One thing about RBs is that good careers often come to an abrupt end. Marshall Faulk, Priest Holmes, etc. A fantasy stud one year can easily go away forever. Factors such as injuries, age, and mileage play into this. For the sake of argument here how much do you think the following RBs have left as FF studs? LaDanian Tomlinson Larry Johnson Shaun Alexander Here's a good article that takes a look at what happens to happens to stud RBs when they have a heavy amount of carries like the above three. It's a FF preview for LJ but can easily be applied to all. Read Full Article Source: KFFL, James Eberspacher
I would like to think LT has the most left out of the three of them. He's just hitting his stride, Alexander is coming down from his and LJ is overused and will probably break down early because of it.
LT IMO has a lot left. And I don't think he will be used as much this year. I think they will work Turner more into the offense this season.
I agree, but From the things i have heard they're going to have Turner and LT on the field at the same time to open more things up for the offense.
i think shaun is never going to return to form i think he will get maybe 1100 this year maybe a little more but i dont see him being that stud that he was years ago. Larry Johnson was way overused and he has been the last two seasons if he goes over 400 again thats going to shorten his NFL career by several years
How come everyone thinks LT has so much more in him than the other 2? Look at the number of carries over the last 3 seasons. Tomlinson 04: 339 05: 339 06: 348 Johnson 04: 120 05: 336 06: 416 Alexander 04: 353 05: 370 06: 252 LT's racked up a lot of mileage. Don't forget how much more he's used as a receiver than LJ and SA too with 100, 53, 51, & 56, receptions the last 4 seasons respectively. Alexander's foot injury probably makes him the most vulnerable to exit first. But after that I'd go LT 2nd and Johnson 3rd.
I can see what you mean, but LT does not take any hits during the pre season because he is rested. And as you can see there he does not go over 350 carries in a season. And Yes Saints I am in SD.
He kinda does. LT had 348 rushes and 56 receptions. LJ had 416 rushes and 41 receptions. That's 404 total touches to 457. That's only 3 touches a game less for LT.
