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FFL: Thirtyslumpings

By Tristan H. Cockcroft
ESPN Fantasy Games

Thursday, June 29, 2006

The career of a running back is short, among the shortest in all of professional sports. For instance, even the best often provide a team only six or seven years of solid production. That shouldn't come as a complete surprise, though. Football players deal with so much wear and tear on an every-game basis, and running backs in particular take a pounding two dozen or more times a week, 16 times a season. Over the years, that can take quite a physical toll. Maybe it seems like a silly thought tha ...

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