Will Gio or Hill get more touches next season?

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(03-22-2016, 10:27 AM)Crowe Wrote: Because he's not built to be a 30 carry guy. The dude is an amazing player, but he seems to be more effective in space and with splash plays. If you give him 25-30 carries and then rely on him to catch 5 balls a game he's going to wear down. As far as injuries, injuries to Gio in 2014 are what lead to Hill having a break out rookie season

Anyone who gets 30-35 touches a game is going to wear down. Nobody is suggesting anywhere close to that workload for... anyone? 30 touches a game is 480 touches in a year. 35 would be 560 touches. There are ZERO running backs in the NFL who can handle that load.

DeMarco Murray had 449 in 2014 and it wrecked him and made him useless in 2015.
Adrian Peterson's career high is 388 for his 2k season, then the next year he put the second lowest YPC he's had in a season.
Marshawn Lynch's career high was 338 touches.
Barry Sander's career high was 383 touches.
LaDainlian Tomlinson's was 413.

I don't feel like doing the research to be certain, but as far as I know the closest someone had gotten to your 480 touch lower number was Larry Johnson in 2006 when he had 457 touches. His career continued a bit further, but it effectively ended as a good RB.  He got used up from that year and the year prior.

Point is, nobody can survive the theoretical workload you just posted, which is why I don't think you've ever seen anyone anywhere ever calling for any RB to be a "30 carry guy".. because they don't exist.

I think people who want more touches for Gio are more in the 20 total touches per game category. That'd be 320 touches in a season, compared to the 203 he got last year. Think of it roughly as a 5 carry and 2 catch increase per game or so.