Give Big Mike The Damn Ball!

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Originally Posted by jsarno

While I love the guy, and I think he's underrated, he's not a runner. He's VERY slow. Sure...use him as a battering ram, but if you want more than 2 yards, he's not your man.

Thats the problem with giving Sellers more than 15 carries in a season. While potentially very effective in short yardage, you lose the value of a possible big play.

Without the threat of a big play, running the ball averages less per play than passing it...

Its why they say you want the ball in your playmakers hands. Portis and Sellers would probably both be effetive in short yardage (blocking issues aside), but Portis could potentially score from 50 yards out, and will do so a few times in a season. Sellers doesn't bring that to the table, and so you want to limit his carries.