When 49ers running back Roger Craig had 1,050 rushing yards and 1,016 receiving yards in 1985, he was doing something previously unthinkable in the NFL.
Not only had no player ever gained 1,000 yards both rushing and receiving in a season, no player had ever had even 800 yards both rushing and receiving in a season. But Craig said that after the 1984 season, in which Craig gained 649 rushing yards and 675 receiving yards, coach Bill Walsh approached him and told him the 49ers would need him even more on offense in 1985. Walsh told Craig the 49ers were going to need 1,000 yards from him.
“I was fired up. I knew I couldn’t let him down ,” Craig…
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