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In the Starting Line-Up
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We Pat fans have been incredibly lucky to see some of the greatest players, if not the greatest players at their positions in NFL history: Hannah, Brady, Haynes, Vinatieri, not to mention Tippett. But one position where we have never seen a homegrown talent reach leaguewide dominance here for the long term is RB. Jim Nance, great, but brief; Sam Bam, a bulldozer but not superstar; Craig James, great but too short a career, and brief flashes of excellence from Stephens and Edwards. Curtis gone after 3 years. In fact, Sam Bam still occupies the #1 position in the Pat record books with a paltry 5400 yards rushing, probably the lowest leading career total for any franchise in the NFL other than Houston and Carolina. When is it our time to see a great runner for 10 years, the kind that electrifies a fan base the way only a great power hitter in baseball can? A Marcus Allen, a Tomlinson, an Emmitt... Could it finally be that time? After 45 years, the law of probability is on our side...