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Originally Posted by Colts And Orioles
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The Colts were not decent without Dickerson.
Bentley was pretty good, but Dickerson was an all-time great in his prime.
Dickerson led the AFC in rushing in 1987, and he only played in 9 games after the trade. They got national exposure because they went from 3-13 to 9-6 and the AFC title, largely because of Dickerson. The 1987, 1988, and 1989 Colts probably would have gone somewhere between 5-11 and 6-10 without Dickerson.
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\\Lest we forget '87 was a strike season. So most NFL starters only played 9 games.
In the 3 non-strike games that Bentley started before Dickerson was the starter, he accumulated 492 scrimmage yards or 164 scrimmage yards per game. This was weeks 16 0f '86 and 7,8 of '87.
Sure Dickerson was a superstar. It still doesn't make it the right move for the Colts, as RB was not their biggest need.