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YPC from a backup with less than 100 carries is irrelavent,

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??? No it's not. LMJ was one of the most productive backs in the league last year. He went from a dominating O-Line to a pitiful one and he's paying the price.

See also: Clinton Portis.

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I am curios as to you opinion/ranking of Reuben Droughns this year.

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to answer your original question if i were given a choice between spending my money on LT or 3 top notch OL then i would choose the latter (diversifying i guess). im just not huge on spending money on ONE person, even in madden. i get pissed when my players holdout and i just let them rot.

but LT IS GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.

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But I'd be willing to make a small wager (I'm not much of a betting man) that, if the Shaun Alexander doesn't return to Seattle, their RBs will combined run for 1500 yards.

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Bold prediction. In 2004, 28 of 32 NFL teams rushed for 1500 yards. I don't feel like going through each team's stats to subtract QB rushing and end-arounds, but let's guess 300 yards for that. Still, 18 of the 32 had 1800 total, or probably 1500 from RBs.

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But I'd be willing to make a small wager (I'm not much of a betting man) that, if the Shaun Alexander doesn't return to Seattle, their RBs will combined run for 1500 yards.

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Bold prediction. In 2004, 28 of 32 NFL teams rushed for 1500 yards. I don't feel like going through each team's stats to subtract QB rushing and end-arounds, but let's guess 300 yards for that. Still, 18 of the 32 had 1800 total, or probably 1500 from RBs.

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This just adds to my point. If almost every team rushes for 1500 yds, why the hell do we still make such a big deal out of having a 1000 yard rusher?

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This just adds to my point. If almost every team rushes for 1500 yds, why the hell do we still make such a big deal out of having a 1000 yard rusher?

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We don't. I think this stat originated when they plaayed fewer games. Its runneth over.

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Reuben has been almost exactly average.

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Not just in terms of production, but also in terms of wild-ass-guessing the effect he has on the game in helping Brees, Gates, etc.

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I don't know if I would willingly run Bettis in the open field. Especially after last night.