Best fit Free Agent for Bengals..

[SunsetBengal]

(02-25-2017, 05:41 PM)Burma Wrote: Taylor went from being a rotational player who got 225 snaps in 2015 to a full time starter who got 551 in 2016. It looks like he had some conditioning issues.  Regardless, sporttrac has him getting only @ 1 mill per year and as a rotational player he would be a huge upgrade over Hunt at a very low price.  Could be a very good move for the team.

http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2016/01/detroit_lions_2015_snap_counts.html

That is an excellent point, kind of reminds me of our experiences with Wallace Gilberry.  He also did fantastic as a rotational player, and then floundered when asked to carry the water.  Likely has something to do with body adjustment.  Guys coming out of college are fresh, used to playing the entire game.  Unless they crack the starting lineup early in their career, and get used to playing the bulk of the snaps, their body's energy systems will adjust to their workload.  I would guess that if Taylor, or even Gilberry, were to play a second consecutive season of full time snaps, their body systems would adjust back accordingly.

(I apologize for not having any specific stats about the energy systems thoughts.  I just remembered reading an article, some time ago, that talked about human energy systems and how they relate to work load and volume.)