Falcons: Stephen Jackson is a FA- Bring em home TD?

[Aftermath]

(02-27-2013 12:01 AM)ATLBound Wrote:  We truly don't need him to be like 2006 although it would be a nice surprise. Thats why you see all his supporters point at his ypc stat. He makes the most of the carries he gets.

I think thats where its a disconnection. The people who keep harping on his age are thinking we're looking for a franchise RB or something. We're looking a nice proven complement. So yea we're paying more for not having to worry about a lack of production. Focusing on his imminent decline is not a good argument against a rb who averages 4.1 ypc.

The best argument right now is whatever his contract will be because its an unknown. What is not an unknown is how productive he has CONSISTENTLY been. Can't deny that

True, he has been one of the most consistent RBs in the league but then again so was Turner until he hit a wall. I just think that it is somewhat wishful thinking to suggest that we can replace a declining 30 year old RB with another 30 year old RB that has had over 700 more carries during his career. People talked about the miles we put on turner but the mileage on Jackson is even worse. RBs are consistent and productive until they just aren't anymore, we kept Turner a year too long and it cost us and I don't want the falcons to suffer again because we are relying on another over the hill RB with too much wear and tear. What does work in his favor is that he will likely see around 200 carries or so with us so he won't be required to carry the whole load. It's not a question of when SJ will hit a wall but when, its going to happen sooner rather than later and I don't really want the Falcons to be hitched to his cart when it happens.

As far as the YPC goes, there isn't much difference between the 3.9 that Turner and Quizz put up and the 4.1 that he put up.