Can Slaton be a Feature Back?

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Originally Posted by Roy P

I see Slaton as a 7 - 15 carries per game type RB.

Originally Posted by Keith

I'm optimistic that in this system Slaton can someday be a feature back, with 15-20 touches per game rushing and receiving, assuming he can see the field as a blocker.

Myself, I'd like to see him in the 15-18 carries range (240-288 per season). Then again, if I was a head coach, I would generally prefer to keep my lead back in that range if I could help it. If I had a top-level back and a mediocre backup, I might let him go a bit more but once you get around 350 (roughly 22 carries per game) you're tempting fate. Higher than that and you're really playing with fire, especially if you have a playoff team (which will extend his workload further). I've done quite a bit of charting on workloads and very few backs since the NFL switched to a 16 game schedule have proven to be able to consistently run in that range without trouble.