]

Originally posted by Ranger_Rick
Lets look further at his stats & the rushing defense rankings() of the opposing teams

OK then, let's look a little more closely at the stats you provided (for the sake of brevity, I'm going to assume they are accurrate) and take off all those 'crappy run defenses' listed in there so we can see his numbers against those teams only in the top 10:

10/03 @Buffalo(7) W 31-17 79yds
10/24 New York(5) W 13-7 115yds
11/14 Buffalo(7) W 29-6 151yds
11/28 Baltimore(8) W 24-3 123yds
12/26 @New York(5) W 23-7 89yds
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Average Ranking of those 5 Teams: 6.4
Average Rushing yards against those 5 Teams: 111.4

Not too shabby. Thanks for pointing that out.

[Ranger_Rick]

Originally posted by UConnSteelerFan
Why would anyone be scared of a dumbshit injured guy who doesn't know the defensive scheme at all and hangs out with Mark Madden, #1 closet Brownstain fan/Steeler reporter? I'd rather have James Harrison trying to play MLB than have Bell out there.

Kendrell Bell is a playoff tested monster, admit it, & if you saw him in an airport you'd knock a handicapped guy out of his wheelchair for an autograph. I knew Madden when he covered my high school football team when I played in the 80's, if you listen to him, you're a bigger jackass than I first suspected.

[Ranger_Rick]

Originally posted by Annihilus
OK then, let's look a little more closely at the stats you provided (for the sake of brevity, I'm going to assume they are accurrate) and take off all those 'crappy run defenses' listed in there so we can see his numbers against those teams only in the top 10:

10/03 @Buffalo(7) W 31-17 79yds
10/24 New York(5) W 13-7 115yds
11/14 Buffalo(7) W 29-6 151yds
11/28 Baltimore(8) W 24-3 123yds
12/26 @New York(5) W 23-7 89yds
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Average Ranking of those 5 Teams: 6.4
Average Rushing yards against those 5 Teams: 111.4

Not too shabby. Thanks for pointing that out.

I'll give you New York & Baltimore, but Buffalo's starters couldn't stop the Steeler's Willie Parker when they were fighting for a playoff spot! The second game against new york I should have had his attempts....

10/24 New York(5) W 13-7 115yds
12/26 @New York(5) W 23-7 89yds
11/28 Baltimore(8) W 24-3 123yds

[BizarroAnnihilus]

Originally posted by Ranger_Rick
I'll give you New York & Baltimore, but Buffalo's starters couldn't stop the Steeler's Willie Parker when they were fighting for a playoff spot! The second game against new york I should have had his attempts....

10/24 New York(5) W 13-7 115yds
12/26 @New York(5) W 23-7 89yds
11/28 Baltimore(8) W 24-3 123yds

OK then - that would work out to

109 Yards against average of #6 defense. Just about the same.

[Ranger_Rick]

Originally posted by UConnSteelerFan
Why would anyone be scared of a dumbshit injured guy who doesn't know the defensive scheme at all and hangs out with Mark Madden, #1 closet Brownstain fan/Steeler reporter? I'd rather have James Harrison trying to play MLB than have Bell out there.

Here's the scheme for Kendrell Bell, "There's the ball...Tackle" he always came out on nickel/dime coverages, you mean to tell me you wouldn't take an 80% Kendrell Bell? Good Lord...

[Ranger_Rick]

Originally posted by Annihilus
OK then - that would work out to

109 Yards against average of #6 defense. Just about the same.

Or you could say, he hasn't had over 100 yds against a top 10 defense away from Gillette....I like that stat better, remember, Buffalo does not count!

[Uncle_Tom_Brady]

Originally posted by Ranger_Rick

Rudi Johnson: 11/21 16att 62yds, 10/03 24att 123

I can't wait to see him pound the ball too! I expect to see Kendrell Bell out there in some situations on Sunday , a run stopping machine.

Neither can I, I mean his scrappy backup in Cinci put up some pretty good numbers against that unstopabble D.

[Steve1]

I'm so sick of hearing this crap from "know-nothings". I'll live through it again though, and live to enjoy it.

Crap like "Indianapolis is an offensive juggernaut, and they will score alot of points vs. the Patriots". How did that work out for ya, Indy and nfl fans alike?

Or how about "The Patriot's defensive backfield will be shredded by all comers", after they lost Ty Law, Tyrone Poole, and for significant periods, Assante Samuel and Randall Gay, if memory serves me right on Randall. Okay, I thought it might be a disaster at times, but how did that work out? Not so bad, at last look, after all. In fact, the Patriots' secondary played a stellar game Sunday vs. the 4th-highest rated nfl offense of all time (Indy). So, we can all shut the hell up about that!

