"Remember when Michael Turner was known as "The Burner?" That's almost comical now.

At age 29, Turner is a shell of himself. He's slow in the open field, can't cut quick enough and almost always gets taken down by the first defender. Frankly, Turner appears chubby. Tack that on to his annual issue of catching no passes and coming off the field on all third-down plays, and what we have is a typical aging running back situation.

Turner isn't going to turn his career path around at this point. He's about to go over 300 carries for the third time in four seasons and his offense will only get better through the air. The artist formerly known as the Burner will be on all my "do not draft" lists once again next year. In fact, he'll be on my "never draft again" list.

Here are some others running backs on that list as we begin to look to 2012:

* LeGarrette Blount - Runs to contact, can't catch passes, has fumbling problem and doesn't play on third downs or when his team is behind.

* Frank Gore - Will be 29 in May, asked to be an exclusive blocker in the pass offense now and quarterback's limitations creates stacked boxes.

* Maurice Jones-Drew - His unbelievable 2011 campaign defies all logic. He came into the year with a knee injury, plays with the worst passing offense in football, sees eight men in box on every play and is still the league's leading rusher. The price tag will not be worth the risk going forward. MJD is over 330 touches for the third straight season.

BREES SETS THE RECORD

With a 9-yard touchdown pass to Darren Sproles in the fourth quarter Monday night, Drew Brees set the NFL record for most passing yards in a single season. He passed Dan Marino's mark of 5,084 yards, set in 1984.

Here's a crazy thing to think about on Brees: He's averaging 339.1 passing yards per game this season and has thrown 41 touchdowns. But he's still fantasy's No. 3 quarterback, well behind Aaron Rodgers and just back of Cam Newton. "