Maurice Jones-Drew was at one point one of the best running backs in football. There’s no doubt about that. He was a three-time Pro Bowler in a three-year stretch with a first-team All-Pro nod to go along with it. During those years, he racked up 4321 rushing yards at 4.5 yards per carry with 28 touchdowns, and added another 1065 receiving yards and six more touchdowns.
But as we’ve seen time and time again, being a great player doesn’t make you a great analyst of the game. At the running back position, the example I like to turn to in these situations is Marshall Faulk, who is a Hall of Famer who simply gets things factually inaccurate.