Oct 2nd 2008 10:34PM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Steelers, AFC North
Fourth-string tailback Mewelde Moore will be the Steelers starting tailback Sunday night.
The Steelers didn’t really have a choice as Moore is the only running back on the roster who was a member of the team last Monday night. Gary Russell (re-signed this week) and Najeh Davenport (re-signed this week) will be the backups.
It sounds like a pretty desperate situation, but it’s not as bad as it looks. While Moore may have been the Steelers’ fourth-string tailback, he’s actually shown himself to be a pretty talented back in the rare cases where he’s gotten a chance to show his stuff.
Moore has had 11 games during his 4+ year career where he has gotten 10 or more carries. Those games have been few and far between because Moore has spent much of his time as the Vikings No. 3 tailback, and the majority of his playing time came in 2005 and 2006. But when he has gotten plenty of carries he has produced.
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