The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the St. Louis Rams are long shots to make the playoffs this season, but there are a pair of players having All-Pro caliber seasons worth watching Thursday night.
Only three active running backs this season are averaging more than 80 rushing yards per game. One is Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson; the other two are Tampa Bay’s Doug Martin and the St. Louis rookie Todd Gurley. Those three are also the only players this season with more than 700 rushing yards on first downs, a good measure of how those three offenses revolve around these backs.