Alexander played 100 STRAIGHT games at RB for us before his injury.
Between 2001 and 2005 he had 1666 carries, good for an average of 333 every year, or nearly 21 carries per game for 5 straight 16 game years.
KW3 has missed 4 games in 2 seasons already, even still for 15 carries a game in those he's played.
Even Lynch who had a pretty good 5 year spell for us from the moment he joined in 2010-2014 before getting injured at start of 2015, missed only one game, had 1346 carries over that period. In effect we extracted a full extra season's worth of running from Alexander over the same time period vs Lynch (additional 320 carries). Add 179 catches to that, you get nearly 370 touches per season for 5 years straight.
People out there saying Christian McCaffrey is going to get injured because of overuse - Alexander did that 5 years straight.
Between 2001 and 2005 he had 1666 carries, good for an average of 333 every year, or nearly 21 carries per game for 5 straight 16 game years.
KW3 has missed 4 games in 2 seasons already, even still for 15 carries a game in those he's played.
Even Lynch who had a pretty good 5 year spell for us from the moment he joined in 2010-2014 before getting injured at start of 2015, missed only one game, had 1346 carries over that period. In effect we extracted a full extra season's worth of running from Alexander over the same time period vs Lynch (additional 320 carries). Add 179 catches to that, you get nearly 370 touches per season for 5 years straight.
People out there saying Christian McCaffrey is going to get injured because of overuse - Alexander did that 5 years straight.