[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=13070.msg133165#msg133165 date=1444195434]
I never said Sanders was the best.  Please don't put words in my mouth.

Those words were that I thought you had Sanders on the top of the list of those needing more touches. That certainly seemed the sense of your post. But I'd never hold you to it.

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McCaffrey is a 201 pound back who is touching the ball 30 times per game on average.  I don't think I am equating "needs more touches" and "Sanders is the best."  I didn't say he should get 30 touches a game and McCaffrey should average 5.  I think there's a little wiggle room there.

Do we really thinking giving a 201 pound sophomore the ball thirty times a game is not inviting injury?  Look, I get that McCaffrey is a special back.  But Sanders is averaging almost ten yards a carry.  TEN.  If Sanders had enough carries to qualify, he would be #2 in the NCAA.  McCaffrey is currently #51.  But the minimum carries per game to be considered is ten. 

[Mick]

[quote author=Mick link=topic=13070.msg133165#msg133165 date=1444195434]
I never said Sanders was the best.  Please don't put words in my mouth.

Those words were that I thought you had Sanders on the top of the list of those needing more touches. That certainly seemed the sense of your post. But I'd never hold you to it.

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McCaffrey is a 201 pound back who is touching the ball 30 times per game on average.  I don't think I am equating "needs more touches" and "Sanders is the best."  I didn't say he should get 30 touches a game and McCaffrey should average 5.  I think there's a little wiggle room there.

Do we really thinking giving a 201 pound sophomore the ball thirty times a game is not inviting injury?  Look, I get that McCaffrey is a special back.  But Sanders is averaging almost ten yards a carry.  TEN.  If Sanders had enough carries to qualify, he would be #2 in the NCAA.  McCaffrey is currently #51.  But the minimum carries per game to be considered is ten.