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Originally Posted by conception
Are Willis McGahee and Michael Turner incapable of helping a team this year?
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I don't think anyone objects to the notion that a successful NFL player remaining in the free agent pool in the year following a starting gig is a stretch. That's not where I or others find fault with the FA system.
Let's play it forward, though. If Turner can't get a contract this year or next, should he still be sitting as a seemingly productive option in September of 2015? In FOF terms, maybe he used to be a 65/65 guy in 2010. In 2012 he slipped to 45/45. Now maybe he's 36/36. In two years, should be still be 32/32 and looking like a semi-viable option as a fill-in?
Flip it around. A couple of seasons ago, guys like Derrick Ward and Steve Slaton were marginal NFL running backs. They couldn't get work in 2012, and now (after missing a full season and two full camps) they simply don't exist in the relevant NFL universe - they are high school assistant coaches or A&P stock clerks or bank vice presidents or whatever. In FOF, these guys would still be puttering around free agency, rated 22/22, and only a week or two on the roster away from being productive. That's a stretch.