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Todd Gurley ‘mad as hell’ about scoring late TD, giving Lions time to win game

Former Georgia football RB Todd Gurley is ‘mad as hell’ about scoring a late TD that gave Lions’ QB Matthew Stafford time to win game.

Todd Gurley might’ve had his first touchdown he’s ever regretted scoring this past Sunday against the Detroit Lions.  With 1:04 left in the game, Detroit out of timeouts and the Atlanta Falcons down 16-14 to the Lions, Gurley ran a touchdown in on first and goal.

Obviously the Flacons needed to score to win but they also left too much time on the clock for Lions’ quarterback Matthew Stafford to mount a 75-yard drive leading to a T.J. Hockenson touchdown as time expired.

Gurley clearly tried to stop himself from going in but his momentum carried him into the end zone accidentally.

“I was mad as hell,” said Gurley on the touchdown. “I was trying not to (score). My momentum took me in.”

This was a mental mistake from Gurley that he was very unhappy about.  Atlanta could have easily killed the remaining time on the clock and kicked a game winning field goal as time expired to win by one point.

“It’s one of them unfortunate situations. I’ve been in plenty of those situations since my rookie year, about six or seven. I’ve always got down, just an unfortunate one right there.”

“We talked about it in the huddle, probably a couple plays prior to that,” Gurley said. “And I know that, like I said, I’ve been in multiple situations over my years in the league. Just one of those unfortunate ones.”

Even though Atlanta’s defense let up a 75-yard drive for a touchdown in just one minute, Gurley owned up for his mistake and took all the blame for the loss.

“I’ll man up, take the responsibility. Tried to go down but I didn’t,” said Gurley. “Trying is not good enough, so just got to do better on my behalf.”

Gurley and the Falcons now drop to 1-6 as they face off against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte this Thursday night.

NFL legend LaDainian Tomlinson skeptical about Falcons RB Todd Gurley

Hall of Fame NFL RB Ladainian Tomlinson is doubtful about former Georgia football RB Todd Gurley and his future in the NFL.

Former Georgia Bulldogs running back Todd Gurley had somewhat of an off-year last season by his standards.

Coming off seasons in which he won Offensive Player of the Year and the NFC Championship, he was released by the very team that drafted him 10th overall in the first-round of the 2015 NFL Draft.

Former San Diego Chargers running back and Hall of Famer Ladainian Tomlinson weighed in on the state of Gurley, his knee and his future in the league.

“I was the first guy that thought Todd Gurley would bounce back in 2019. I just figured that what happened to him at the end of 2018 was a fluke and he would be fine in 2019. And I didn’t see that,” Tomlinson said during Friday’s episode of NFL Total Access.

Gurley suffered an ACL tear his junior year at UGA and the public had not seen any complications until late in the 2018 season.

“He averaged less than four yards a carry for the second time in his career,” said Tomlinson. “But beyond that, his longest run was 25 yards. So I see a guy that doesn’t have that explosiveness to him no more. I don’t believe he’s a guy that can hit the home run on every-single play. He can still be very serviceable. He still has double-digit touchdowns.”

Tomlinson’s feelings are that Gurley will be useful in situations such as goal-line plays, but will need a supporting cast to get through the season, and hopefully the playoffs.

“But I believe that at this point in his career, he’s going to need a committee of backs to help him stay fresh.” Tomlinson said. “We still may see situations where he might break out and have 125 yards, but those days of him having seven-yard runs, I don’t think we’re going to see that ever again from Todd Gurley. I think his knee is just too bad at this point.”

Gurley feels quite different about the situation.

He turned 1,483 touches (1,265 carries and 218 receptions) into 7,494 scrimmage yards (5,404 rushing and 2,090 receiving) for the Los Angeles Rams, averaging 5.1 yards per attempt (4.3 per rush and 9.6 per reception) and accounting for 70 touchdowns (58 rushing and 12 receiving) in 73 games (72 starts) from 2015-2019.

After being released by the Rams this offseason, Gurley signed a one-year deal with the Atlanta Falcons in March. Although Atlanta is not his hometown, playing college ball 71 miles up the road in Athens has made Georgia a second home for him.

Gurley is hoping to shake off the 2019 season in which he averaged 3.8 yards per carry and had a long run of 25 yards. He pounded 12 touchdowns, but the numbers were down from his previous years.

“Obviously, no one wants to get cut or traded or what not, but some things you can see coming, man, you know?” Gurley said on an episode of UNINTERRUPTED: We Run This Station.

Gurley understands that the Rams made a business decision, but is still hoping to prove himself as an elite back in the league.

“I’m excited, though.” said Gurley. “I’m not even going to lie. It’s like a good feeling, like a fresh start, but you’ve already been there before. So it’s like the comfortable feeling of just being able to go back to Georgia.”

Todd Gurley chooses new Falcons jersey number

Former Georgia football RB Todd Gurley selects his new Atlanta Falcons jersey number.

Todd Gurley has decided on his new number that he will be repping for the Atlanta Flacons.

His former number on the Rams was 30, which is already taken by Falcons running back Quadree Ollison. We know a lot of Dawgs fans would love to see Gurley in his old college #3, but the NFL only allows running backs to have their number fall between 20-49.

Gurley has decided on number 21 for the 2020 season!

Gurley spoke on a conference call this Friday with ESPN about his expectations going into the 2020 season with his new team.

“Nah, I know I’m still that guy,” Gurley said in the call. “Been doing this my whole life. It’s just football.”

“I’ve been doing this for almost 20 years. Each year, you gotta prove yourself. … It don’t matter if you made an All-Pro or a Pro Bowl the year before…don’t nobody care about what you do in this league; you gotta prove yourself each week; you gotta prove yourself each year.” said Gurley.

TG21 has a nice ring to it if you ask me.