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Injured running backs

Carousel continues to spin at the tailback position

Adrian Peterson, Danny Woodhead, Arian Foster, Ameer Abdullah, Doug Martin, Jonathan Stewart. Running back is a position of attrition, as we were reminded on Sunday.

Guys at this position just never tend to stay healthy for long.

Of the 32 running backs who’ll likely start in Week 3, 75 percent haven’t been in that starting, featured role for half of a season. Only six have been able to go a year without being injured, benched or replaced, and these aren’t names you might think of: Frank Gore, Lamar Miller, Jeremy Hill, Latavius Murray, Isaiah Crowell and Rashad Jennings.

Here are the current 32. Some of the numbers are fudged a little. That is, there were a few games where some of these backs didn’t official “start” (they weren’t out there for the first play) but were used in their regular starting way.

Over half of the current starters are players who weren't starting tailbacks at the end of last year.

CONSECUTIVE STARTS BY WEEK 3 TAILBACKS
TeamWeek 3 starterG
IndianapolisFrank Gore82
HoustonLamar Miller50
CincinnatiJeremy Hill27
OaklandLatavius Murray21
ClevelandIsaiah Crowell18
NY GiantsRashad Jennings18
PittsburghDeAngelo Williams10
NY JetsMatt Forte8
ArizonaDavid Johnson7
AtlantaDevonta Freeman7
Green BayEddiy Lacy6
PhiladelphiaRyan Mathews6
DenverC.J. Anderson5
BaltimoreJustin Forsett2
BuffaloLeSean McCoy2
ChicagoJeremy Langford2
DallasEzekiel Elliott2
JacksonvilleT.J. Yeldon2
Kansas CitySpencer Ware2
Los AngelesTodd Gurley2
New EnglandLeGarrette Blount2
New OrleansMark Ingram2
San DiegoMelvin Gordon2
San FranciscoCarlos Hyde2
TennesseeDeMarco Murray2
WashingtonMatt Jones2
SeattleThomas Rawls1
CarolinaArtis-Payne or Whittaker0
DetroitTheo Riddick0
MiamiAjayi or Drake0
MinnesotaJerick McKinnon0
Tampa BayCharles Sims0

—Ian Allan

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