This year 416 carries a NFL record!! WOW
2007-01-04 12:52:04 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
He's a young back so he can take it for right now. His carries will have to decline within time. I'm sure the Chiefs don't want another Priest Holmes incident on their hands.
2007-01-04 14:17:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
At that rate, maybe 3 more seasons, even though he's a rock. Remember, he's getting hit almost every single time he carries the ball, and no one can take that kind of pounding for too many years.
Someone else mentioned that the Chiefs "will eventually have a passing game" - they need to upgrade it a bit to take the load off LJ. There's no good reason a team should need to have *one* guy run the ball that often. Even though 25 touches per game equates to 400 for the season, that number includes pass receptions as well.....and receivers likely don't get hit quite as often per "touch" as do runners.
2007-01-04 21:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by wheezer_april_4th_1966 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 year
2007-01-04 20:53:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not much longer at all, its possible that it won't get him to badly but that would be an exception. 370 is the magic number, over that and backs usually see a decline in production after that or a serious injury the following season. On top of that he plays a north/south physical style wich will increase the chances of injury.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2007/01/01/ramblings/stat-analysis/4764/
2007-01-04 23:49:38 · answer #4 · answered by thetyrannyofmen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He will decline next year and may never be the same. Taking that many carries is just too hard on the body.
2007-01-04 21:21:40 · answer #5 · answered by john 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he can go about 5 more years. although he has been given a record-setting amount of carries, you have to take into acount that he already 27 yrs old when he began to start. therefore he has a lot more carries in him
2007-01-04 21:09:24 · answer #6 · answered by fantasyman001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He's a beast! I expect him to have a good long career. Eventually the cheifs will have a passing game.
2007-01-04 20:54:08 · answer #7 · answered by cheesehead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ASK JAMAL ANDERSON!!!!!!
2007-01-04 21:10:00 · answer #8 · answered by HITMAN 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