Turner the Burner overweight?

[KendrickPanther]

Remember this guy when he was a Charger? He was in good shape back then.

[panthers55]

I don't know how anyone with over over 1300 yards and over 10 tds the past two seasons can be overrated. That's like 3rd in the NFL over that time frame and he gets fairly little attention for it.

His gross yards are fine but his YPC is 4.5 which is good but not great. By comparison both Williams and Stewart averaged almost a yard more a carry last year. He scored a TD every 30 carries, Williams for example scored a TD every 22 carries and he did not have a great year last year. He is durable not great. Even then he faded substantially over the second half of the season.

[Argus Plexus]

Maybe him and Otah can take Sundays off at a nightclub together

[big_d]

A lot of writers saying he's a tub. Don't fall for that mularkey.

[Jackofalltrades]

He was very fast at one point.

[Frizzy350]

Nothing new or special, he's always been a bit chunky. I also don't think he's the reason to blame their playoff woes on. If the falcons can't establish ball control early their offense generally just doesn't kick it in.

[Snake]

It will be interesting to see there new Offense. Mularkey was a very good play caller and used Ryan the way he had too.

[Frizzy350]

His gross yards are fine but his YPC is 4.5 which is good but not great. By comparison both Williams and Stewart averaged almost a yard more a carry last year. He scored a TD every 30 carries, Williams for example scored a TD every 22 carries and he did not have a great year last year. He is durable not great. Even then he faded substantially over the second half of the season.

Dont mean to rain on ur parade but 4.5 is a very good rushing avg. What williams and stew have been getting is extremely uncommon. For reference Barry Sanders and Jim Brown retired with 5.0 rushing averages, and those are the two of the highest for hall of famers. I read somewhere a while ago that most quality starting RBs will hover around 4.0 ypc (makes sense if you think about it, run it twice and it's 3rd and 2).

[Guest Bwood]

What is Mike Tolbert then?

[panthernation23]

nothing new. turner's been on the heavy side for years.

never understood how he picked up the nickname burner in the first place. he's been shifty and has quick spurts, but he's never been fast.

With the Chargers he flat out burned by teams, i believe on kickoffs and long runs, hence the name Turner the Burner. He was insanely fast back then but has lost alot of speed the past few years

[rodeo]

Running back Michael Turner is in line for the smallest workload of his NFL career this season, something that the Falcons have explained as being about keeping him as fresh as possible down the stretch.

Age 30 is a little late to start thinking about that after working him for between 300 and 400 carries for years.

[cultclassiccat]

Jizz Rodgers is the guy to watch imo

[Cary Kollins]

What is Mike Tolbert then?

[panthers55]

Dont mean to rain on ur parade but 4.5 is a very good rushing avg. What williams and stew have been getting is extremely uncommon. For reference Barry Sanders and Jim Brown retired with 5.0 rushing averages, and those are the two of the highest for hall of famers. I read somewhere a while ago that most quality starting RBs will hover around 4.0 ypc (makes sense if you think about it, run it twice and it's 3rd and 2).

Don't mean to rain on your parade with facts but when you look at yards per carry in 2012 he was 22nd on the list among backs with 100 carries or more. That is not great just good just as I said. Unless you think every team last year had a back with great stats or you use that word like Adam Schein uses outstanding and amazing....... You are talking career averages not a yearly average which is what we were discussing here. If he maintains his career average of 4.6 for the rest of his career then we can talk about whether his career was good or great.

4.5 YAC last year, which is what we are talking about, doesn't even get you in the top 20 of backs. I reserve great for top 5 or top10 not the bottom half of the league among starting backs.