How the NFL has changed...only two RBs had 300-plus carries in 2011. From 1996-98, Terrell Davis...

How the NFL has changed...only two RBs had 300-plus carries in 2011. From 1996-98, Terrell Davis AVERAGED 368.6 carries a season.

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Which factor do you think contributes to this stat the most?

Increase in Passing
Increase in teams using 2 backs

by Brad-KC on Feb 7, 2012 10:37 AM CST reply actions

Interesting question

We had three QBs pass for better than 5,000 yards. 15 RBs eclipsed 1,000 yards.

by Chief Willie Wildcat on Feb 7, 2012 10:41 AM CST up reply actions

Interesting, the top 40 QBs (because that’s how many were listed on the first page) attempted 16,019 passes this season. In 1997 the top 40 attempted 14,108.

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by JComp11 on Feb 7, 2012 10:48 AM CST up reply actions

If you look at the entire NFL it breaks down like this

2010: Pass- 34 attempts/gm Rush- 27.3 attempts/gm
2009: Pass- 33.7 attempts/gm Rush- 27.2 attempts/gm
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1998: Pass- 32.3 attempts/gm Rush- 28.3 attempts/gm
1997: Pass- 32.8 attempts/gm Rush- 28.4 attempts/gm
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So on average the NFL is throwing 1 more attempt and running 1 less attempt per game in that span.
So in my opinion it has more to do with the 2 RB systems.

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by KSU-Chief on Feb 7, 2012 10:55 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs

nice

by Brad-KC on Feb 7, 2012 10:58 AM CST up reply actions

There was that one year

that we tried to kill Larry Johnson with 417. Poor guy just walks around spitting on people now…must have been the head trauma.

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by chai1836 on Feb 7, 2012 10:40 AM CST reply actions 4 recs

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by Tarkus on Feb 7, 2012 10:43 AM CST up reply actions

That record may never be broken.

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by saskwatch on Feb 7, 2012 1:40 PM CST up reply actions

That's Because Most Coaches Aren't Stupid Enough To Want To Break It

But not Herm Edwards. He was plenty stupid enough to destroy his running backs that way. Did it to Larry Johnson and Curtis Martin.

by UCrawford on Feb 7, 2012 7:02 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs

Maybe if Davis only averaged 286 carries a season he would've played longer and got his nod to the HoF

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by GenericBrand on Feb 7, 2012 10:40 AM CST reply actions

I know he suffered from severe migraines, but not sure if they had anything to do his football career

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by RememberDelaney37 on Feb 7, 2012 10:41 AM CST via mobile up reply actions

It Was The Usage

370 carries is considered a danger zone for RB usage. History has shown that RBs who get that level of carries on average see their production plummet by 40% the following season. 370 carry seasons ruined the careers of Emmitt Smith, Earl Campell, Larry Johnson, Jamal Anderson and Christian Okoye. The only guy who it didn’t seem to affect was Eric Dickerson, who had four of them…but then he was just a freak.

by UCrawford on Feb 7, 2012 6:59 PM CST up reply actions

I loved watching Dickerson run

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by Pacific Chief on Feb 8, 2012 12:02 AM CST up reply actions

And Yes, I Think If It Had Been 286

Davis would have been around a lot longer. Shanahan burned him out.

by UCrawford on Feb 7, 2012 7:00 PM CST up reply actions

That dude was a beast.

I hate the Broncos but I liked Davis. Seemed like a good guy off the field and he was freaking good. Now that I look back at it, kind of similar to Priest. Soft-spoken, nice guy, killed it on the field, to short of a career.

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by Fozzyboyd on Feb 7, 2012 12:37 PM CST up reply actions

So let's draft a first round RB!

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by HIV 2 Elway on Feb 7, 2012 10:41 AM CST via mobile reply actions

+1

or is it -1….either way I agree with the facetiousness.

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by GenericBrand on Feb 7, 2012 10:54 AM CST up reply actions

Steve Breaston for Chiefs RB

He lead the league in yards/attempt. 1 for 25.

by Chief Willie Wildcat on Feb 7, 2012 10:48 AM CST reply actions

And from 1999-2001, he averaged 104 carries per season.

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by Chief Farmer on Feb 7, 2012 10:50 AM CST reply actions