"Falcons running back Michael Turner was on his way to another mega-season.

But things went down a different path after Carolina's Chris Gamble basically planted his shoulder pads on Turner's ankle, resulting in a severe high ankle sprain he could not come back from.

In basically half of a season (he played in eight full games and was knocked out of three early), Turner rushed 178 times for 871 yards (4.9 yards per carry) and 10 touchdowns. Double the numbers (356 for 1,742 and 20 touchdowns), and he would have essentially matched his breakout 2009 totals with 20 fewer carries.

Last season, the Falcons didn't want pay homage to the "Curse of 370? theory after Turner led the NFL in carries with 376 in 2008. Count the 18 carries in the wild-card game against Arizona, and he had 394 carries in 2008."