2018 NFL Offseason Thread -- Philadelphia Burning Edition

Alex

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You should read my post again. I'm not talking about the past. You think we'll see a workhorse back with a 10+ year long career in which he's a focal point of the offense? Just don't see that happening with how backs are valued these days. Maybe Gordon and Gurley will be those dudes but I doubt it.
 
Sterling

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Alex said:
You should read my post again. I'm not talking about the past. You think we'll see a workhorse back with a 10+ year long career in which he's a focal point of the offense? Just don't see that happening with how backs are valued these days. Maybe Gordon and Gurley will be those dudes but I doubt it.
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Reading your question, the first one to come to mind was Gurley, but who knows what he'll be doing 5 years from now.
 
DickTrickle

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I see Elliot having a good chance of that. I think Gordon will be out of the league with six years.
 
Itlan

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Cathan you're so dumb.

Gurley has already been injured. Zeke is a domestic incident waiting to happen. Gordon was banged up all year being a workhorse.

I think that type of player is gone. Dudes are too strong, too fast to be taking that kind of punishment play after play after play. Body or mind will wear down at some point.

I'm pretty sure Emmitt Smith has CTE. Or he just got smacked around so much the part of his brain that controls language no longer functions.


Don't mind the laugh track.
 
DickTrickle

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Itlan said:
Cathan you're so dumb.

Gurley has already been injured. Zeke is a domestic incident waiting to happen. Gordon was banged up all year being a workhorse.

I think that type of player is gone. Dudes are too strong, too fast to be taking that kind of punishment play after play after play. Body or mind will wear down at some point.

I'm pretty sure Emmitt Smith has CTE. Or he just got smacked around so much the part of his brain that controls language no longer functions.


Don't mind the laugh track.
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Was Emmitt Smith ever capable of articulation, though?
 
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Ameraves

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Merrith said:
Dick move for sure. Weird to have a 66 year old on the Security team at the Super Bowl though, and can't find any actual mention of what the injury was.
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All of those security guards are always worthless, and I am curious why they tend to be old &/or fat.
 
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Alex said:
You should read my post again. I'm not talking about the past. You think we'll see a workhorse back with a 10+ year long career in which he's a focal point of the offense? Just don't see that happening with how backs are valued these days. Maybe Gordon and Gurley will be those dudes but I doubt it.
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Ok first off I had no idea you were only considering 2000 or later era RBs. It's not like that was stated in the post.

Second of all: Leveon Bell has been Pittsburgh's workhorse back for a few years. If not for his knee getting Burficked and smoke some Js with Blount he had a shot as a workhorse back.

In general I do agree, workhorse backs are a thing of the past.
 
pharmakos

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how retarded do you have to be to try to smuggle two ounces INTO Costa Rica? wow
 
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