All of this from a backup at Ohio State in the mid-1990's who transferred to Pittsburgh and wound up sharing that backfield with the highly touted Kevan Barlow.
Vick can do amazing things on a football field, but it is hard to do much of anything when he is sharing the backfield with defenders on nearly every play.
He hopes they might share the backfield in some situations, where both of them can offer Collins a receiving option.
Riding a seven-game winning streak, the Eagles (9-3) feature perhaps the N.F.L.'s deepest backfield, with Brian Westbrook, Correll Buckhalter and Duce Staley sharing the duties.
Barber will still be a featured target of the running and passing game, sharing carries with Ron Dayne and catching passes from out of the backfield.
That is not a given, considering he will share time in the backfield with the starter, Shonn Greene.
The theme of continuity extends to the Giants' backfield, where the tandem of Ahmad Bradshaw and Brandon Jacobs continues to share the rushing load, behind the familiar presence of two of the five offensive linemen from four years ago, David Diehl and Chris Snee.
Falcons went with an empty backfield.
