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Drinen rambles about something having to do with:
Duce Staley
Introduction to these player comments
Before his 2000 injury, I thought Duce Staley was one of the best running backs in the league. Some situation-related issues, in my view, were keeping him from achieving top 5 stats, but I thought he truly was a top 5 back. Last year, Staley was not the same runner that he had been. I guess there are two possible ways to look at this: (1) maybe the injury has permanently turned him into something less than what he was, or (2) maybe last year he was still feeling some lingering effects from the injury. If (2), then there's a chance he could become his former self. If (1), then he rides out the rest of his career as a versatile and pretty decent back, but not one that will help your fantasy squad. Which is it? Your guess is as good as mine, but I'm currently leaning toward (1). Random trivia time: last year, Staley almost had exactly as many rushing yards as receiving. To my knowledge, that feat has been pulled off only once (among players with over 500 yards of each). Here's a list:
Name Year Rush Rec Diff ------------------------------------------- Earnest Byner 1988 576 576 0 Ronnie Harmon 1991 544 555 11 John Williams 1990 714 699 15 Tony Nathan 1985 667 651 16 Tony Nathan 1984 558 579 21 Duce Staley 2001 604 626 22 Darrin Nelson 1983 642 618 24 Roger Craig 1984 649 675 26 Warrick Dunn 1999 616 589 27 Herschel Walker 1994 528 500 28 Roger Craig 1985 1050 1016 34 Paul Hofer 1979 615 662 47 Ron Springs 1983 541 589 48 Tony Galbreath 1978 635 582 53 Derek Loville 1995 723 662 61 William Andrews 1982 573 503 70 Robert Delpino 1991 688 617 71 Eric Metcalf 1993 611 539 72 Anthony Johnson 1992 592 517 75 Edgar Bennett 1994 623 546 77
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