He Was the NFL’s Best Running Back, Then He Disappeared
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Todd Gurley was one of the best players in the NFL, but then he disappeared from football. So what really happened?
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I was just watching highlights of Todd Gurley not that long ago its sad to see that knee injury hurt him in the long run . Good video as always
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@@SheGotSports As someone with arthritis in both knees from playing sports since I was 20, im not shocked his knee gave out on him two years prior to his release
Best of luck to him
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He was and is one the best RBs to ever play. We should put absolutely zero shade on Todd. Health often is managible, but sometimes things happen to our bodies that we cannot do anything to change. Outside of prayer, faith, science, exercise, rest, and good eating habits the body does wear down and we do have a bell curve to our physical climb, peak, and decline. It's a fact. Todd's bell curve wasn't something he wanted at all. Nobody did, in fact. But sometimes this happens. Plus, lets not lose sight that football is a full contact sport with elite, large, and very strong humans and there is a point in every person that you will break. Living in LA, I loved Todd and I still do. He was a smart, talented, and elite human on the field and NOTHING can ever take that away from him. He still holds records and was one of Georgia's all time, best RBs. TB, #30 was a freak!
The 2018 Rams had Cooper Kupp and Gurley get hurt that season. That team if healthy would have caked walked to a Super Bowl.
Not like the Chiefs beat Brady without Dee Ford being offside and the NOLA no call.
@@AVSCOUNTRY2024 yea but with those two healthy there is no no call. I think they win that game easily. Obviously it’s all theory but that team was rolling early in that season. The offense was unstoppable.
@@briancalifornianot over kc they dont
@@briancalifornia Yea idk bout them beating the chiefs that year regardless of them being able to spread the field Kc would have adjusted and Mahomes would have done mahome things. Them Offensive threats wouldn't stop them from having a shootout and you don't want to have that against the chiefs they will win every time.
@tmoney8180 The rams beat the chiefs in a shootout that season in probably the best game of the season. So yes they would and they did.
An absolute tragedy with those damn knee injuries he had.
He was supposed to be the next Eric Dickerson for the Rams. Unfortunately it didn't last long.
He was on track to be a first ballot HOFer so sad
This is why Emmitt smith is the man. His endurance to be good for so long will never be matched again. The record might be broken only because they eventually have 18 regular season games. But Emmitt did it in 16 game seasons meaning he got to 18k yards the longest way
He still could not carry Barry Sanders jockstrap.
@@CRAZYHORSE19682003 Barry quit get over it. Yes he was a better runner but Emmitt was a better all around back because he blocked like Larry Allen
Greatest running back ever to play
Everyone forgets Frank Gore. He was a machine. Had two torn ACLs in college.
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The NFC Championship game in New Orleans was brutal for Todd, who let a dink pass bounce off his hands into a Saints INT inside the Rams 20 on the teams first possession. He later dropped an easy pass in the red zone that would've been a first down. He did have TD run in the game but did not have a good game, and McVay basically just sat him. Nerves? Knee? Coach? The Rams were never truthful about what was going on with Gurley at the end of 2018 and into 2019 after giving him the huge contract. He had good games against the Panthers, Bears, Steelers, Cardinals & Seahawks 2nd games and Falcons in 2019 but was never consistent and much of that had to do with not getting touches in games. The Tampa Bay game comes to mind where he got 5 carries in a 55-40 loss. He did miss the 1st 49ers game with an undisclosed injury. His release along with Brandin Cooks in early 2020 was a shocker given their recent contracts and prominence in the LA market. Gurley was the face of the Rams from 2016-2019, and they just cut him. The Rams made a habit of signing stars to big extensions and then throwing them away. Gurley (knee?), Cooks (concussions?), Goff (contract/play?), Brockers (contract?) and Woods (knee injury?). The team even tossed Johnny Hekker without a thank you one. Brutal. I've always wondered if Gurley shone too bright for an insecure but wildly successful young coach in LA, and it was always more about ego than injury. Same for Jared Goff. Thanks for the fine segment!
