How many running backs does it take to finish the season?
 

This year has been tough on our running game. We've been through numerous running backs. If I remember right we lost Hamilton first to an injury in preseason. He had promise and hopefully he will be back healthy for training camp.
Ivory looked very good at training camp and made a big impact when he played in between his own injuries.
We lost Reggie and PT in the same week and took a big hit to the running game while they were out. Neither one of them can be called durable.
We didn't have much success with players off the street........go figure. Betts, Jones and Wynn haven't given us any fire power and don't seem to be the answer for the short term or long term.
For crying out loud how many running backs does it take to finish the season?

remember we lost p.j. hill also in the preseason; he would have filled in nicely by now on the team. theres definitly a trend here with injuries that have to be dealt with. if i remember correctly wynn played just as good as betts did while he was here but they decided to go with betts because of more experience. wynn will be rusty thats the only problem i have. look how many games it took reggie to get his legs back under him and his balance is still iffy. look for wynn to get minimal carries but plenty spec. teams play.

Just one fit horse and a great blocking scheme.

Well we got them off the street for a reason.

A Body just to fill a hole.

If you recall we had the same situation last year with our DB's. Bringing guys off the street just to have enough to play a game. Injuries happen. Teams have to deal and move on.

"How many running backs does it take to finish the season?"

How many can we get?

i believe our backs will have a decent day sat.the rush will be so intense for seattle they will forget about the bush draw burning there feathers for huge gashes. i'm pumped and i'm ready, i know the black and gold nation is ready.

Makes you wonder why they would want to extend the football season to 18 games... not counting the playoffs. It's such a physical sport and now you can see why so many teams gravitated towards using multiple back systems. I never had the pleasure to watch the old schoolers like Jim Brown play, but it does make you appreciate their accomplishments even more.

PJ Hill. I knew there was another running back but I couldn't remember who it was.
And we did this last year with the corner backs getting banged up. We just had better success with our backups and the guys we brought in off the street. MM was the man last season.(I can't remember if he got a ring)

LT would have been a good fit but we were fine when he was available so I don't consider that a questionable move. What I do consider questionable is disregarding Brees's opinion.

If he wanted LT they should have made it so and given the man whatever he ask for period. At the end of the day, he is the team leader and knows the best fit for the team.

The injuries to Shockey, Graham, David Thomas and Colston actually worry me more. Brees is great at throwing to those big targets. All our other receivers are hit and miss, except for Moore who catches darn near anything in the world.

RUGBY I DID SEE A PHOTO OF MM GETTING A RING. now if it was the real one who knows i think its the real one though. man he stepped up for us. i heard somewhere that wynn stepped up for greenbay when grant i believed went down the first time forthem. this would be lovely. and like papz said how can't you not appreciate what jim brown did back in the day. but it was 12 game seasons back then. 18 games and you really need a stable.

Atlanta's Trurner and Snelling have played in all 16 games.

How comes they can do it and we can't?

Hear ya neugey. Our game is built on our extreme passing offense.

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i believe our ONE back...........

Maybe we need to DRAFT a power running back and not just pick them off the street.

I think PT is gone next season. The suspect injury that no one knows and holdout at the begining of season makes me believe he is done.

Not as worried about this week as I will be in Chicago or Phili. This week will give a chance to test the new guys legs a little.

No need to panic yet. We can just pick up a few guys from the parking lot at Home Depot to round out the remaining injured slots on our roster, on the way out to Qwest Field.

I'm willing to meet the team and suit up. Hell, I might be good for 3 yards and a cloud of dust for 2 or 3 plays. That's about all these other fragile sons of ******* have been doing...
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The highlights on this kid Bell looked pretty good. He's a hard runner with a low center of gravity. We just might be alright.

Turner is built like a warthog. A dog sniffed up Snelling then pizzed on his ankles. Some guys are just built to take the punishment. Some guys can take it a some can't . Some guys don't know how to fall right and some funny things happen at the bottom of the pile. Its kind of crazy how hurt we've been this season at the running back position. But hey! we've got Reggie...and Sean Payton...and Drew Brees. We'll make it happen somehow even if we use a fork lift driver or a mail carrier. Beerman is already on the payroll.

You guys sound like injuries just started happening yesterday.

Injuries have always been apart of the game. Our secondary last year is this years RB situation. It happens.

The next guy in line steps up and takes the spot that is all we can do and expect.

our RB's have yet to play an entire season since I don't know when.