No Joe Blow

Another rebuttal to Peter King’s assertion that any Joe Blow (i.e., off the street free agent) can gain 1,400 yards in today’s NFL.

 

From the Eagles website: “If RB Brian Westbrook leads the league at season's end in total yards from scrimmage, he will become just the 3rd player in the last 30 years to do so while coming from a non-Division I-A collegiate program. The two others were Eagles RB Wilbert Montgomery (Abilene Christian), who led the league with 2,006 yards in 1979, and Bears RB Walter Payton (Jackson State), who led with 1,875 yards in 1978 and with 2,121 yards in 1977 ... In addition, Westbrook, a third round draft choice of the Eagles in 2002, would become only the fifth player in the last 30 years to lead the league despite not being drafted in the 1st or 2nd round of the draft. The others: Priest Holmes (undrafted), who led the league in 2001 and 2002, Herschel Walker (5th round), who led in 1987, William Andrews (3rd round), who led in 1981, and Montgomery (6th round), who led in 1979.”