Ha! Former mississippi tailback Duece Mcallister is sueing Nissan....
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patdog said:
For a RB, the length of his career wasn't really that mediocre either. They shuttle RBs through the NFL pretty quickly, because they get beat up so much and they eventually lose a step. Then, when they lose a step, they are replaced by a young draft pick who still has good knees. Then they tear up the new guy's legs over the next decade, then he loses a step, and he gets replaced. Very few tailbacks have really long NFL careers. Deuce played 8 years for the Saints which is not far from average for most tailbacks.
Edgerrin James is an example. He played his first year in 1999, two years before Deuce. He was a very good RB, but in his 10th and 11th years he was relegated to a back up role and is now out of the league.
Curtis Martin managed to make it 10 years before a knee injury effectively ended his career in his 11th year.
Priest Holmes made it into his 9th season before an injury ended his effectiveness.
Marshall Faulk played 12 seasons before his career was basically ended by injuries, though he saw a significant drop off in production from his 8th season on due to his injuries slowing him down.
Shaun Alexander only lasted 9 seasons in the NFL, but an injury in his 8th season ended his effectiveness. He was signed as a back up for his 9th season by the Redskins, but they released him midseason.
Those are some of the better backs from the years when Deuce was playing, and most of them didn't make it more than 8 or 9 years before injuries started to take their toll on their production or end their careers. LaDanian Tomlinson is in his 9th season right now, but even his production has slowed some over the last two seasons. That's just the way it works in the NFL. It's rare for an NFL tailback to be able to be productive for more than 10 seasons.
Chill the 17 out, I like him too.
The one who wishes MSU tailbacks would blow out their knees is right, actually, by length Deuce also had a good career. Hall of Fame? Of course not. But a good career nonetheless.
Average NFL tailbacks only last a little less than 4 years in the league. If you make it to 8 years you are a veritable stud.
The one who wishes MSU tailbacks would blow out their knees is right, actually, by length Deuce also had a good career. Hall of Fame? Of course not. But a good career nonetheless.
Average NFL tailbacks only last a little less than 4 years in the league. If you make it to 8 years you are a veritable stud.
patdog said:
Maybe so. He wasn't an elite back like the guys I listed, but most elite backs only do it for 8 or 9 years at most. Deuce had, as you said, about 4 productive years, less than great, but better than average.
His biggest problem is that he came into the league with previous injuries, so he was already down a step from the start, which shortened the length of his effectiveness.
The level of talent in the NFL was "down" during his career?
Maybe if he hadn't been beaten to death playing for awful Saints teams. Or maybe if wasn't a NFL running back in general - a position seeing a dramatic reduction in overall effectiveness and career span.
You've got all the qualities of someone who should be legally banned from mass communication.
Maybe if he hadn't been beaten to death playing for awful Saints teams. Or maybe if wasn't a NFL running back in general - a position seeing a dramatic reduction in overall effectiveness and career span.
You've got all the qualities of someone who should be legally banned from mass communication.
I hope that Deuce has to go fight in MMA or whatever Wes Shivers is in to make money now this his "mediocre" NFL career is over and his car business tanked.
Karma.
Karma.
Oxford Godfrey said:
I'll also add that I believe what you mention is the reason the 2 RB system has become so popular. Most teams have gone away from the whole "feature back" idea, because one player simply can't handle the punishment anymore, and even if they can, that back will have a short career.
You don't have many Emmitt Smith's or Barry Sanders's anymore. Maybe it's that the league is more brutal these days than it used to be, or maybe it's that there is more young talent coming up these days, but either way, the life of an NFL RB is not typically too long. Injuries eventually catch up.