Rams running back Todd Gurley still has 'nowhere to run'

Rams running back Todd Gurley still has 'nowhere to run'

Alden Gonzalez
ESPN Staff Writer

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Eric Dickerson ran behind some bad offensive lines in his last couple of years with Indianapolis in 1990 and '91, the latter season ending with a 1-15 record. It was never more obvious to him than on Dec. 9, 1990, in a game against Buffalo. Opposing defensive lines were penetrating so quickly that Dickerson struggled to even beat them to take the handoff from his quarterback.

At one point his friend, Bruce Smith, then the Bills' defensive end, told him, "Eric, we're going to hurt you back here; they cannot block us. You better get down."

"I won't forget him saying that," Dickerson said in a phone conversation this week.

It reminded him of Todd Gurley.

Five weeks in, and Gurley's sophomore season has only grown stranger. What was supposed to be a breakout year, one in which he established himself as the new star of Los Angeles and perhaps even the game's best running back, is on track to be one of the worst in history.

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