Great article on Runyan vs. The Gap

[Feva]

If we didn't know better, you'd think the two behemoths actually liked each other.

Runyan's fondest memory against Strahan came in his second game with the Eagles in Week 9 of the 2000 season.

"He came up inside me (NOT THAT WAY, CHUGGIE!), and I had him," Runyan said. "I took him all the way to the other tackle, and I put him on his back. I kind of fell off him and he got up screaming, and punching me in the back and hitting me in the back of the head. And he was standing over the top of me and I scooped his knee and I picked him up and slammed him.

"It was like, 'I'm here to play, too.'"

 

[Sgt PSN]

Runyan may have gotten the better of him that play but Strahan has pretty much owned Big John for the better part of the last 5 years. 

[Feva]

Not sure if I'd call 3.5 sacks since 2001 owning him.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah, other than in 2000 and 2001 when Runyan was a newbie to the NFC East he has gotten much better against  .

[Sgt PSN]

Yeah, other than in 2000 and 2001 when Runyan was a newbie to the NFC East he has gotten much better against .

Runyan has played  him better but those first couple of years were absolutely brutal.   was punking him just about every down they lined up against each other.  It's a great rivalry within the rivalry that those 2 have going on but in the beginning it was a very lopsided battle. 

[BobbyT]

Not sure if I'd call 3.5 sacks since 2001 owning him.

Yeah, stops the guy 30 - 40 times a game on passing plays and 1 sack = getting owned.I never understand that.

[Tomahawk]

Let's see the stats on how many hurries and knockdowns Strahan had. He may not have gotten the sacks, but he was undoubtedly in McNabb's face because he was owning Runyan.

[ice grillin you]

Yeah, stops the guy 30 - 40 times a game on passing plays and 1 sack = getting owned.I never understand that


list whatever numbers you want but for the better part of three years strahan urinated all over runyan...nothing to be ashamed of as strahan has owned many a tackle

since then hes settled down but dont even try to paint any other picture than what it was

[Rome]

So statistics are only appropriate when they work in your favor, is that it, guys?



Runyan hasn't been punked by Strahan since the first couple of games he played with the Eagles.  If he had been, then the Eagles wouldn't have consistently beaten the Giants over the past 5 years.

No way, no how.

[Tomahawk]

So statistics are only appropriate when they work in your favor, is that it, guys?



Runyan hasn't been punked by Strahan since the first couple of games he played with the Eagles.  If he had been, then the Eagles wouldn't have consistently beaten the Giants over the past 5 years.

No way, no how.

I want to see ALL the stats, not just sacks, but also hurries and knockdowns. I'd say Strahan made Runyan his bitch for the first two or three years Runyan was in Philly. Then Strahan got hurt.

[Rome]

Wins are stats, right bro?

[Tomahawk]

Yeah, but one of those wins came from a Brian Westbrook punt return for a TD. I believe the game was that close because of Strahan bitchinizing Runyan.

[Sgt PSN]

So statistics are only appropriate when they work in your favor, is that it, guys?

What the hell else are they used for? 

I'm not trashing Runyan.  He's awesome and quite possibly the best FA signing the Eagles have made under Reid.  But that doesn't change the fact that Strahan used to take Runyan's lunch money on the field during the first couple of years they faced each other.  And that quote from Runyan was from his first game against the Giants and from that point on (for the next couple of years) Strahan punked Runyan damn near every chance he got.  So basically it took Runyan about 2 or 3 years to finally back up his talk. 

Runyan's a bad mofo and one of the best at his position.  But everyone has their Achillies Heel.  For Chad Lewis, it's running with the football.  For Buckhalter it's just plain running.  For Mamula it was offensive lineman and for a time, Runyan's was Strahan. 

[Feva]

Runyan's a bad mofo and one of the best at his position.  But everyone has their Achillies Heel.  For Chad Lewis, it's running with the football.  For Buckhalter it's just plain running.  For Mamula it was offensive lineman and for a time, Runyan's was Strahan. 

[MURP]

good article.      never figured Runyan for a math and sciences type of guy.