Here we go....now it's "The Patriots will not be able to run the ball vs. Pittsburgh. Just look at the rushing stats this year vs. Pittsburgh. Forget running effectively, if at all." Well, you know what I think, I think the Pitt fans can blow it out their arses. I think Corey Dillon is going to have another monster game....this time vs. the supposed most fantastic run-defense around. And he will help lead the Patriots to victory Sunday. Just my opinion.

[Ranger_Rick]

Originally posted by Steve1
I'm so sick of hearing this crap from "no-nothings". I'll live through it again though, and live to enjoy it.

Crap like "Indianapolis is an offensive juggernaut, and they will score alot of points vs. the Patriots". How did that work out for ya, Indy and nfl fans alike?

Or how about "The Patriot's defensive backfield will be shredded by all comers", after they lost Ty Law, Tyrone Poole, and for significant periods, Assante Samuel and Randall Gay, if memory serves me right on Randall. Okay, I thought it might be a disaster at times, but how did that work out? Not so bad, at last look, after all. In fact, the Patriots' secondary played a stellar game Sunday vs. the 4th-highest rated nfl offense of all time (Indy). So, we can all shut the hell up about that!

Here we go....now it's "The Patriots will not be able to run the ball vs. Pittsburgh. Just look at the rushing stats this year vs. Pittsburgh. Forget running effectively, if at all." Well, you know what I think, I think the Pitt fans can blow it out their arses. I think Corey Dillon is going to have another monster game....this time vs. the supposed most fantastic run-defense around. And he will help lead the Patriots to victory Sunday. Just my opinion.

This isn't about your opinion, this is about statistics, they don't lie, Rudi Johnson did put up over 100 yds, and...I never said Dillion wouldn't take over, I think it's worth looking at the numbers a little deeper than relying on a USA Today feel good story...

[bideau]

Originally posted by Ranger_Rick
This isn't about your opinion, this is about statistics, they don't lie, Rudi Johnson did put up over 100 yds, and...I never said Dillion wouldn't take over, I think it's worth looking at the numbers a little deeper than relying on a USA Today feel good story...

You want to talk about the numbers, but you freely dismiss Buffalo's defense just because you beat them with subs. You can't have it both ways. Over a 16 game schedule, they were still the 7th ranked rush defense.

Anni's original analysis is still the most telling.

[Ranger_Rick]

Originally posted by bideau
You want to talk about the numbers, but you freely dismiss Buffalo's defense just because you beat them with subs. You can't have it both ways. Over a 16 game schedule, they were still the 7th ranked rush defense.

Anni's original analysis is still the most telling.

I can have it both ways, I was in the stands at that Buffalo game & that team SUCKS! plain and simple. Speaking of numbers I'm going to go back & see the teams Buffalo beat on their big "Streak". The fact that we are having this back & forth is laughable. At the beginning of the season NOBODY would have the Steelers in the position they are in right now, 16-1 AFCCG, not even their own fans. The Steelers are not supposed to be here, the Patriots are, & the thought of the mighty Patriots losing TWICE to a team that was 6-10 last year that couldn't get out of it's own way, with a rookie QB, an old man at RB, a backup at nose-tackle, 2 backup linebackers, 2 inexperienced safeties, an old man at corner, a guy with a busted hand at the other corner, and a head coach that has never won a big game lets me have it both ways....

[UConnSteelerFan]

Originally posted by Ranger_Rick
Kendrell Bell is a playoff tested monster, admit it, & if you saw him in an airport you'd knock a handicapped guy out of his wheelchair for an autograph. I knew Madden when he covered my high school football team in the 80's & wouldn't consider myself sane to listen to his fatass on the radio.

Yeah, one game against a Brownstain team that absolutely torched us is "playoff-tested". Larry Foote is as playoff tested as Bell is. If I had the chance, I'd get an autograph just to have time to tell him I hope he finds a nice new home where he and his sandy vagina can live in peace.

Originally posted by Ranger_Rick
Here's the scheme for Kendrell Bell, "There's the ball...Tackle" he always came out on nickel/dime coverages, you mean to tell me you wouldn't take an 80% Kendrell Bell? Good Lord...

Whoa, whoa, that's too many words for Kendrell to remember. You have to tell him "Get ball." And say it slowly for understanding, but quick enough that he doesn't forget.

I wouldn't take a 200% Kendrell Bell.