Great video, Lauren!!! I always think "what could have been" with Todd Gurley! If he played healthy from 2019-2022/2023, he may have been a HOF RB!
There were other issues too. His attitude got worse. I remember when the Rams opened the season in 2019, the year after appearing in the Super Bowl, the announcer for the game I was watching listed the Rams captains and Gurley wasn't one of them. He was a captain the previous years so I thought that was strange. A member in a Rams forum I used to read also mentioned Gurley couldn't find his helmet when asked to go in in the second half of the game in Pittsburgh, a game in which he had a great first half and a game we should have won. Things were generally kept quiet but there was a mention of him being a cancer in the locker room. I thought he was awesome and he seemed like a real good dude until after the Super Bowl when things soured. My Rams have a bunch of great running backs in their history and he was one of them.
Great overview of his career, thought the pacing from college to draft thru ups & downs with the Rams was really on point. Her speaking style (like how she delivers the lines) always strikes me as really good too. It's sad to think what could've been for Gurley with his level of talent, but at least he got that almost 70m contract to soften the landing....
Thanks for putting together this video. I remember drafting him in fantasy football and just being excited to watch him play. So sad his career ended so soon
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I'm Australian. I care zero about American football. But, the passion you Americans have for the game and its players is infectious. Absolutely captivating.
Honestly they are our rivals but Todd Gurley was a joy to watch, i hated when Seahawks went up against him because he could destroy us but injuries just ended his career way to early. A shame.
that is why it is good to have two (maybe 3) solid RB's on a team to not over work any of them. As you can see how RB's get destroyed.
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Year 3&4 he had with the rams was explosive, year 1 would have been better had they realized how good a receiver he was, but still had a good rookie season. regardless of what he accomplished or didn't, he is still 1 of the greatest rams RB of all time. to do what he did coming out of college to the pros with a torn knee operation is incredible.
He was with Atlanta Falcons. After left Rams
Gurely was still on the fantasy football list under the free agency forever and I would always wonder what happened to him. Then a coworker told me he has bad knees.
Loved his style! Watching him play for bulldogs was amazing.
Fall probably a bit harsh,having seen,that a precursor to NFL players career,blighted via injury of sum sort.
Todd playing the Rams was a throw back to starting of exceptional RB,of Eric Dickinson,where The Rams stomp up a formula of its Offence dominating the game,via the Ground.
Todd as a RB and later alternated of a catcher out of the backfield,concuring in stepping away from the NFL.
Great running back! Bad arthritis which messed up his career at the end, but very tough and strong player
Excellent analysis of Gurley and the new, otherwise strange, regard by clubs in paying the RB position. It still makes no sense, as any player can be an injury risk.
Really love your videos. Very well researched and always well done! Have you thought about branching out and doing other sports?
Him and Michael Thomas are the D roses of the NFL
I’d say RGIII fits that comparison best
@@ironrevenger9386 I was going to say him, but RGIII never had a good prime. Just a good rookie season
@@Emanepj Fair enough. RGIII probably could’ve with a better owner and resting his injuries fully
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Never forget
Never forget what? That he was a great College running back had two great years and then that was it? I mean that's not something you'd really want to remember
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I scrolled past this video's thumbnail and thought this was a Milli Vanilli video. All kidding aside, Todd was one of my favorite NFL players of all time. I hope he got out before suffering too much damage and is doing well.
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Average league career is 4 seasons. He was no exception.
WD-40 works great for arthritis, yes, it does work.
By Far Was The Best Running Back. Even after the Injury at Georgia, still came into League Dominance
I think he wasn’t healthy for the Super Bowl but didn’t want to have opponents not use their time trying to prepare for him. It was smart. If Girly could be there at his normal self, you HAVE to account for that
Shawn Alexander had a crazy fall.
Injuries.Todd played He also ran straight up allowing defenders to get good clean shots.
It feels disappointing. But he was a great player and he had his day in the sun. That's more than most get.
He's chilling right now❤
I had Gurley in fantasy his rookie year and it was great haha
I had him as a rookie. Kept him the next year and he screwed me 😂
Bro thy flamingoed his knee b4 that buddy was getting me 30 +points in my fantasy league
Today Gurley is easily a top 5 RB all time.
