[JJJ]

[quote author=JJJ link=topic=12410.msg122954#msg122954 date=1438132036]

I find this very surprising, especially in the context of Elway only having 5 rushing TDs, as good a scrambler as he was.

Elway was a good scrambler, but that didn't translate into a lot of rushing gains. His career rushing total was -279 yards. I think he scrambled looking first to pass, rather than to gain yardage with his legs.
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Thanks, I did not know that about his career rushing total. I'm probably also projecting is "helicopter touchdown" and other NFL exploits back onto his college career (if he did that in the NFL, surely he also did some cool stuff in college). And I do now recall him seemingly trying to drill the ball THROUGH defenders with his receivers not so far beyond (i.e. he opted for the (extremely hard) pass, even when the receiver wasn't that far away)...

[JJJ]

[quote author=JJJ link=topic=12410.msg122954#msg122954 date=1438132036]

I find this very surprising, especially in the context of Elway only having 5 rushing TDs, as good a scrambler as he was.

Elway was a good scrambler, but that didn't translate into a lot of rushing gains. His career rushing total was -279 yards. I think he scrambled looking first to pass, rather than to gain yardage with his legs.
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Thanks, I did not know that about his career rushing total. I'm probably also projecting is "helicopter touchdown" and other NFL exploits back onto his college career (if he did that in the NFL, surely he also did some cool stuff in college). And I do now recall him seemingly trying to drill the ball THROUGH defenders with his receivers not so far beyond (i.e. he opted for the (extremely hard) pass, even when the receiver wasn't that far away)...