YardRat
03-08-2007, 08:00 PM
Ranking the RB's by Don Banks (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/don_banks/03/08/rating.rbs/)
2. Travis Henry, Broncos -- Getting to line up in the Denver backfield usually adds a few hundred yards rushing to any running back's season total. With 1,211 yards on just 270 carries (for a career-best 4.5-yard average) for Tennessee last season, Henry's renaissance made everyone remember what an offensive threat he was in Buffalo in 2002 and 2003, when he ran for nearly 2,800 yards. His contract situation has at times had had too much effect on his production, but if his head is right, there's no reason to think he won't roll to some big numbers in Denver.
3. Willis McGahee, Ravens -- Not all that long ago, Buffalo had both Henry and McGahee and had to make a decision about which one to keep and which one to let go. Now they're both out of the picture in Western New York, and playing for two of the Bills' AFC rivals. I'm not surprised the Bills gave up on McGahee, because between his contract unhappiness and his verbal salvos fired at the city of Buffalo, his act had grown stale. McGahee has only averaged as much as 4.0 yards per carry once, and that was in his breakout season of 2004. He's an upgrade for the Ravens without a doubt, but he's far from being the NFL's best running back, as he once dubbed himself.
2. Travis Henry, Broncos -- Getting to line up in the Denver backfield usually adds a few hundred yards rushing to any running back's season total. With 1,211 yards on just 270 carries (for a career-best 4.5-yard average) for Tennessee last season, Henry's renaissance made everyone remember what an offensive threat he was in Buffalo in 2002 and 2003, when he ran for nearly 2,800 yards. His contract situation has at times had had too much effect on his production, but if his head is right, there's no reason to think he won't roll to some big numbers in Denver.
3. Willis McGahee, Ravens -- Not all that long ago, Buffalo had both Henry and McGahee and had to make a decision about which one to keep and which one to let go. Now they're both out of the picture in Western New York, and playing for two of the Bills' AFC rivals. I'm not surprised the Bills gave up on McGahee, because between his contract unhappiness and his verbal salvos fired at the city of Buffalo, his act had grown stale. McGahee has only averaged as much as 4.0 yards per carry once, and that was in his breakout season of 2004. He's an upgrade for the Ravens without a doubt, but he's far from being the NFL's best running back, as he once dubbed himself.