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[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 328495, member: 297"]
I'm working with imperfect knowledge here, but were Smith and Gulley injured at the beginning of the year last season? I thought they were both good to go. 
 
Through the first 4 games last season (which included two OTs) Bailey had 25, 13, 11 and 28 carries. 
 
Gulley went 1, 4, 3, 10.
 
Smith went 0, 1, 0, 0.
 
AAM had 0, 0, 0, 0.
 
If there were injuries to Gulley and Smith that makes some sense, but like I said, I thought by the start of the year they were all fine to go. If not, AAM could have been used earlier at least here and there. Bailey was clearly our best guy, but he had 80% of the carries for running backs through the first 4 games (I picked the first 4 since Gulley was injured after Toledo).  That % seems way too high to me. If everybody else was injured during the first four games maybe it makes sense, but it sure looks like the staff was just hesitant to give anyone else run. 
 
Suppose any of those other three are involved a little more in the running game during those 4 games. That doesn't mean Bailey plays less - maybe that gives us a chance to split him out and diversify the offense and take advantage of his skills as a receiving threat. 
 
I think the staff had more choices than you suggest, and I'm not as wild about the choices they did make.
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