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» What’s Marlon Mack’s potential at full strength?
In Marlon Mack’s rookie season in 2017, he played the entire year with a torn labrum in his shoulder. Last year, Mack missed four of the Colts’ first five games as he dealt with a nagging hamstring injury, as well as a foot issue. So suffice to say, the Colts are excited about the prospects of having a fully-healthy Mack as their featured back heading into the 2019 season. Playing in just 12 games last year, Mack still had 195 carries for 908 yards and nine touchdowns, while also adding 17 receptions for 103 yards and another score. He also saw his yards-per-carry average improve from 3.8 his rookie season to an impressive 4.7 in 2018. Those results stretched out over a 16-game season would’ve resulted in Mack logging more than 1,200 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, which would’ve been the best single-season performance by a Colts running back since 2005, which Edgerrin James ran for 1,506 yards and 13 scores. Head coach Frank Reich has said his No. 1 priority for the offense in 2019 is to run the ball with better consistency, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if Mack repeats his performance from Weeks 6-17 last year, when he ranked fourth among all NFL running backs with 874 rushing yards, and tied for third with nine touchdowns.