Ryan Torain
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- 225 lbs
- 6' 1"
- 5
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The Washington Post
·Oct 28, 2011 · 1:14 PM EDT
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The Redskins have announced Ryan Torain wills tart at RB. Anthony Armstrong will start at WR with Santana Moss out.
Ryan Torain appears most likely to start for the Redskins now that Hightower is out, and the third-year pro said he’s eager to prove he can consistently execute at a high level and that his big game against the Rams a couple weeks ago wasn’t a fluke. Rookie Roy Helu will be counted on to provide a spark, and both he and Torain have a tall task in matching Hightower’s pass-protection prowess.
The Redskins have been coy when addressing the "starter" at RB, which is a little worrisome for owners counting on Ryan Torain this week. We're likely to see a RBBC with Torain and Helu going forward. Given Torain's history of fragility, Helu is a good bet to be the featured RB for the Redskins at some point this season.
Redskins blogger Rich Tandler took a look at RB snaps last week:
With Tim Hightower out for the season and a third running back for the roster yet to be determined, most are assuming that Ryan Torain will start at running back for the Redskins when they play the Bills in Toronto on Sunday.
A look at how playing time was distributed last week, however, might indicate that that’s not the case.
I knew that Torain did not play much last week but when looking at the snap counts done by Ryan O’Halloran at CSNwashington.com I was surprised to see that he played all of three snaps.
He carried to ball twice, once in each of the first two series of the second half, for a net of minus-five years (one for minus-seven, the other for two) so he was in there for one other snap.
Roy Helu, however, saw plenty of action. He played 33 of the 67 offensive snaps. That is two more than Hightower had and, of course, 30 more than Torain.
Helu played every snap of the Redskins’ final four possessions while Torain watched.
Helu should be picked up this week if he's on the wire because he probably won't be there much longer. Even if Helu doesn't start, the door is open for him for the rest of the year to get significant work with Ryan Torain, his main competition.
Washington Redskins running back Tim Hightower suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and will miss the remainder of the season.
'Skins head coach Mike Shanahan made the announcement at his Monday afternoon press conference, but said the club has not decided to place Hightower on injured reserve or to make any other roster adjustments.
Despite the Skins not putting him on IR, fantasy owners should drop him. Ryan Torain and Roy Helu will get the work from here on out. Helu figures to have more long-term upside, while Torain will likely get more of the immediate work.
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