Super Bowl Domination

Chapter 1420: Writing History
Strong, tough, comprehensive, the ultimate plan is perfect.

This is the best summary of Lamar Jackson's 2019 season. With incredible data, all professionals exclaimed at the end of the regular season:
"Regular season MVP"!
Can't wait to give this title to Jackson.

Netizens on social networks were even more frenzied, praising Jackson generously, worshipping him with the highest treatment and deifying him.

There is no doubt that this is a season in which Jackson destroyed everyone's imagination, just like when Michael Vick emerged in 2006.

Back then it was "quarterbacks can actually be like this", now it's "the ultimate quarterback actually exists".

The feeling is just like "Terminator 2". When people think that T800 is shocking enough, T1000 comes on the scene and crushes everything in its path.

From all aspects, Jackson was the MVP of the 2019 regular season. Not to mention Gilmore, Mahomes, and Wilson, McCaffrey and Thomas were also born at the wrong time. Their best performances in their careers happened to be matched by a Jackson in Super Saiyan mode, which wiped out all the suspense of the entire season. Gilmore's complaints and protests could not win more support.

But is that really the case?

He passed for 66.08 yards and ran for 6.85 yards, with a pass success rate of %, an average running yardage of yards, a total of touchdowns, and only six interceptions.

From any perspective, this is a perfect answer, 100% qualification for the regular season MVP.

Not only in the 2019 season, even in the long history, he is qualified to compete for the "best", comparable to Levi in ​​the 2017 season.

Perhaps, the only flaw is the one-round exit in the playoffs, when the Baltimore Ravens and Jackson were upset and eliminated, which may affect the voting; but now we are discussing the regular season MVP, which has nothing to do with the playoffs. There is no need to refer to the playoff performance, and we can start purely from the regular season performance.

So, “Jackson and the regular season MVP” is really a done deal… right?

A question mark needs to be put here.

Let's pull our attention back a little, because Jackson is not the only player who created history and wrote miracles in the 2019 season. Gilmore's untimely birth is comparable to the ancient Greek tragedy, to the extent that even Prometheus shed bitter tears.

Let's temporarily shift our attention away from the quarterback who is always in the spotlight, and focus on other noteworthy players in the offensive group. This season, Carolina Panthers running back McCaffrey completed a season of running and receiving double 1,000 yards, which set the league on fire and made netizens kneel down collectively.

However, in reality, this is not the first time, or even the second time.

In 1985, San Francisco 49ers running back Roger Craig rushed for 1050 yards and received for 1016 yards.

In 1999, St. Louis Rams running back Marshall Faulk rushed for 1381 yards and received for 1048 yards.

In other words, before McCaffrey, two running backs have accomplished such a feat; and Falk's overall statistics are even better.

Of course, this is not to say that McCaffrey is not good enough, but that such performance is not unprecedented.

From another perspective, in NFL history, a running back's 1,000-yard season is a benchmark, meaning that the running back has completed an excellent season; and a running back's 2,000-yard season is the threshold for elite clubs.

Levi completed 2017 yards in the 1888 season, a phenomenal season but still just a little bit short of the threshold; McCaffrey has put on an incredible performance this season, with a total of 2393 yards running and receiving, entering the ranks of history in an alternative way and leaving his own mark.

In fact, there are currently seven running backs in the NFL who have accomplished this feat, with more than 2,000 yards in a season.

O.J. Simpson, 1973, Buffalo Bills

Eric Dickson, 1984, Los Angeles Rams

Barry Sanders, 1997, Detroit Lions.

Terrell Davis, 1998, Denver Broncos. Jamal Lewis, 2003, Baltimore Ravens.

Chris Johnson, 2009, Tennessee Titans

Adrian Peterson, 2012, Minnesota Vikings.

There are seven in total.

It is clear at a glance that whether in the past when running was king or in the post-millennium era when the modern West Coast passing offense rose to prominence, running 2,000 yards in a single season is still an unattainable problem.

Despite this, we can still witness legendary running backs emerge every now and then and create miracles with incredible performances. Among them, OJ Simpson, who created history, was even more amazing. Because there were only fourteen regular season games in 1973, subsequent running backs all accomplished such feats in sixteen regular season games, and Simpson was still on par with them with two fewer games.

incredible!

It was for this reason that Peterson's phenomenal performance in 2012 won him the regular season MVP award. That year, he ran for 2097 yards, just eight yards away from Dickson's single-season record of 1984 yards set in 2105, but unfortunately failed to break the record.

In other words, McCaffrey did complete an incredible season, but whether it was the performance of running and receiving each thousand yards, or the performance of running and receiving total yards exceeding 2,000 yards, it was still slightly inferior in the long river of history.

It's not that he's not powerful or outstanding, but compared to Jackson's sudden performance, people's attention is naturally attracted to the quarterback.

This is the reality. In an era where passing is king, quarterbacks are still in the spotlight, and running backs need to give 120% or even % of their performance to be on par with them.

What's more, Lamar Jackson's 2019 season was indeed perfect.

What if someone could break this situation?

For example, in the 2019 season——

He ran for 2050 yards, received for 1073 yards, scored running touchdowns, and scored receiving touchdowns.

Among them, the number of rushing yards created history, temporarily ranking fifth in history; the number of receiving yards created history, breaking a record that had been dormant for twenty years; the number of running touchdowns ranked fourth in history, and the current highest record is twenty-eight created by legendary running back Tomlinson in the 2006 season; the number of receiving touchdowns created history, breaking a record that had been dormant for eighteen years.

Record, record, and record again. Create records in all aspects and refresh history in all aspects.

Of course, if you add up the running and catching data, there is no doubt that this is a legendary record that subverts all NFL history.

It's not just a record, it can be called a "legend"!
Moreover, a very, very important point is that elite data is not just about quantity, but also about quality.

The average rushing yards were 6.93 and the average catch yards were 11.9.

In addition, there was only one fumble throughout the season and no lost possession.

In terms of individual statistics, he easily surpassed McCaffrey as a running back and Thomas as a wide receiver, and even eclipsed Jackson as a guest running back.

Totally blasted!

All-round transcendence.

Such data is undoubtedly second to none even in the history of the league, and can even be called a season that completely changed the stereotype.

Is such a player qualified to compete with Jackson for the regular season MVP?
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