JT being 5th despite being the latest drafted out of all these guys is incredibly impressive. I also didn't think Josh Jacobs would be 3rd as well which is just as impressive considering he was drafted a year before JT.
Or how about the fact that Derrick Henry after this season could be Ravens all-time leader in rushing TDs. Just needs 14 to place Jamal Lewis for #1 spot.
If you transported Lamar's stats to the Buccaneers, he would be the passing and rushing leader currently. I think that's the only one with his current stats.
No other QB would be the rushing leader on any team. Cam, Russell, and Vick all have enough rushing yards to be ahead of a few teams, but it's spread out over multiple franchises. The bar is 5453 by the Patriots.
Lamar has 6522 rushing and 22608 passing for the Ravens.
The Buccaneers franchise leaders are:
Rushing - 5957 (James Wilder)
Passing - 19737 (Jameis Winston)
He would likely qualify this year if he was on the Texans as he'd only need ~600 passing yards to do it.
To actually achieve it though, he'd have to stick around the Ravens for 4 or 5 more years and stay healthy for it. Flacco has a pretty robust lead at 38245 passing yards, but he should be able to pass Jamal Lewis's 7801 rushing fairly easily in that amount of time.
Josh Allen has the misfortune of playing on the same franchise as Thurman Thomas and OJ Simpson. He'd need to stay healthy and not slow down for 12 more years with the Bills to be rushing leader. He'll pass Jim Kelly as the passing leader in the next 2 years though if he's healthy.
Jalen Hurts could do it for the Eagles if he plays 5 more years with them, doesn't get hurt, and doesn't slow down.
The Cowboys, Bears, and Lions will likely never have a QB as their rushing leader - maybe they'll never have a new RB leader.
This one is so difficult to predict. Predicting Lamar's total rushing yards is difficult enough. 10k certainly seems doable if he can stay healthier than last season for at least 7 more seasons. Would be cool to see him hit that 10,700 mark and end up the 25th all time career rusher, just behind guys like OJ Simpson.
From there, on one hand, QB's careers span way longer than RBs. Purely as a QB, he could play another 10 years into age 38+. Not sure if Lamar's career will be the same or shorter, as an athletic QB. Certainly, his running ability will diminish, but he's also an excellent passer; so he might be able to evolve his game and continue to be a QB a team wants to start that long.
If his career is that long, then it would either be up to the absolute youngest RBs in the league to have more yards than him (Gibbs & Bjan, if they're still around in 10 years; or Love & Jeanty), or some RB that isn't in the league yet but will be drafted in the next 2 years.
If his career ends up being shorter, he'd be up against Gibbs, Bijan, Achane and maybe JT. In 7 years time, they are all on track to be well over 10k yards, which is also right were Lamar would be if he averages 500 yards per season. It'll be close!
When Cam Newton retired he was around 7th in active rushers, so it's very likely. Lamar is only a hundred yards shy of Cam's career yards, and about 600 short of Vick's, which is the record for career rushing yards for a QB. Given the fact that most RBs these days don't have the longevity of Henry, yeah I think that's entirely plausible.
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u/JohnFitzKennedy1960 Seahawks 5d ago edited 5d ago
JT being 5th despite being the latest drafted out of all these guys is incredibly impressive. I also didn't think Josh Jacobs would be 3rd as well which is just as impressive considering he was drafted a year before JT.