Easily!
Wow 😮. To Henderson and now he’s no where to be found because the Rams drafted Williams and in due time Williams will out of the league as well unless the Rams start sharing the ball more as he’s utilized too much in the pass game and run game.
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I love Todd ❤️ 🙏
What vanished were his knees
If he hadn't of gotten hurt that SB would be ours!
RB is saddly a job not worth making as far as going in the NFL go.
Problem is, RB is a job with a lot of perceived replacement value and a lot of body usage wear and tear. So much that past their 4 first years, if you don't have the luckiest and fastest of them all, he won't worth signing the big bag his merits deserves (you sign for the future, not the past). Better go for a 2nd or 3rd rounder with a nice fit for your scheme which will achieve 70 to 90% of the guy you let go... as well as a backup for him and you'd still pay your whole special team and have change to spare.
QB's are overated and overpaid, RB are seen as not being worth resigning... maybe the main problem of offense is the lack of flashy plays from the unit which create most of it => the O-Line. There is no good team without a reliable O-Line, one that keeps your QB injury free and make space for your RB, but there is no "in the highlight stat" to make O-line shine (they do exist, but mainly in the depth of advanced metrics).
You wanna play NFL ? QB's are the center of most offensive stats (as if those stats are solely theirs), RB have rushing, WR receiving yards and YaC, tight end have both. Defense have sack, int, pressure and it's easy to shine as an individual because playing D in NFL is mostly pro-active (require great skill too). But dear old O-line ? no stats, and it's probably one of the toughest role to play cleanly, seeing that you can't grab, you have to stop great athletes using 70% bull rushes and aiming to get past you and you have to account for the fact that O-Line succeed as a unit (if one fail, the down is lost) while defense succeed as an individual (one arm is enough to strip a ball) but still scheme as a team. Makes it hard for anyone but the hardcorest dirt loving fan to pay attention to them. And so to buy jerseys, and so to pay O-Lines.
Sorry if you feel it's a rant about O-line, it's not, I just wanted to put context about why (Imho) we will see many more RB disappearing because of injuries => overpriced, and underprotected past their rookie contracts due to overpricing QB's a lot and not setting them up adequately for continued success.
If "Disappeared" means dealt with arthritis in his knees since he was 25 years old, sure....
Todd got MCVEY'ed, that is also a fact
Well done.
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Gurley had knee injuries
HE had much more of an NFL career than 99.9999%
I can shorten this video for everyone , he had no cartilage in either knees left coming out in the draft but he was still drafted . Bad medical reports were ignored his entire career, I’ll be surprised if he can walk when he’s 50 .
Excellent video. The fact I’m being educated by a woman about football is refreshing.
Bro, she's just regurgitating the information that is already online
No, he couldn't stay healthy. His knees.
You have the commentator cadence down to a T
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He should have ran like a girly man to avoid injuries
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Tbh this is why women dont need to talk about sports. Dont get it at all.
What do it expect from a gurley-man.
I was just using him in Madden Mobile😭
Omg I haven’t played Madden Mobile in YEARS 😭
You should play it
Howeverrrrr
Just disappeared? You need to watch more football before making videos. Seriously.
Running backs should be one of the highest paid players on the team. They do all the dirty work, take a ton of damage to their bodies, make spectacular athletic plays, and have typically short careers. Without great running backs football would be pretty boring..so pay them!
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agreed with how important they are , and the beating they take - you need to see what Earl Cambells health status looks like - talk about having a beat up body - it's sad to see his quality of life !
Agreed. I hate how the pay scales are. RB's need to have a different pay scale then everyone else. Tight ends do more work then everyone else and don't get paid more. It sucks
@@just-Banks Well the 49ers just went there with a running back who gets paid $15 million a year and a qb who only gets $4million. No single player carries a team dude. Running backs who play like CMC and Gurley never last long but while they’re great, they’re worth their weight in gold. They need to get paid like it.
