Best Miami back I ever saw... reminded me of a bigger version of Marshall Faulk. He never looked like he was trying to do to much... just gliding.

Edgerin James single handedly cost ucla a shot at playing for the national championship in his final season with the hurricanes back in 1999. The bruins were set play the hurricanes early in the season, but the game had been postponed due to weather and pushed back to the end of the season. Ucla had been on fire that year with a high powered offense, but was starting to fizzle out towards the end of that season winning a few close games, whereas the hurricanes got off to a horrible start that year but got stronger as the season matured. Ucla traveled to miami for their last game of the year with a one loss record, and ranked #2 in the polls, for a make up game that they were supposed to play in September. It was a shootout to the end, but the hurricanes were able to finish on top and their running game behind james allowed them to control the clock in the final crucial minutes of the game. James rushed for over 330 yards. It was the college football upset of the year, the game knocked ucla out of serious contention to play for the national championship, and it allowed miami to qualify for a bowl game. Had they played earlier in the year, when miami was in shambles and the ucla was steamrolling, there might have been a different outcome. I'll always view james as one of the building blocks that put miami back on the map in the early 2000s, even though he himself never got to enjoy. The 98-99 miami hurricanes were the team to turned the corner for the program. Then from about 2000‐2003 they became one of the most dominant programs in the nation which produced numerous 1st round nfl draft picks, among them was future nfl hall of famer, and probably greatest free safety ever, ed reed.

Thank you for using the word tailback. Nobody ever uses that anymore or even knows what it is

Edgerrin James, Clinton Portis, Frank Gore, Willis McGahee. Damn, Miami had some insanely good backs during that late 90s/early 2000s stretch.

& now he’s in canton 🐐

He was In my opinion Miami best ever complete back catching and running. He was a nightmare for defense . You couldn't put a linebacker on James . That's like linebacker covering a receiver.

2s in & already giving thumbs up. I feel like I know how the runnin’ is gonna go. But that piano line is a brilliant intro to Edge’s own magnificent works of artistry.

dats my uncle eg

Notice in most clips there down amd edgrin sparks a comeback

Ed bigger, stronger and faster than you think.

@johncovington605

5 жыл бұрын

May have been true but still wasn't electric like Willis and Gore or Portis

@RJ-lp3mi

2 жыл бұрын

@@johncovington605 I can assure you he was better though.

@bigplaystanley9543

Жыл бұрын

Yeah he looks huge out there

Workhorse rb

Man, it’s crazy how Bill Polian saw something in James that made him draft him > Ricky Williams, and everyone thought he was stupid for doing it. Now look at how that turned out.

@TheBigmac813

2 жыл бұрын

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@43captrexkramer

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but Ricky ended up pretty goddam good too.

@bigplaystanley9543

Жыл бұрын

@@43captrexkrameryes but at the time is was a horrible pick to pass on generational talent they thought Williams was going to be.

@43captrexkramer

Жыл бұрын

@@bigplaystanley9543 You just never know, Ahmad Bradshaw was a seventh round pick and had a very good career. Cornerback Everson Walls was undrafted and as a rookie led league in picks with 11 and had 57 for career. He should already be in the HOF.

How did the colts get him and Wayne

He just glides he has descriptive speed

Wow.

You have nice mix of videos really like your content where do you get your film?

He looks like a wad of muscle with legs

@Ginga

3 жыл бұрын

He was yoked; 6’0, almost 220 but has the quick feet and shiftiness.

Having seen James play a number of college football games back in those days, I was shocked he was drafted so high and these highlights or lack there of reinforce that perception. He must have been a hellava pass blocker.

@user-li8lp2wy7z

Жыл бұрын

A RB that keeps an offense on schedule no matter how many are in the box is worth his weight in gold. Fans love the game breaker; coaches fear the RB that is always on time

Outside of Ray Lewis, James is the greatest probation-era football player in Canes history

@suaveG216

6 жыл бұрын

ed reed too.

@kennethbarnes8630

6 жыл бұрын

blaw11b dont forget Sean Taylor

@darkwingduck315

5 жыл бұрын

Clinton portis .... Wilis mcgahee to name another... Micheal Irvin...

@Dashoost

4 жыл бұрын

Reggie Wayne? Santana Moss? Dan Morgan?

@thepunisher3662

3 жыл бұрын

Devin Hester, Andre Johnson, Vince Wilfork (Buttfumble against jets boost his value) Ted Hendricks, D.J Williams, Greg Olsen, Bubba Franks, Jimmy Graham, Jeremy Shockey, Sean Taylor, Ed Reed, Ottis Anderson, Michael Irvin, Reggie Wayne, Brian and Bennie Blades, Campbell, Jonathon Vilma, Frank Gore, Portis and Willis, Jim Kelly, Vinnie Testiverdie (butchered the name), etc.

Who was Miami's best running back?

@PockyCandy

6 жыл бұрын

From the guys I've seen, it goes Willis McGahee, Duke Johnson, Edgerrin James, and then everyone else.

@oddfuture4521

6 жыл бұрын

Otis Anderson**

@darkwingduck315

5 жыл бұрын

E. James was.. then wilis mcgahee, clinton portis.

@arrie456

5 жыл бұрын

and Frank Gore has outlasted all of them in the NFL

@BreuckelensFinest

5 жыл бұрын

@@PockyCandy Hey brotha, do a highlight of the most underrated RB from the Canes. His name is Stephen McGuire from Brooklyn New York! He had a very good start as a Cane but blew his knee out his senior year. He score 35 TDs & use to abuse the Seminoles. Him & I never played against one another in HS but we almost did in the NYC championship but we lost in the playoffs 13-12. He was a beast in HS too. He went to LL Kool J's HS, Andrew Jackson HS in Queens.

Is it pronounced Edge-rrin? Or Ed-Gerrin? Great ball player though. Future hall of Famer

@toolondaboards

3 жыл бұрын

The latter

87. 😘.

He his one of the best Johnathan Taylor has a way to go

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He was ok he came to the league when the running back position was stacked LT,Priest Holmes, Westbrook,Marshall, Faulk,Curtis Martin, Kevin Faulk, Ricky Williams, Warrick Dunn. All were better

@chadnolan7737

4 жыл бұрын

He's a Hall of famer now

I always felt like James was a lazy RB. He was a very good RB but not a great RB bc of this. When he left the Colts I knew his career would go down hill bc Peyton Manning opened up the running game bc of his passing threat. I was right, James should have finished his career as a Colt bc Peyton made it easier for him as a back. Just my observations.

@RudeBiscuit

7 жыл бұрын

Respectfully disagree...

@demitresegray4424

7 жыл бұрын

BreuckelensFinest your wrong peyton selfish ass didnt give it to him enough when edgerine james left thats when he started giving rodes the ball cause he finally figured out how to win but after edgerin left ima colts fan go watch the film peyton won all his superbowls off the running game as great as he was.

@demitresegray4424

7 жыл бұрын

BreuckelensFinest your wrong peyton selfish ass didnt give it to him enough when edgerine james left thats when he started giving rodes the ball cause he finally figured out how to win but after edgerin left ima colts fan go watch the film peyton won all his superbowls off the running game as great as he was.

@IllustratedManOfficial

7 жыл бұрын

BreuckelensFinest James wasn't lazy. He had a fluid running styles that made him look slow, or not giving full effort. And, he was past him prime by the time he had left the Colts.

@Jx-qk1fj

6 жыл бұрын

Yooo he 2 1000 yards seasons with the Cardinals so WTF u talking bout... In 9 seasons he got over 12k yards and for a year and half of them 9 he was hurt... Smfh

He was average at best