How many RBs careers have ended here?

[papabear]

James Allen- Had one decent season out of 5 with the Bears. Was only in Houston one year and put up his second highest rushing total...a grand total of 519 yards. I can't see how we hurt his career

Jonathan Wells-his career basically consisted of his time in Houston. He never lived up to his potential. I guess you could blame it on the team around him, but other backs outperformed him with the same team.

Stacey Mack-Never really more than a big short yardage back. He was on the way down when he got here.

Domanick Davis-Had some good years here. Got a decent pay day out of it too as a reward. Injuries is what stopped him. Maybe he was overused a little, but it was not the type of workload that should end a career that quick.

Ahman Green- Was on the downside of his career coming off injuries when he got here.

Chris Brown (just a prediction)-has had injury problems his entire career
I'm sure there are a few others I left out...


That's just the nature of the beast when it comes to RB. It only takes a few years with a moderate work load to really wear down the body. There's a reason they have the shortest careers of any position. I don't think we do anything to help that along. Just early on we were so desperate for decent players we were willing to give other teams back-ups and cast offs a starting job. We've taken a couple of risk on higher caliber veteran backs here recently, but they were damaged when we got them.

[barrett]

If you look at the talent we have had at RB then it is obvious that Houston has been a spot for RBs to overachieve rather than a place to underachieve. Of all the guys you mentioned only one played healthy and didn't look his best, and that was Mack (and he was beaten out by DD, the king of the overachievers). The rest either peaked here, were hurt, or were never good in the first place.

You are grasping big time.

[popanot]

Hard to ruin a career if there's very little talent (or left in the tank) to build a 'career', but anyway...

Samkon Gado
Vernand Morency
Wali Lundy
Chris Taylor

[superbowlbound]

don't forget the fantastic tony hollings

[Nconroe]

Darius Walker as well

and Ron Dayne

I was just wondering if there is a statistic like team player turnover from year to year versus winning record.

[painekiller]

Originally Posted by papabear

Domanick Davis-Had some good years here. Got a decent pay day out of it too as a reward. Injuries is what stopped him. Maybe he was overused a little, but it was not the type of workload that should end a career that quick.

I heard somewhere, can not remember where, but Davis knew about the knee issue in college. It was degenerative, and it was compounded by the over use/style of runner he was.

[HPF Bob]

Some of those careers ended before they got here. Or should have.