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Dillon: Age 31, 345 carries (plus 65 in the post season)
Martin: Age 32, 371 carries
Bettis: Age 33, hasn't topped 250 carries in years, but still scores 7++ TDs.
Staley: Age 30, coming off injury, has never been really that good.

The first two are likely to take a step back, Bettis is likely to put up 600 yards and 7 TDs at a minimum, and may have a lot of touchdowns like he did last year.

Staley will be splitting carries and not those of the goal-line variety.

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You are out of your mind. Last years stats:

Martin-1697 yds, 13 total tds
Dillon-1635 yds, 13 total tds

Both are clear cut starters. Even if both rush for 400 yards less and 4 touchdowns less they are far more valuable than Bettis. Bettis isn't the starter in Pittsburgh. If you remember, he was the backup until Staley got hurt. Sure he might get some goal line tds (I'll be generous and say 9 tds), but he won't get any yardage. Staley was and still is the starter. There is about a 5 round difference between Dillon & Martin compared to Bettis.