Falcons: Turner Question

[caliber]

How many more years do you think he has left? This year he seems to be lacking a substantial amount of burst. In his 1st 2 years we saw him making his own yards, breaking tackles and punishing defenders. This year it seems to me that he is getting bottled up more and not breaking as many tackles...and frankly, going down more easily than ever before. He has had some big runs, but the majority of the ones I remember were because the O-Line created a big lane for him. Not bashing the guy because I know he is integral to our success, but he just doesn't seem to have the ability to run through defenders any more. Is it time for us to start looking for a replacement (Preferably a younger, faster power runner). I ask because I have noticed others commenting on this in the game day chats.

[NCFalconfan]

I think the groin injury is what's slowing him down mainly.

[Radical]

People have said the same thing these past two years, and at the start of this year people said he had his burst back, and now they're back to saying he's slow again. I'm not really worried about him, but our next back should be in the mold of MJD if we do get another primary back.

[Knight of God]

Two more years.

[Jayhawk-Falcon2012]

3 more years of a thousand at least.

[RnB]

Not worried about him for the foreseeable future. As Radical said, we have heard the Turner stuff for a couple years now and he still puts in enough work as our starting RB. I have no clue how many seasons he has left but its certainly not less than one.

[FullMetalFalcon23]

He went to town on Tennessee. I think his groin has slowed him up a bit since then. But he still is punching through. I see him hitting 12 to 1350 before the regular season is out.