Stewart hurt; Rivera "concerned"

[Omega Atrocity]

Stewart has been hurt so much in his career I really don't see the issue with giving him a heavy load. He is really built to be a workhorse too with how hard he runs. 

[MadHatter]

3 hours ago, carolinahiatt said:

Means nothing?  Lol then why do we keep him? Stewart is great but doesn't have the speed like Whittaker or Wegher.

Please tell me that you are not actually making an argument that Whittaker and Wegher are better RB's than Stewart.  Dear God.

[goodoleboy]

I remember when we used to rotate Deangelo and Stewart and would wind up with both nicked up, Of all the positions on the team RB is one of our deepest. There will be a drop off in talent if we have to activate CAP or Wegher but fresh legs might more than make up for it. I view the inactivity as a positive if we have to go forward with them. They have still been practicing all year against our D on the scout team. I feel much better about plugging in a RB with little experience over a corner.

[carolinahiatt]

15 hours ago, rainwater said:

Wow.  We keep him for backup depth.  It doesn't mean he should be playing.  Wegher isn't playing unless Stewart, Tolbert, and Fozzy are hurt.  That is just how it works.  He isn't jumping over 4 players and going to start playing.  We are not the Eagles.  We don't rotate 5 running backs.

I never said start him.  A least a couple snaps.  So because of seniorty even if you might be better you don't get to play.  

[carolinahiatt]

14 hours ago, MadHatter said:

Please tell me that you are not actually making an argument that Whittaker and Wegher are better RB's than Stewart.  Dear God.

Stewart is slow.  He's hard to bring down but he has slowed down.  I never said they where better.