I'd take a Todd Gurley or an Adrian Peterson too and by the way, who was the leading rusher in post season last year? CJ Anderson of the Super Bowl champs. So yeah, you don't need them, but they do come in handy

Gatr22 wrote: Whammy Business wrote: I don't think anybody needs a big-time running back. It's the most devalued position in the NFL. There's a reason there have only been a combined six running backs selected in the first round of the last five NFL drafts. The idea you need a bell cow at running back to be successful or even competitive in the NFL is archaic and not at all in line with what's actually going on in today's game. Below are the leading rushers for the last 10 Super Bowl winners and their rushing totals: Broncos - Hillman, 863 Patriots - Gray, 412 Seahawks - Lynch, 1,257 Ravens - Rice, 1,143 Giants - Bradshaw, 659 Packers - Jackson, 703 Saints - Thomas, 793 Steelers - Parker, 791 Giants - Jackson, 1,009 Colts - Addai, 1,081 That's a whole bunch of average. I guess I'm archaic then, but I'd take a big back like Henry still..........so good point. I don't feel like doing the research, but some of those teams from memory shared back duties, which is more and more popular. How many yards did CJ get with Denver last year? I know he was big in the Super Bowl

Broncos - Hillman/Anderson for 1583 yds

Patriots- Vereen/Ridley/Gray for 1143 yds; add Blount's 5 games 281 yds and it's 1424

Seahawks- predominantly Lynch with Wilson as the second leading rusher

Ravens- Pierce/Rice for 1675 (mostly Rice 1143)

Giants- Bradshaw/Jacobs for 1230 yds

Packers- They were all over the place; Rodgers even gained over 300 yds rushing

Saints- Bell/Thomas/Bush for 1837 yds

Steelers- Parker/Moore for 1379

Giants- Derrick Ward/Brandon Jacobs for 1611 yards (mostly Jacobs 1009)

Colts- Addai/Rhodes for 1722 yds (mostly Addai 1081)

It's not so much that bell cow backs are archaic, it's that finding those types of running backs who can do what AP does year in and year out are not easy to find. So, teams stopped trying to find their unicorn back. The "bell cow" back yardage is still there and very much needed, but it comes in the form of committees these days or in the form of guys like Matt Forte who get those total yards running and catching. It's not archaic; it's just hard to find the single running back on the team who can do it. Saying that having a dominant running back is archaic is like saying using defense to wins championships is archaic because of how well the passing game works these days. The Broncos didn't get to that Super Bowl on the legs of a great running game, sure, but they didn't do it on a great passing game either. They won it with defense. The Seahawks won with defense and running; had Pete Carroll chosen to be archaic for one more play in 2014/2015, he'd probably be a 2-time Super Bowl champ. Nothing in the NFL is archaic if you have the right players and the right coach to make it work. If they had a running back who could give them 4.9 yds per carry as AP has done throughout his career, there's not a coach in the league who wouldn't give him 20 carries a game just because that style is archaic. Controlling the clock in the game of football will never be archaic and the best way of doing that is successfully running the ball.Last edited on 2016-05-18 at 0:19

Malus Darrow wrote: As a Dolphins fan, the last several years have taught me to be thankful.... for the fact that fantasy football exists and I have something to cheer for where I might see success during the NFL season.

Amen, maybe the Dolphins aren't that good but I know I'm good at fantasy

Got my plan in place for fantasy already.

Seeing as whoever I pick gets injured anyway, I'm just going to pick as many Steelers and Bengals players and hope I can sabotage the actual season as well as my efforts at fantasy...

Whammy Business wrote: Gatr22 wrote: I'd take a Todd Gurley or an Adrian Peterson too and by the way, who was the leading rusher in post season last year? CJ Anderson of the Super Bowl champs. So yeah, you don't need them, but they do come in handy CJ Anderson ran for an average of 78 yards/game and scored two total touchdowns in three playoff games. That's hardly dominant. The fact CJ Anderson was the leading rusher in the postseason is irrelevant. Half the guys in the postseason only play one game. His title of leading postseason rusher is almost as irrelevant as Derrick Henry's status as a former Heisman Trophy winner as it relates to his future success. But I'm sure you'll continue to beat both drums because they fit your narrative that's based on nothing close to objective stats.

To be fair he was also the 2nd highest YPG rusher (behind Alfred Blue's single 99y game), so it's not like he got to the top through more games (well, he did for total yards obviously) but he was also one of the best backs per carry.