Le'veon Bell enters 48 hour homestretch

[Ewa PGH Fan]

I actually KIND OF agree with rmilla... Only if his point is at a PER TOUCH scenario... I do think RBs are the SAFEST of the skill positions... The hits are more straight forward, don't really get blindsided or cheap shot as often...

BUT it doesn't matter about a per touch statistic, when the RBs clearly get significantly more touches...

Good RBs who are elusive avoid straight forward hits. And RBS get blindsided all the time but it's not called that because it's legal to blindside a RB. There is no defenseless RB rule. Until this season of course, depending on how the refs apply the new leading with the head rule.

 

[Pure Steel]

Gurley, who turns 24 in August, has a couple of years left in his prime. Bell, at 26, does not. That might sound harsh for players who are only two years apart, but the life span of a running back in the NFL is not long. ESPN’s Bill Barnwell pointed this out, showing how even rushers at the top of the leader board don’t survive much longer than five years.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Gurley, who turns 24 in August, has a couple of years left in his prime. Bell, at 26, does not. That might sound harsh for players who are only two years apart, but the life span of a running back in the NFL is not long. ESPN’s Bill Barnwell pointed this out, showing how even rushers at the top of the leader board don’t survive much longer than five years.

^^^^^

 

[Stomp]

OK found data that actually backs your claim. I'll do what you didn't and leave a link to it. Data is a little dated.

FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Innovative Statistics, Intelligent Analysis | NFL Injuries Part IV: Variation by Position

Further more the data gets skewed by older WRs that keep playing vs RBs who career are over due to injuries making them ineffective IMO.

There are generally more WR on the field at any given time than RB usually 3 to 1. If anything this makes RB look far more likely on a per snap or per start basis to get injured.

 

[rmilia1]

There are generally more WR on the field at any given time than RB usually 3 to 1. If anything this makes RB look far more likely on a per snap or per start basis to get injured.

If anything that would make the number smaller not bigger. Larger sample sizes tend to have smaller percentages.

 

[Stomp]

Did a little math based on the charts had to do some estimating since the writer didn't include a lot of data he obviously had. Feel free to double check me if you think i'm wrong.

2000-2014 7680 regular season games

We don't know how many of those missed weeks are WR or TE since the writer decided to lump them together
WR/TE Weeks missed because of injury 6850
Guessing an conservative average of 5 WR see snaps per game and maybe 2.5 TE so 57600 games played

RB weeks missed 3850
An estimated 2.5 RB see action per game so 19200 GP

 

[handicappers]

bwwwhahahaha, burn

he says he has me on ignore and yet he still posts about me....DERP

the meltdown in complete

 

[NinerSickness]

A star RB on his 2nd contract is usually the worst, long-term investment in sports. And the Steelers know it.

 

[steelerssb]

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]

Didn't see this until just recently... Hilarious

This ought to go well.

LMAO! just read the comments on that article

 

[FaCe-LeE-uS]