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THE GIVING TRIAGE

By Chris Sprow

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Last year, LaDainian Tomlinson led the NFL with just 1474 yards rushing. It's a good year by most standards, but consider that the league-leader over the previous five seasons averaged 1,862 yards. Why the drop-off? Well… Last year, LT had only 315 carries. Among the rushing leaders over the past five years, only Tomlinson in 2006 had below 350 carries—he had 348. Of course, in both 2006 and 2007, LT gladly spent more time sharing the ball with Michael Turner, who burst on th ...

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