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Originally Posted by WhiteWhale
That could happen otherwise. The only way to ensure that won't happen is to start Charcandrick West.
He's not going to be 100% by the playoffs otherwise. Everyone is dinged up after 16 weeks of football, including opposing defenses.
Why not apply that same logic to every important player? Let's not have Kelce in on those blocking plays. He could get tangled up and hurt his knee!
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It could happen at 200 or it could happen at 400. Nobody knows where the line is but it's safe to assume that the more carries you give the guy, the more likely you are to hit it.
Moreover, when it comes to contact in the NFL, more is always worse than less and we absolutely know that more touches equals more contact.
You're being remarkably obtuse here. You know there's no bright line cut off yet you keep trying to hammer theoretical end points as some kind of 'gotchya!' moment. You also know that RB is among the most physically taxing positions in the game. Ignoring that fact greatly increases the chance that he's worn down and at what expense?
It is better to have fewer carries on your RB in January - full stop. There's no argument to the contrary. You don't go out there and bubble wrap the guy to go 8-8 in order to save those carries, but there's absolutely a point where the juice doesn't justify the squeeze. If you're force-feeding him the ball so he you can win games by 17 instead of 3 and come January he's lost just enough burst to not be able to outrun the angle on that cutback run - what the hell was the point?
Reid's handling him perfectly. No, there's no cause to spike his touches.