NFL: Russell Wilson should be ROY.

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(12-31-2012 12:29 PM)Jesus Wrote:  They put a lot of milage on Morris this year. Rookies rarely run that much in the NFL. He had 335 carries this year and 732 carries in college. That means he has over 1000 carries in the past 5 years. That doesn't bode well for a feature back. I don't wish him badly but 1000 carries at age 24 he will probably start breaking down in 3 years.

Which is a staple of Mike Shanahan. That's the reason he's always had a revolving door at RB in his coaching career, it's because he runs these guys into the ground and they end up getting hurt and they're outta the league as quickly as they came. I didn't realize how quickly Terrell Davis was out of the NFL after he carried the Broncos to back-to-back Super Bowl titles.

1995 - 237 carries
1996 - 345 carries
1997 - 369 carries
1998 - 392 carries

The human body can't handle that kind of work load. And unfortunately TD broke down after 1998 playing in only 5 games in 1999, 5 games in 2000 and 8 games in 2001 and he was out of the league after that.

You can say the Falcons did the same thing with Jamal Anderson but even his work load was light compared to Davis. Aside from 1998 Jamal didn't have a season with more than 290 carries.