OT: Interesting stat on Running Backs/17 Game season

[ThatGuyRyan]

Only 14 Running Backs started 32 regular season games from the start of the 2019 NFL season to the end of the 2020 season

None of the 14 backs are starters. It's a remarkable stat demonstrating the attrition rate among those playing football's most brutal position. The 14 running backs were Peyton Barber, Gus Edwards, Nyheim Hines, Ameer Abdullah, D'Ernest Johnson, Devontae Booker, Royce Freeman, Dion Lewis, Mike Boone, Giovani Bernard, Alex Armah, J.D. McKissic, Alec Ingold, and Keith Smith,

per Clay. 2020 saw top-tier running backs demolished by injury: Saquon Barkley tore his ACL and missed 14 games; Christian McCaffrey was out 13 games with various ailments; Joe Mixon's foot injury cost him 10 games; Austin Ekeler hurt his hamstring and was out for six weeks; and Chris Carson and Miles Sanders each missed four games.

Meanwhile, 20 wide receivers played all 32 games from 2019 to 2020, including Amari Cooper, Robby Anderson, Allen Robinson, DK Metcalf, and Tyler Lockett. The league expanding to a 17-game regular season makes it even more unlikely running backs -- and anyone else in the NFL -- can get through an entire year unscathed.

 

[bamainatlanta]

But yeah, lets draft a RB in the late 1st or early 2nd!

 

[dabears70]

Holy crap.

 

[Ralpf]

Yeah more games isn't going to be great for players. It will lead to bigger contracts in time, but players with short careers being shortened or don't get a large portion of the salary cap won't get much of that.

And that describes the situation of most RBs, even starters.

 

[JesusHalasChrist]

But yeah, lets draft a RB in the late 1st or early 2nd!

and then give them a 2nd contract

 

[Anytime23]

Holy crap.

Breaking: pro-level athlete has big muscles and is ripped. More news at 11.

 

[PeterG]

BUT WHAT RB CAN SMASH WATERMELONS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS IN GREEN BAY

 

[dabears70]

Holy crap.

Breaking: pro-level athlete has big muscles and is ripped. More news at 11.

Hmmmmmmmm

 

[Anytime23]

Hmmmmmmmm

Breaking: Ryan Pace drafts fat and slow RB. More news at 11.

 

[dabears70]

Breaking: Ryan Pace drafts fat and slow RB. More news at 11.

Ummmmmmm he's no longer fat or slow.

How David Montgomery's offseason helped him run faster

The Bears running back started to find his groove in Matt Nagy’s offense towards the end of the 2020 regular season.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[Anytime23]

Ummmmmmm he's no longer fat or slow.

How David Montgomery's offseason helped him run faster

The Bears running back started to find his groove in Matt Nagy’s offense towards the end of the 2020 regular season.

www.nbcsports.com

Good. Then we can make arguments about him being fast without referencing literally a singular run.