Comparing any rookie to a veteran is a fool’s game. Doing so when drawing a comparison to an all-time great is even more foolish. It’s nice to give fans something to be happy about during a slow part of the year, but it’s also unfair to both the rookie and the player he is being compared to.
This didn’t stop Cleveland Browns running back coach Wilbert Montgomery from comparing rookie running back Duke Johnson to Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas.
“The best way I can describe Duke is what Thurman Thomas was for Buffalo,” Montgomery said last week, via the Akron Beacon Journal.