Thurman Thomas was always a yard- and- point-producing monster during his time with the Buffalo Bills, but his 1991 season was especially awesome.
Football Outsiders has been running a cool retrospective series looking at the best teams, offenses, defenses, and player performances of the past 30 seasons.
Recently, they FO founder Aaron Schatz wrote on the 10 best running back seasons of the past three decades, and Bills legend Thurman Thomas made the list:
Here’s Schatz on Thomas’ 1991 campaign:
10. Thurman Thomas, 1991 Bills
595 DYAR
Thomas won the MVP, carrying the ball for 1,407 yards at a league-leading 4.