Now paired up with the league's pre-eminent rushing setup, he could be an RB1. Penny is averaging 5.7 yards per carry for his career and routinely laps the field in average yards over expected. When he's been on the field, essentially no one has been better. Limited to 42 of a potential 82 career appearances, Penny is now returning from a broken leg. “If he stays healthy,” of course, has been Penny's story since 2018. Penny isn't going to steal any of Gainwell's passing-game work, but he could be too much of a menace to come off the field if he stays healthy.
Sanders was routinely yanked off the field on the most critical of downs for Kenneth Gainwell and even sometimes Boston Scott. The Eagles got what they needed out of Sanders - big runs between the 20s, touchdowns when Jalen Hurts didn't call his own number - but they always wanted more. Perhaps he is from a talent perspective, but Reich should be enough to keep Sanders in the top even if the majority of his work comes as a rusher between the 20s.Įagles go for broke with Rashaad Penny as Sanders replacement Sanders had been in danger of ending up in one of the league's worst situations.
Trying to pick up the backfield pieces after trading Christian McCaffrey, Carolina does have a strong run-game mind in new head coach Frank Reich. Panthers make Miles Sanders highest-paid back of free agencyĪllowed to walk by the most efficient rushing attack in the league, Sanders landed a surprisingly lucrative contract from a team that had success with replacement-level runners D'Onta Foreman and Chuba Hubbard down the stretch in 2022.
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