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So you don't think it was a little odd that Murray didn't come out at all? Randle got one carry. One. Dunbar none.
If you look at the number of touches he had, and I think it was like 31 rushed and almost 10 receptions... just seems a touch excessive. Especially considering his injury history and how well Randle and Dunbar has played in a reserve roll.
I think its the product of a few things:
1) This coaching staff (particularly the red headed genius) is desperate to win and get to the playoffs.
2) The defense is a dumpster fire
3) They trust Murray far more than anyone else at RB because not only is he a great runner, he's an exceptional receiver/safety valve and a pretty good blocker against the blitz
4) Murray is just good. Earlier in the year they asked Linehan about giving him the ball so much and his comment was simply that he's just too good not to take advantage of.
5) I think some of it is Murray's attitude as well. He doesn't want to come out of games. We've seen for years his reaction when he was running good and the team gave up on the run.
Lastly, while I would hope this doesn't truly play a part, I think it might have been TE who floated the idea early in the season that the team pretty much knew they weren't going to resign him after this season and decided they were going to get every drop of production and time out of him that they could this year, knowing it didn't matter if they ran him into the ground or not.