Wednesday, November 19, 2008 #

Westbrook looks "alarmingly hobbled"

by John Miller

Brian Westbrook has swelling in that same knee he's dealt with for years. He's still not recovered from his two cracked ribs from 6 weeks ago. And he has a nagging high ankle sprain too.  The Daily News reports Westbrook looked "alarmingly hobbled" at the team facility on Monday.

Westbrook has missed two games already, and in his other 8 games he's averaged 3.2 yards per carry or less on 5 different occasions. This year he averages a 20-yard play every 78 touches. Last year he averaged a 20-yard play every 23 touches. The man is a wreck. He's out of our top-20 for this week, maybe off the weekly rankings entirely by Friday. Some of you might need to dust off Correll Buckhalter and use him, though the Ravens are a terrible matchup (at home).

The injuries are piling up after 1,400 total touches (including playoffs) since 2005.  Is he suddenly nearing the end?  Not likely. He's a warrior who will come out swinging next year after a restful offseason. But if I'm picking at the end of the 1st round next summer and Westbrook is there, I'm passing. He just collected $13 million in guaranteed money on that new extension and he'll be 30 at kickoff 2009.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008 #

Dig a little deeper...

by John Miller

More in-depth numbers pulled off STATS Inc.

QB Completion % in Red Zone

 

 

Rank

QB

Team

Games

    %

Comp

Att

 

 

1

Ryan Fitzpatrick (AFC)

CIN

7

64.7

11

17

 

 

2

Kerry Collins

TEN

10

62.2

23

37

 

 

3

Matt Schaub

HOU

7

60.9

28

46

 

 

4

Trent Edwards

BUF

10

60.0

15

25

 

 

5

Peyton Manning

IND

10

57.5

23

40

 

 

T-6

Derek Anderson

CLE

8

54.5

18

33

 

 

T-6

Philip Rivers

SD

10

54.5

30

55

 

 

8

Carson Palmer

CIN

4

52.9

9

17

 

 

9

Ben Roethlisberger

PIT

10

52.4

11

21

 

 

10

Jay Cutler

DEN

10

50.9

27

53

 

 

 

1

Drew Brees (NFC)

NO

10

66.7

38

57

 

 

2

Kurt Warner

ARZ

10

65.6

42

64

 

 

3

Tony Romo

DAL

7

63.2

12

19

 

 

4

Donovan McNabb

PHI

10

60.4

32

53

 

 

5

Jeff Garcia

TB

7

54.2

13

24

 

 

6

Aaron Rodgers

GB

10

53.3

16

30

 

 

7

Eli Manning

NYG

10

51.5

34

66

 

 

8

Gus Frerotte

MIN

8

50.0

9

18

 

 

9

Jason Campbell

WAS

10

48.7

19

39

 

 

10

Brian Griese

TB

4

47.6

10

21

 

 

RB Yards Per Rush on Carries #11-20

 

 

Rank

RB

Team

Games

Yds/Rush

Yds

Att

 

 

1

Steve Slaton (AFC)

HOU

10

5.6

248

44

 

 

2

LenDale White

TEN

10

5.3

165

31

 

 

3

Justin Fargas

OAK

8

5.0

181

36

 

 

4

Joseph Addai

IND

8

4.8

186

39

 

 

5

Mewelde Moore

PIT

10

4.6

164

36

 

 

6

LaDainian Tomlinson

SD

10

4.4

324

73