Darren McFadden info, take it for what it is worth

[guag]

Games played is misleading when dealing with players who are frequently hurt. Guy gets hurt in the first quarter of a game and then is out for the other 3 quarters, does it really matter that he played? Did he contribute much on the day? In McFadden's case, how many games has he played in where he was questionable all week and after 3 or 4 carries he had to shut it down?

The fact remains, McFadden has 3 more years in the league and only 100 more carries. That's the equivalent of 2 carries per week for 3 full years. That by itself says he gets hurts more often.

Murray had more games with 20+ carries in 2014 than McFadden has in his entire career. Murray has 8 games where he has played and failed to get at least 10 carries, and McFadden has 31.

There's really no comparison between the two. Murray was injured pretty frequently, McFadden was injured all the time.

Good point, didn't look too deeply into other variables and was looking strictly at games played according to nfl.com. Even when listed as active on game day, if a player is generally hurt or banged up, they might as well be listed as having not played. I haven't followed McFadden much over his career, but I wouldn't doubt that there have been a good number of games that he played or started, but was nowhere near full strength. On the other hand, I feel like Murray has contributed well in most games that he's been in, dinged up or not.

 

[Nightman]

Murray only played 16 games in 1 of 4 seasons.

It will help if McFadden is the #2 RB here.

McFadden's average was 148 carries per season. I'll be fine with it if he gets 148 carries this year. That would leave about 300 carries to be split between the starter and the #3 RB. I can see Randle with 200 and the #3 guy with 100.

Murray started 37 of the last 39 games for Dallas, that's very reliable.

And guess what......his numbers went thru the roof

 

[Nightman]

McFadden is making the probowl this year!!!!!

He can still afford some real sweet tickets

 

[Jstopper]

He can still afford some real sweet tickets

I know McFadden is fast but even he isn't fast enough to be on the field and sit in the stands too