Mansfield Fox

Law student. Yankees fan. Massive fraggle. Just living the American dream.

Sunday, October 17, 2004

He's Very Good at Football. Very, Very Good.

Curtis Martin just passed Marcus Allen to move into eight place all-time on the NFL career rushing yards list. He's quietly put together an unbelievable career. A lock for Canton. Barring a major injury, he should move into fifth place by the end of the season, leapfrogging Jim Brown, Jerome Bettis and Tony Dorsett to get there. Plus he's only 31, and looks better than he has in years. He probably won't pass Emmitt Smith or Walter Payton, but it's not beyond the pale to imagine him forcing Barry Sanders out of the top three and retiring on the happy side of 16,000 career rushing yards. Not bad for a guy who was washed up three years ago.

And the Jets, once down 14-0, have battled back to take a 15-14 lead.

Very, very good.