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Mike Goodson more elusive than Adrian Peterson?

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From ProFootballFocus (I rec you read the whole article) One reason why the Panthers can afford to let DeAngelo Williams explore free agency is the excellent play of Mike Goodson. Goodson has always looked like a dynamic player in very limited playing time, but in an expanded role this season he excelled, doing enough to rank 5th in the ER with a score of 54.4. Goodson has clear flaws in his game (pass protection being the major one), but the same thing was said about Fred Jackson, and he has quietly developed into one of the league’s better all-around backs. In 2011 without Williams, the Panthers would have Jonathan Stewart (himself ranking 8th this season) as their lead back, but Goodson would provide a more than capable, and very dangerous, change of pace option behind him. Elusive Rating, Top 10 Player Team Att. Yds YCo YCo / Att. MT Rec. Rec.MT Elusive Rating LeGarrette Blount TB 201 1007 739 3.7 50 5 0 89.8 Fred Jackson BUF 222 939 646 2.9 42 31 9 58.5 Ryan Torain WAS 164 744 536 3.3 28 18 4 58.0 Darren McFadden OAK 222 1157 766 3.5 30 47 12 54.6 Mike Goodson CAR 103 439 288 2.8 18 36 9 54.4 Marshawn Lynch SEA 165 573 440 2.7 30 21 7 53.7 Adrian L. Peterson MIN 283 1298 877 3.1 46 36 7 51.5 Jonathan Stewart CAR 178 770 484 2.7 30 8 4 49.4 Mewelde Moore PIT 33 99 96 2.9 4 26 6 49.2 Ahmad Bradshaw NYG 276 1239 829 3.0 42 47 8 46.4