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Cockcroft: 30-something RBs

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN Fantasy Games

Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Curtis Martin deserves much more credit than he received for his efforts in 2004; what he accomplished was truly historic. The Jets running back, who turned 32 last month, became the oldest player in NFL history to lead the league in rushing yards, logging 1,697. He also eclipsed Walter Payton's record for yards in a season after a player's 30th birthday; Payton ran for 1,684 yards as a 30-year-old in 1984. Whatever happened to conventional wisdom dictating that running backs wear down once the ...

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