ivotuk":1i9u4p7z said:
WindCityHawk":1i9u4p7z said:
It's easy to crap on the move for a division opponent, but wouldn't you prefer him here? He's probably be a step up from any of our current backs. And may be able to plow through bad blocking the way Lynch did.
The question, of course, is whether he in fact has anything left in the tank. If he does, the Cardinals actually just opened up their offense.
I'm not ready to write them off just yet.
I have to disagree. Petersen is pretty much done. He and Marshawn have a lot of miles on their bodies, and they are not the elite running backs that they used to be. I read an article where the author calculated that 1,800 carries was the average limit to the lifetime of an NFL Running Back. Now there are some rare ones that are successful beyond that, but not by much.
Marshawn has 2,200 carries and has not looked good of late. AP has 2,400. IMHO, I don't think either one will get beyond 800 yards this year.
Sample size is way too small to call him toast. He has just over 60 carries over the last 20 regular season games. Part of that is due to injury (2015, he only appeared in 3 games), and part of that is scheme fit (NO requires complete backs, AP is not that -- he was routinely subbed out in passing downs for McKinnon in Minnesota).
Now, on the other hand, AP is 32, and we all know what happens to running backs after they hit age 30.
Still, I think it's really premature to say he's worthless. I'm not writing off a generational RB talent because of 60 carries. That's, for all intents and purposes, a 3-game regular season stretch of being ineffective. I wouldn't mind this move at all if we were Arizona.