And in that, they made the right call. Murray had 2 bad seasons and 1 good season in his next 3 years, and then he was done.
In 2014, we gave him 449 touches, and we could see his productivity drop throughout the year.
There was no surprise that he didn't have much left. The bigger surprise was the one good season he still managed to squeeze out.
They shouldn't do Pollard that way, and I doubt they plan to. Even if they plan on letting him go after this year, it's better if they leave something in his tank for the playoffs.
Would have been better in 2014 with Murray too. A little more juice left, and maybe he zips past the fumble strip. Game of inches.