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Updated: Feb. 17, 2005, 11:16 AM ET
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS -- Marshall Faulk is about to begin the second phase of his career -- as a backup.
St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz said Wednesday that next season Faulk, the NFL MVP in 2000, will be a change-of-pace running back. Steven Jackson, the Rams' first-round draft pick last year, will be the starter after the two essentially shared first-string duties this season.
Faulk helped the Rams go to two Super Bowls in a three-year span from 1999-2001 and was the first player in NFL history with four consecutive seasons gaining a combined 2,000 yards rushing and receiving. But he has been slowed in recent seasons by numerous knee operations. His last 1,000-yard rushing year was 2001, and last year he totaled 774 yards and a 4.0-yard average to go with 50 catches for 310 yards.
In the last two years of his 11-year career Faulk has had his lowest rushing totals since 1996.
Jackson, the first running back taken in the 2004 draft, had 673 yards and a 5.0-yard average.
Martz said sharing the position last year will allow Faulk to enter training camp essentially injury-free, and his best value to the team might be as a receiving threat.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1993175
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS -- Marshall Faulk is about to begin the second phase of his career -- as a backup.
St. Louis Rams coach Mike Martz said Wednesday that next season Faulk, the NFL MVP in 2000, will be a change-of-pace running back. Steven Jackson, the Rams' first-round draft pick last year, will be the starter after the two essentially shared first-string duties this season.
Faulk helped the Rams go to two Super Bowls in a three-year span from 1999-2001 and was the first player in NFL history with four consecutive seasons gaining a combined 2,000 yards rushing and receiving. But he has been slowed in recent seasons by numerous knee operations. His last 1,000-yard rushing year was 2001, and last year he totaled 774 yards and a 4.0-yard average to go with 50 catches for 310 yards.
In the last two years of his 11-year career Faulk has had his lowest rushing totals since 1996.
Jackson, the first running back taken in the 2004 draft, had 673 yards and a 5.0-yard average.
Martz said sharing the position last year will allow Faulk to enter training camp essentially injury-free, and his best value to the team might be as a receiving threat.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1993175
