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getting old in mke

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9. Melvin Gordon

Reply to JayhawkSD (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 9, 2018, 11:25 PM

Dec 2018

Averaged 155 rushing yards per game his last two years, so the superlatives were probably for the defense

Your point overall, though, about the change from RBs to QBs in the Heisman is spot on, though. With the advent of the playoffs, though, I think the teams with excellent QBs are getting more visibility.

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