Wasn't there something in those Dream threads about controlling reality? Then I will dream...hehe....hehehehehe....he.
I could really careless about this, but since its become a challenge of sorts please out do this statement: We've heard nothing but your opinion on the statement with nothing to back up what you're saying other than read the articles. I've looked at several and they all refer to the quote from Davis I posted above.
The quotes given are directly from Lewis telling a reporter what it was he said to Andra, the other Brown's player. He claims he told Andra that if he got the ball 30 times, it would be a career day. I could be wrong, but it doesn't sound to me like actually came out and said he would break the record, just have a career day.
What quote from Davis? All I see is something a writer put in an article, backed up by a quote from Jamal Lewis where he states "Andra told me he wanted me to get the ball 30 times. I told him if I get the ball 30 times it's going to be a career day." I am not stating my "opinion" on this. I am stating that, according to quotes from the player(s) that I have read in articles, he never actually predicted he would break the rushing record, just that he would have a career day. Can you find an article where he states that is exactly what he said? Because if not, then I hardly see how you can claim that what I am stating is false.
I wouldn't doubt he tried to play down what he said. I found an article, but not the link: Jamal Lewis "runs" at the mouth: Ravens running back Jamal Lewis has ticked off the Browns by telling them he's going to run all over them tomorrow and set the NFL single-game rushing record. According to Browns safety Earl Little, Lewis talked some trash in a phone conversation with one of the Browns' defenders this week and has the entire defense fired up. "One of my teammates has a friend on their team," Little said. "[The Ravens player] called his boy Jamal and put him on a three-way with one of our teammates. He actually told my teammate he was going to run over us and that he was going to break the NFL rushing record." The record is 278 yards, set by Cincinnati's Corey Dillon against Denver in 2000. Little said Lewis also told the Browns' player "that one of the safeties, either me or Robert Griffith, is going to come down in the box and that he's going to run us over. I mean, that's totally disrespectful right there. We're looking forward to playing this guy, point blank." Lewis has room to talk, though. Last season, he rushed for 187 yards in the first meeting against the Browns to tie his career-high, and 100 yards in the second meeting. What's more: Two of his four best career games are against the Browns, 187 yards last season and 170 yards in 2000. He has more carries (90) for more yards (543) against the Browns than any other team in the NFL. He is averaging 135.8 yards per game and 6.0 yards per carry against the Browns. Three of his 12 career 100-yard games are against the Browns. In the first meeting last season, Lewis broke a long run of 75 yards in the third quarter to set a Ravens record. He also set a team mark by averaging 7.5 yards per carry. Last week against the Steelers, Lewis rushed 15 times for 69 yards in a 34-15 loss. The Ravens vow to get him the ball more this week and if they do, the Browns better beware. The Ravens are 17-2 when he carries the ball 20 times or more. However, one of those losses came against the Browns last season in Baltimore.
Here's a similar article that says pretty much the same thing: http://www.covers.com/includes/articles.aspx?theArt=10091&tid=27
Okay, well done, CK. I stand corrected. I hadn't seen that article. The only ones I had seen were with that Lewis quote. Seemed odd to me that he wouldn't actually say that he predicted the record, but just a career day. Very cool.
Then you would be surprised to know that Corey Dillon also held the record for the most rushing yards for a rookie in one game, somewhere in the range of 250. He did it against the Oilers the first year after they left Houston. I seriously think Dillon is in the top 5 running backs in the league and has been for the last five seasons. He just plays for the Bengals. I didn't want to start a new thread on this but Donovan McNabb has to be the most overrated player in the NFL.
Wait, can you tell me that first sentence again? Holds the record for the most rushing yards for a record? I know he set the record a few years back that Jamal Lewis broke...I was just saying that I hadn't heard of him UNTIL he set the record.
I think he means the Rookie Single Game rushing mark, Which Corey Dillon did break in his rookie season. I could be wrong, but I think Mike Anderson may have broke that record against the Saints.
Yes I need to go back and edit my post and both counts, I can't believe I left it so vague, and I think you're right on Mike Anderson.
As a rookie, Dillon broke Jim Brown's 40-year-old rookie record by rushing for 246 yards against the Tennessee Titans DECEMBER 3 — Mike Anderson rushes for 251 yards in a 38-23 win at New Orleans to set an all-time NFL rookie rushing record for a single game. He also broke the franchise single-game rushing mark by posting the fourth best rushing day by any player in NFL history,
