Will Miles Sanders become the most durable ex-PSU RB to play in the NFL?
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Wasn't he just hurt around a month ago? Pretty much every RB1 in the NFL has gotten injured this year.
He has a way to go to be as durable as Franco Harris, Lenny Moore, John Cappeletti. Lydell Mitchell or Matt Suhey. All had long NFL carreers.
Unless you have to do something like say oh I don't know hold or catch a football.
Not to mention his ankle injury that kept him out of 2 games or the sprained MCL...
Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni gave an update on running back Miles Sanders‘ condition during his Monday press conference.
Sirianni confirmed that Sanders broke a bone in his hand during Sunday’s 34-10 drubbing of the Giants. Sanders went for tests on Monday to see if he would be able to play through the injury, but Sirianni said that he has been ruled out for their Week 17 game against the Washington Football Team.
Sirianni confirmed that Sanders broke a bone in his hand during Sunday’s 34-10 drubbing of the Giants. Sanders went for tests on Monday to see if he would be able to play through the injury, but Sirianni said that he has been ruled out for their Week 17 game against the Washington Football Team.
Too bad. He's been running real well. He's averaging 5.5 ypc. That's fantastic in the NFL. On the other hand, he sure has been injury prone this year. His durabiity is really a question mark.
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And he hurt his arm in yesterday’s game.
imo, he still is a fumbler and gets hurt too much.
Which explains why Austin Ekeler, who isn’t built like Najee Harris missed his first game yesterday due to covid I guess.
Gary Brown had a nice, long career as well, though not necessarily the feature back that some others mentioned were.
I didn't mention Sam Gash because he wasn't a featured back, but he was a brutal blocker, good pass-catching FB, and an animal on special teams. He played for 12 seasons in the NFL. That's durability for any RB. He also made 2 Pro Bowls and was second team All-Pro twice. Not a bad career.
which did not prevent him from making 2 more Pro Bowls while being AFC offensive player of the year, plus all PRO 2 times
- 3× Second-team All-Pro (1983, 1986, 1987)
- 3× Pro Bowl (1983, 1986, 1987)
- 2× UPI AFC Offensive Player of the Year (1983, 1986)
- Seattle Seahawks Ring of Hono
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