He was being used too much and playing through injury when he should have been recovering
Oh my gosh I forgot about Todd damn it’s been so long time really does fly
Just discovered this channel a few days ago and have watched like 30 videos all the way through. How does this channel not have a million subs? Amazing content
Todd Gurley absolute dominate force when healthy! Unfortunate to say the least, maybe on the Mount Rusmore of What If: Running Backs
Coaches are like politicians-liars
Just a little side note: 1:22 it was a hip drop tackle against LSU that took out Gurley's ankle.
So?
Thats why now its banned in the nfl...making the sport boring and soft
Great video and info. Curious… how do you get all this info to create these videos. Do you just do a ton of research and then put it all together in story form? They really are well done!
Thanks so much for watching! And yeah I'll do a ton of research for a few days, watch old games, find what people were saying at the time from- old news clips and articles - and draw from my own memory lol - then make a script for youtube and record!
It was "girly" not to admit that Todd's busted knee was not holding up. Todd's football career ended early because of the knee injury.
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Great vid as always! Feel like MJD would be right up your alley too in terms of his downfall. Great player, led the league in rushing yards in 2011, had a nasty contract holdout in 2012, then came back and suffered a season-ending injury a month later, and was never the same
Is ironic that most of the RB’s that came in league out of Georgia careers ended with the same type of knee injuries and this goes all the way back to Garrison Hearst.
Good thing the refs saved the Rams vs the Saints
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Perfect example of a PURE athlete, just more talented and better then everyone else
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Good vid and great research
Dude was a beast...miss watching him
He was already damaged goods when the rams drafted him and yet he still managed to have a few good years.
He had one of the worse last names in sports lol he was like rudy gay 😂😂😂 not to trigger feminist and pro lgbt people but in sports those are terrible jersey names
I will forever love gurley he made me excited to be a Rams fan again and he was my first Rams jersey I ever got. Thank you TG forever a Ram!
He was the last great running back.
Speaking as someone with arthritis, arthritis is more of a broad category of chronic pain related to joints. It can be from wear and tear but it can also be an autoimmune disease. Gout is a type of arthritis too. It can be passed down through genetics but it can also just decide to pop up for a number of reasons. Arthritis can look and feel like a bunch of different types of injuries. Especially when in the knee it can be a real problem to sort out what’s the issue. It can also go dormant for a while and it can also flare up badly. It’s basically impossible to say when for certain Gurly’s arthritis began since he was an athlete
Whenever the Eagles play the Rams. Everybody, watch your knees! Just ask Carson Wentz.
great video!
I feel sorry for Gurley, I wonder if he would be better than McCaffrey now
He was better than mccaffrey
With the amount of money he received, he should be able to live comfortably for the rest of his life.
Knees.
It wasn't a cover up. Its why LA dropped him in "prime". Understand, he did what he did on one leg. His entire career was with a bad knee. Massive what if?
Wow, imagine if his knees were that bad already and he was that great with avoiding certain tackles because he knew his knee couldn't handle it. That's crazy to think he could have been better and more physical if he didn't have that injury concern. One of the great modern what ifs
Great reporting. You deserve all the success coming to you
Gurley... Henry... Barkley.. Some of the best backs of all time who pretty much never made their way to their potential.. Like mother nature... Injuries are nightmares!!!!
He would have like 50 yards off 18 carries then break 1 long run to make his stats look decent
Not true at all. Look at his yards ypc. Did you watch the video. Don’t disrespect the man.
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Todd Gurley II was such a BadAss Running Back with the Bulldogs of UGA like no doubt he was tremendously so amazing to watch but in the 2015 NFL Draft he's a 1st Round 10th overall by the Rams he didn't disappoint from Day-1 winning Rookie of the year but in 2017 he won NFL's Offensive player of the year but in 2018 he went to his 1st Super Bowl trip but LOST to the Patriots so in 2020 he went to the Falcons then 3 Years Later he Vanished out of thin air
I remember arguing with my boys whether he would go top 10 or not. Because of the acl injury. He was a generational talent
Breath of fresh air this is the first lady I seen with a sports channel that's actually a fan
At least he got the bag before he retired
It was unfortunate for us rams fan lol 😅 he helped goff so much in that offense