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Do we have reliable back up RBs?


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Durability has been a problem with Stew with the last few years. He has held up remarkably well through 10 games.  Our game is built around the run, and I'm just not convinced we can be the same team if something happens to him.  Our team has however adopted one of the most complete "next man up" mentalities (i.e. WRs, when Luke went down, when Cam went down last year, etc)

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I'm sure they are, but we've not just been in the right position to do it.  Stewart is one of those guys who only gets stronger as the game goes on, you don't want to bench him when he's getting ready to hammer teams.  Honestly, he's looked pretty good all things considered!  And his carries haven't been too insane over all.  He's at 19 carries per game this year, and his career is 12ish per game. That's not too horrible a load for a 28 year old RB.  I just don't want us to push him to 25-30 carries a game the rest of the season.

If we're going to run that much with the RB, I'd expect to see more of the other, younger players.

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Yes we have more than reliable back ups but they have 0 playing time. 0 time even suiting up. They stay on the sideline for the entire game in a hoodie watching. Not even getting 1 carry to see the speed of the game, or to let stew catch his breath, or to give them a new look. 

 

Cowboys have 10 games of Stewart in at every play. We never use Wegher who showed OUT in pre season and earned a spot on the team to sit and watch from the side. Cap got what ONE rush this year? Yeah we do but they have no game experience even in blowouts, Stew is still there. 

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