Malcom Brown injures MCL- #2 RB discussion

[LACHAMP46]

Davis has some good vision, the fumbles and pass blocking can be negated by him getting practice time and some good coaching.

I don't think practice pass blocking simulates game speed....Not even close. I'd like to see if he really has gotten the fumbles outta his system. This should be a perfect game for that. We should blow the Texans out. And they still have some good defenders over there.

A bunch of RBs on the wavier wire? Whatcha talkin about Willis???

Ryan Mathews, DeAngelo Williams to name a couple

http://nfltraderumors.co/2017-nfl-free-agents-list/

 

[Jacobarch]

I don't think practice pass blocking simulates game speed....Not even close. I'd like to see if he really has gotten the fumbles outta his system. This should be a perfect game for that. We should blow the Texans out. And they still have some good defenders over there.



Ryan Mathews, DeAngelo Williams to name a couple

http://nfltraderumors.co/2017-nfl-free-agents-list/

oh i thought you meant good running backs. I don't think either or them are viable options right now.

 

[LACHAMP46]

ok

 

[RamFan503]

It's sort of an unwritten rule, like 2500 touches or reaching 30 years old.

The punishment takes it's toll quickly, Here is a link. There is a chart that shows 300+ carry backs and how they did the next year. Teams are reducing the load because that number of carries, especially if the runner is a physical type of back, catches up fast.

The chart didn't paste in well but you can click the link and check it out. Gurley isn't a highly physical runner but he is moderately so. I'd like to see him get more rest so to speak.

http://www.espn.com/blog/philadelph...t-legarrette-blount-and-the-300-carry-concern

The Year After 300

A look at running backs with 300 carries in a season since 2012 and how they fared the season after:

PLAYER SEASON CARRIES YARDS TDS NEXT SEASON YDS NEXT TDS YDS DIFF TD DIFF
Doug Martin 2012 319 1,454 11 456 1 -998 -10
Alfred Morris 2012 335 1,613 13 1,275 7 -338 -6
Arian Foster 2012 351 1,424 15 542 1 -882 -14
Adrian Peterson 2012 348 2,097 12 1,266 10 -831 -2
Marshawn Lynch 2012 315 1,590 11 1,257 12 -333 1
LeSean McCoy 2013 314 1,607 9 1,319 5 -288 -4
Marshawn Lynch 2013 301 1,257 12 1,306 13 49 1
DeMarco Murray 2014 392 1,845 13 702 6 -1,143 -7
LeSean McCoy 2014 312 1,319 5 895 5 -424 0
Adrian Peterson 2015 327 1,485 11 72 0 -1,413 -11
Ezekiel Elliott 2016 322 1,631 15 N/A N/A N/A N/A

Interesting. I wonder what else factored in. Regardless, workhorse backs are more rare than they used to be. There would have been a far larger sample size if they had gone back farther that 2010.

 

[LesBaker]

Interesting. I wonder what else factored in. Regardless, workhorse backs are more rare than they used to be. There would have been a far larger sample size if they had gone back farther that 2010.

I think RB's pound for pound take the biggest beating of any athletes in pro sports outside of boxing and MMA.

I can't imagine having hundreds of pounds of humans smashing into me and landing on me even one time let alone many, many times in one day.

 

[dieterbrock]

Seems like a lot of near panic for replacing a guy who sees a handful of plays a game.
TA #11 has already the same amount of carries and can pick up more.
Rams brain trust believed in Dunbar and has kept Davis around for a reason. I have no doubt we won’t skip a beat

 

[RamFan503]

I think RB's pound for pound take the biggest beating of any athletes in pro sports outside of boxing and MMA.

I can't imagine having hundreds of pounds of humans smashing into me and landing on me even one time let alone many, many times in one day.

Yeah I agree. I just don’t know that it is as cut and dry as the article would have us believe.

 

[fearsomefour]

Obviously Gurley will get his touches....when he needs a rest or the coach wants to mix up with look, something with 2 TEs and 3 WRs set could be interesting....like up with 3 WRs out split with 2 TEs and bring Austin from out wide into the backfield to run, so 3 WRs out wide, the 2 TEs then split out wide creating a 5 WR empty backfield look, Austin coming into the backfield, if the D is more of a base look you should have mismatches out wide or if they go dime when they see 3 WRs they will be spread out to run Austin....or, run Davis and Austin each in the back field to give multiple passing options, hopefully, vs LBs.