All stats point to greatness for Steven Jackson

by Ryan Van Bibber on Nov 4, 2009 11:57 AM CST

The St. Louis Rams are 1-7. They still have the best running back in the league. We don't need stats to tell us how great Steven Jackson is, but it's always nice to see dominance quantified.

Football Outsiders reserved a special section of their weekly DVOA report this week to dig inside Jackson's performance this season. Through 8 games, the Rams have faced 6 of the league's top ten run defenses. He's been one of the top performers against each of those teams. Anyway, give it a look, it's pretty impressive. Kinda makes you wonder how the Rams season would be going if they had a QB and someone to catch passes...

Speaking of DVOA, Jackson's performance pushed the Rams rushing offense's DVOA closer toward neutral. They now have a -3.4% DVOA on the ground, 19th in the NFL. Through the air, their DVOA is -20.4%, 29th in the league.

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Jackson's season...

should remind NFL GM’s everywhere of the importance of having a true fullback.

Any idiot would know that.

by The Classical on Nov 4, 2009 2:39 PM CST reply actions

Beast

Great article by ESPN on how truly special and explosive Jackson really is…

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcwest/post/_/id/8231/dangerous-player-steven-jackson-rams-rb

by adam2588 on Nov 4, 2009 2:45 PM CST reply actions

ironically...

SJax’s performance in Detroit showed no traces of Barry Sanders hero worship. If 39 would just hit holes faster, becoming the true North-South lower-your-shoulder type guy he is, instead of trying to make LB’s miss with stupid jukes and stutter steps, he’d be a lot more productive. He looked great in Motown.

by mooseknuckles41 on Nov 4, 2009 2:57 PM CST reply actions

Yor don't know JACK!

by Knoxfan on Nov 4, 2009 4:40 PM CST up reply actions

interesting counterpoint. well thought out.

by mooseknuckles41 on Nov 4, 2009 5:18 PM CST up reply actions

Sorry bout that

I just spent 2 hours at the wildest, out of control, hairest Zoo you never want to go to. I was just posting first thing that came to mind.

by Knoxfan on Nov 4, 2009 9:42 PM CST up reply actions

no worries..

i love Jackson. i’m just glad to see him hitting stride again.
were you at an the actual zoo? because your description sounds more like one of the skin clubs on the east side of the river. ah, memories.

by mooseknuckles41 on Nov 4, 2009 11:22 PM CST up reply actions

Naw-it was the West side Walmart

by Knoxfan on Nov 4, 2009 11:41 PM CST up reply actions

Did you make POW?

Great photoblog.

You don't seem to want to accept the fact you're dealing with an expert in guerrilla warfare, with a man who's the best, with guns, with knives, with his bare hands. A man who's been trained to ignore pain, ignore weather, to live off the land, to eat things that would make a billy goat puke. In *St. Louis* his job was to dispose of enemy personnel. To kill! Period! Win by attrition. Well, *Steven Jackson* was the best.

by 3k on Nov 5, 2009 1:08 PM CST up reply actions

Yup-Great photoblog-

But you should see some of the people that are NOT employees!

by Knoxfan on Nov 5, 2009 2:15 PM CST up reply actions

he's gotten a lot better at that

You should have seen him a few years ago. It was painful sometimes to watch this 240lb beast tip toe around the line.

Of course, their weren’t many holes to be opened for a while.

Regardless, he was a beast. You can deny the numbers.

I believe in 2010

by Eric Nagel on Nov 4, 2009 8:51 PM CST reply actions

I like the fact that he has the ability to spin and juke as well as bulldoze.

His strength is definitely bulldozing, but those other attributes should save a little wear and tear. Constantly running into linebackers takes it’s toll on even the sturdiest of running backs. That’s was killed Okoye’s career. He developed shoulder issues from all the punishment.

Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.

by Tackle Box on Nov 5, 2009 7:48 AM CST up reply actions