Gurley says he taught Michel to 'run and catch' at Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) - Todd Gurley says he often communicated with two other former Georgia running 支援するs, Sony Michel and Nick Chubb, during the 2018 season.
Now that Gurley and Michel are having a 最高の Bowl 再会 as the 主要な rushers for the Los Angeles 押し通すs and New England 愛国者s, それぞれ, that conversation is on 持つ／拘留する. Gurley says he's trying to 避ける talking with Michel, his 2014 Georgia チーム仲間, this week.
At least not 直接／まっすぐに.
Surrounded by reporters on Tuesday, Gurley took a few good-natured 言葉の jabs at Michel.
"I remember when he first （機の）カム in, he couldn't run and catch," Gurley said of Michel's freshman season at Georgia. "I had to teach him how to do all that stuff."
Gurley taught Michel?
Los Angeles 押し通すs running 支援する Todd Gurley listens to question during a news 会議／協議会 Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Atlanta, ahead of the NFL 最高の Bowl 53 football game (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
"Yeah, I did," he said. "Hopefully ev erything I taught him, he doesn't do it and he just plays like he used to play before I taught him everything."
Michel on Monday 述べるd Gurley as a "big brother" at Georgia and said "it's pretty 冷静な／正味の" the two will 株 the スポットライト on Sunday.
"It's just more amazing that it's the 最高の Bowl," Michel said.
"We played on the same team, and I've seen him grow throughout the years. He worked for everything he got, and I'm excited for him."
Michel and Cleveland's Nick Chubb had 生産力のある 新人 seasons to join Gurley in the league and 強化する Georgia's bragging 権利s to be the nation's "RBU" - the 最高の，を越す school for running 支援するs. It's been a much-repeated （人命などを）奪う，主張する since Herschel Walker won the Heisman トロフィー for the Bulldogs in 1982 and was followed by such 支援するs as 守備隊 Hearst, Rodney Hampton, Robert Edwards and Knowshon Moreno.
Gurley said Georgia has been RBU "since I left." Chubb, Michel, Elijah Holyfield and D'Andre Swift have had 1,000-yard seasons. Holyfield, the son of former ボクシング 支持する／優勝者 Evander Holyfield, is entering this year's NFL 草案 as a junior.
Asked what makes Georgia different than other schools with more than one NFL running 支援する, Gurley said "because we're playing in the 最高の Bowl and nobody else is."
Each running 支援する has help.
The 押し通すs 誇る a one-two punch with Gurley and C.J. Anderson. 愛国者s quarterback Tom Brady also can give the ball to James White and Rex Burkhead.
愛国者s 中心 David Andrews, another former Georgia player, said he enjoys seeing the Bulldogs' tailback tradition getting attention.
"Any publicity Georgia gets, I 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる and I like," Andrews said.
Gurley was one of the NFL's most 生産力のある players this season. He led the league with 21 total touchdowns and 階級d third with 1,251 yards 急ぐing. He also had 59 catches as he 繁栄するd as a 走者 and receiver for the second straight year in coach Sean McVay's 罪／違反 .
Chubb 階級d 10th with 996 yards and Michel was 15th wi th 931 yards in the 正規の／正選手 season. Another former Georgia player, Isaiah Crowell, led the Jets in 急ぐing に引き続いて four seasons with Cleveland.
Michel is the league's 最高の，を越す postseason rusher with 242 yards 急ぐing and five touchdowns. That 含むs 129 yards and three touchdowns in a 勝利，勝つ over the Chargers.
Gurley had only four carries for 10 yards in the 押し通すs' NFC 選手権 game 勝利，勝つ over New Orleans. Even though he ran for 115 yards in the 押し通すs' プレーオフ 勝利，勝つ over Dallas, the 静かな showing against the Saints made many 観察者／傍聴者s wonder if Gurley was still bothered by a 膝 傷害 that 原因（となる）d him to 行方不明になる the final two games of the 正規の／正選手 season.
He 主張するd his health is not an 問題／発行する.
"I feel good," Gurley said Tuesday.
McVay 予報するd Gurley "is going to be a big part" of the 最高の Bowl game 計画（する）.
"I think a large part of 特に when you talk about last week's game was the play 選択," McVay said Tuesday. "I've got to do a much better 職業 for Todd to get him 適切な時期s to get going."
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New England 愛国者s' Sony Michel answers a question during 開始 Night for the NFL 最高の Bowl 53 football game Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
FILE- In this Sept. 13, 2014, とじ込み／提出する photo, Georgia running 支援する Sony Michel (1) celebrates with チーム仲間 Todd Gurley (3) after 得点する／非難する／２０ing a touchdown against South Carolina during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Columbia, S.C. Sony Michel was a freshman and Todd Gurley a junior when the pair 株d the backfield together at the University of Georgia. Sony Michel was a freshman and Todd Gurley a junior when the pair 株d the backfield together at the University of Georgia. Now the former Bulldogs チーム仲間s will be on opposite 味方するs when they 会合，会う in the 最高の Bowl. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2018, Los Angeles 押し通すs' Todd Gurley carries the ball during an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Los Angeles. Sony Michel was a freshman and Todd Gurley a junior when the pair 株d the backfield together at the University of Georgia. Now the former Bulldogs チーム仲間s will be on opposite 味方するs when they 会合，会う in the 最高の Bowl. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, とじ込み／提出する)
FILE- In this Dec. 23, 2018, とじ込み／提出する photo, New England 愛国者s running 支援する Sony Michel carries the b all against the Buffalo 法案s during the first half of an NFL football game in Foxborough, 集まり. Sony Michel was a freshman and Todd Gurley a junior when the pair 株d the backfield together at the University of Georgia. Now the former Bulldogs チーム仲間s will be on opposite 味方するs when they 会合，会う in the 最高の Bowl. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, とじ込み／提出する)
Los Angeles 押し通すs' Todd Gurley adjusts his hat during 開始 Night for the NFL 最高の Bowl 53 football game Monday, Jan. 28, 2019, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Los Angeles 押し通すs running 支援する Todd Gurley speaks during a news 会議／協議会 Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Atlanta, ahead of the NFL 最高の Bowl 53 football game (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
