Originally posted by oneinchpunch
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Best cut by Lions.
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Originally posted by Fleet View PostNo. Hes missed one game in his shaort career. Knee injury in 2011 made him questionable for 1 game. 2012 he played through a shoulder injury for half a season. And played at an elite level. He had a bad rookie year. Thats it. Fred Jackson was always used in addition to Spiller. He has shown when you use him as the primary he will put up crazy numbers. 200 carries last year for 1250 yards. Imagine if he another 100 plus carries like Martin/Foster/Peterson/Lynch/Charles. He would have been 2nd overall in rushing with a the load those guys got.
Hes clearly no bust.
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Originally posted by Steve View PostAt his size, do you really think he can handle a 300 carry season?
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Not many guys the same size as either of them can sustain even that level of production at their size. Most peak and fade pretty quickly. Remmber a couple of years ago how everyone said Chris Johnson would be so unstoppable? But what has he done?
AS far as Spiller goes, can he be considered that much more successful when he has worse stats then Mathews?
ATT.....YDS.....AVG.....LNG.....TD.....FD.....REC. ....YDS.....AVG.....LNG.....TD
564....2,476......4.4......39......14....111.....1 11.....852......7.7........42......0 Mathews
388....2,088......5.4......62......10......88..... 106.....885......8.3.......66......5 Spiller
Given the size thing, I am not sure I would be that encouraged that he can carry a big load. He gets the nod as slightly more successful because of the way he finished last season, but I think the primary reason people are down on Mathews is that they have watched him so much more. A lot of my friends in WNY were really down on Spiller even last year, and most are only cautiously optimistic, particularly since their OL is gutted and they still don't have a QB.
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