Wisconsin RB Jonathan Taylor — Seahawks RB Shaun Alexander
“As was true of the 2005 NFL MVP, the highly productive Taylor is able to make big plays consistently despite a running style that occasionally has him dancing behind the line of scrimmage when he should be attacking the gap.” – Doug Farrar, Touchdown Wire
This underscores one of the problems I mentioned about player comparisons in my introduction. Is it really fair to compare Taylor to an all-time great like Alexander before he plays a down of NFL football? They definitely have a similar boom-or-bust style of play, I’ll give the comparison that.
One area of this comparison is spot on and it’s not a good one. Taylor, like Alexander, has an issue with fumbles. Taylor has 18 fumbles in 41 career games. Alexander had 29 fumbles in nine seasons in the NFL.