About 'cleveland browns trent richardson injury'-Trent Richardson: Browns RB's Fantasy Stock Still High Despite Struggles
For the sake of argument, say that you were the GM of a team that needed a running back, and you had a top-five pick. Luckily for you, a stud running back is available! He's apparently the best prospect in a looooong time. Sounds like an easy choice, right? Not so fast, bucko. If you were to waste your pick on this running back, you'd be helping your cause to be picking high in next year's draft as well. Why is that? The answer is simple: running backs don't win games now like they used to. They are simply inefficient. There are 2 main reasons why this is true: They require a good offensive line to function properly. You could really make this argument about the entire offense, but with running backs, the problem is even worse. A quarterback can function well with a subpar offensive line, as they can extend plays with their legs, go to their hot receiver, or simply dodge a defender. Ben Roethlisberger, one of the best QBs at extending a play has one of the worst o-lines in the league and he threw for over 4,000 yards! The same ability to function with poor line play cannot be said of running backs. If their offensive line cannot block, they are virtually useless. A prime example of this is Peyton Hillis. In 2010, when he had a better offensive line and a great fullback in Lawrence Vickers, he averaged 4.4 yards per carry. This year, with a far less effective line and a rookie fullback, he averaged a paltry 3.6. Running backs are not able to create fast points. A good QB can drive down the field in no time. They can erase point deficits in no time flat. The rushing game cannot. An offense based on a rushing attack must slowly plod down the field. This may not seem so bad if your team isn't down, but remember, the longer it takes to get down the field, the more chances a defense has to make a stop. Also, as has been implied, if a team is down by a few scores, they cannot depend on their rushing attack, as they will simply run out of time. There are also 2 big reasons why running backs are bad bets for contracts that are not based on their offensive inefficiency: 1. Running backs get injured a lot. Running backs are one position that is horribly susceptible to injury, as would be expected from players that ram into multiple defenders during every play that features them. Look at the number of backs this year that received serious and/or lengthy injuries: Adrian Peterson (torn ACL), Arian Foster (missed several early season games with a strained hamstring), Matt Forte (sprained MCL), Darren McFadden (sprained foot), Peyton Hillis (strained hamstring), Felix Jones (numerous ankle and hamstring injuries) and DeMarco Murray (fractured ankle) on the Cowboys and Rashard Mendenhall (torn ACL, along with numerous earlier injuries that affected production), along with many injured backups. A player that is this susceptible to injury is a bad investment. Why waste a lot of money (and more importantly cap space) on a player that is very probable to be injured? 2. Running backs have short careers. After seeing how much they get injured, this should not be much of a surprise. Running backs do not stay good for very long. After a while, their skills simply fade. The commonly cited age is 30, but really, the degradation of skill begins before then and is simply most visible around this time. After knowing all this, would you still use a high draft pick or hand out a big contract in free agency to a running back? Probably not. Of the 12 teams that made the playoffs this year, how many had great rushing attacks? Baltimore, Houston and Denver. And in Denver, quite a bit of the rushing came from Tim Tebow (though you shouldn't discredit Willis McGahee, as he had a good season). More telling is the number of playoff teams that had average (or in some of these cases, plain bad) running games. Detroit had a ten win season with a running game that was painful to watch. Green Bay had 1558 yards on the ground as a total team, which is less than Maurice Jones-Drew had on his own! The Packers were 15-1, and the Jaguars were 4-12. Green Bay could pass the ball well. Jacksonville could not. Running the ball will not win you games like passing will. This brings us to the situation that the Cleveland Browns are currently in. They will be picking at number 4 and 22 in the first round of this year's draft. In 2011, due to injuries and overall poor play, the Browns' rushing attack ranked 28th in the league. Their starting back, Peyton Hillis will most likely be leaving in free agency. There will be a lot of pressure to draft Trent Richardson, who has been heralded as the best back to come out of college since Adrian Peterson. For the reasons outlined above, doing so would be a bad idea. He would not provide the type offensive impact that is sorely needed by the NFL's 29th ranked offense that a WR (Justin Blackmon) or QB (Robert Griffin) could provide. Mr. Richardson would be a far better bet for a team that is picking lower in the first round. |
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