I thought it might be fun to compare Ricky and Ronnie's production after their first 3 seasons and 3 games in the league. Here's what I came up with: *Both Ricky and Ronnie missed significant time due to injury. -Ricky missed 10 games in his first 3 seasons -Ronnie missed 13 games in his first 3 seasons Ricky (1999 thru 3rd game of 2002 season) -41 games played -882 rushing attempts -3,523 rushing yards (3.99 rushing yards per carry) -19 rushing touchdowns (1:46 touchdown to carry ratio) -143 receptions -1,237 receiving yards (8.65 yards per catch) -3 receiving touchdowns (1:47 touchdown to catch ratio) *4,760 total yards *22 total touchdowns (1 touchdown every 47 touches) -21 total fumbles (12 lost for a turnover) Ronnie (2005 thru 3rd game of 2008 season) -38 games played -601 rushing attempts -2,678 rushing yards (4.46 rushing yards per carry) -18 rushing touchdowns (1:33 touchdown to carry ratio) -110 receptions -953 yards (8.7 yards per catch) -2 receiving touchdowns (1:55 touchdown to catch ratio) *3,631 total yards *21 total touchdowns (1 touchdown every 34 touches) -8 total fumbles (6 lost for a turnover) Make what you will of the numbers, but it seems quite apparent that Ronnie is capable of matching Ricky's production. Let's just hope that Ronnie can stay healthy and make the quantum leap that Ricky made in his fourth season, because he's still 26 years old and should have plenty of big years ahead of him if he can stay on the field.
Here's what I make of the numbers... We have two high quality RBs that when healthy, on any given Sunday... one or both of them could potentially light it up and take over a game... Nothing but good in that equation!
Not really. Brown was 20 yards downfield from where the block occured. Bruschi would have never even come close to catching (though I still liked to see the effort on Ricky's part).
I think Ronnie making a Quantum leap from his play so far would make him the best running back ever.I think he plays just fine when the Oline plays even just ok,,,,,same go's for Ricky. Both RW and RB could be 1500 yard rushers on a team with just an ok line and if they were both the clear cut #1 back on the team getting most the carries. We saw how they play with bad oline play the 1st two weeks and what they could do with good oline play the 3rd. Lets hope the Oline can play as well as they did a few days ago, that was the quantum leap i wanted to see.Everything else will go well then , as ya'll saw.
That was actually Mike Vrabel, #50. It wasn't really so much a 'block' as it was a 'payback' for Vrabel spearing Ricky in the back when Ricky was already down earlier in the game. But, that's just what the Patriots do. They cheat. They play dirty. That's who they are. Their coach is Bill Belichick... and a fish stinks from the head down. It's good to see our guys standing up for themselves. %@*! the Patriots.
wow if ronnie doesnt get hurt last season his numbers would be waaaay different, its unfortunate but its what happened. They're both talented and i hope they keep puttin up numbers.
