You have to feel for Atlanta Falcons running back Devonta Freeman. Knowing Steven Jackson was headed out to pasture, Freeman probably felt pretty good early in the offseason. There was also some uncertainty about Antone Smith's recovery. But after the Falcons drafted Tevin Coleman and Smith recovered like James Howlett, the landscape changed.
Now Oregon State product Terron Ward is emerging as a sort of Michael Turner version 2.0. Credit to the man, the myth, the legend, Andrew Hirsh, for the quote.
Although the offense as a whole fared poorly, Terron Ward — an undrafted running back out of Oregon State — continued to make noise.