Posted by ESPN.com’s Pat Yasinskas
Colleague Len Pasquarelli has a column that explores what happens to running backs when they get overused. It’s well worth a read because one prominent NFC South running back is a part of this story.
That’s Atlanta’s Michael Turner. He says he feels fine physically, after carrying 376 times last year – his first season as a starter. But it’s clear that Turner’s not producing anything close to what he did last year.
I think there’s definitely something to the theory that you can wear a running back out when you give him too many carries.
Colleague Len Pasquarelli has a column that explores what happens to running backs when they get overused. It’s well worth a read because one prominent NFC South running back is a part of this story.
That’s Atlanta’s Michael Turner. He says he feels fine physically, after carrying 376 times last year – his first season as a starter. But it’s clear that Turner’s not producing anything close to what he did last year.
I think there’s definitely something to the theory that you can wear a running back out when you give him too many carries.
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Pat Yasinskas
Yasinskas joined ESPN.com in January 2008 after covering the Carolina Panthers for The Charlotte Observer for nine seasons. He began his journalism career with The Tampa Tribune in 1990.