All I'll say is in 1997, Emmitt had a season just about like 2001. Everyone was saying he was done. Then, in 1999, Emmitt had 1397 rushing yards. That year, the Rams won the Super Bowl, and Marshall Faulk had 1381 rushing yards.
Emmitt would have had almost a couple hundred more yards each of the last two seasons if Jack Reilly wasn't such a bum. I see Emmitt going for 1200 this year, as a conservative estimate of a good year for an old back on a team with a suspect passing game. But I won't be one bit surprised if he has better year than that.
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