Quote:There are linemen and other players at other positions who are highly effective beyond 30.  Running back is historically not one of those positions, especially when you're talking about investing $15 million per year hoping he'll be the guy bucking history.

 

That, and with Poz, the attitude is "we'll be cutting him a year into his three year deal."

 

On the flip side, it's "no sweat, AP is good for three."

 

When the reality is, as you suggested, AP is closing in on the RB production cliff in that window and isn't in a really different situation than Poz at all.

 

Both would be beating the odds if they are as productive three years from now as they will be this season.

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