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Running backs preview

By Christopher Harris
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

How many true No. 1 rushers are left in the NFL? Go ahead and count. I'll wait. When I wrote this positional preview in advance of the 2008 season, I mentioned that 300-carry backs were on the decline. I commented that 2007 saw just six 300-carry backs, the fewest since 1999. Well, guess what happened in '08? Only five rushers eclipsed 300 carries, the fewest since 1993: Michael Turner, Adrian Peterson, Clinton Portis, Matt Forte and Ryan Grant. Just as interesting is the fact that just one of ...

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