INDIANAPOLIS — By season’s end, the 2017 backfield for the Indianapolis Colts was essentially a two-horse show, featuring a future Hall of Famer showing the up-and-coming rookie how it’s done in the NFL.
That veteran presence, , continued his ground-and-pound assault on the NFL’s all-time record books in his 13th year in the league. Items of note included:
• Gore is now fifth on the NFL’s all-time rushing list with 14,026 yards. He can surpass Hall of Famer Curtis Martin to move into fourth place with just 76 more rushing yards. In 2017 alone, he passed a trio of Hall of Fame running back son the list: Eric Dickerson, LaDainian Tomlinson and Jerome Bettis.