Priest was well on his way to a 4th 2000 yard season in 2004 too. If he got that I think he might actually have had a better chance to get in. That would've been as many as Faulk and Eric Dickerson... and I think is the record. There aren't many guys who've had 2000+ yards in a season 3 times.
You are correct though... Priest had the 10th best season from scrimmage in history, and did it in 14 games. He literally could've had 75 total yards in each of the last two games and had the 2nd best season of all time from scrimmage. It would've been the best season ever at the time. But still he only ended up about 200 yards behind Chris Johnson's eventual record.
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