The Colts have employed a snap strategy to limit plays for 32-year-old running back Frank Gore in order to keep him fresh as the season progresses.
Colts coach Chuck Pagano would not divulge the ideal number of touches he wanted for Gore, an 11-year veteran who has accumulated 2,531 carries on his legs, according to Indy Star.
When fresh, Gore still has burst and can bowl over opponents.
As the season wears on, the temptation to utilize Gore harder is expected to become more difficult to restrain for Indianapolis. However, Pagano noted that the "pitch count" plan is a season-long goal, not a per-game figure.
Pagano said they have other capable guys that can take snaps off of Gore. Among them is Ahmad Bradshaw, who could take off some of Gore's workload especially on passing downs.
Gore has 89 carries for 403 yards and three touchdowns in six games this season and is on pace for 237 carries and is currently averaging 4.5 yards per rush.
He is averaging 14.83 carries and 1.83 catches per contest in 2015, or 16.7 touches per game.
There have only been two at age 32-or-older in NFL history to carry the ball at least 200 times while averaging 4.5 yards per rush: Ricky Williams in 2009 and John Henry Johnson with the Steelers in 1962..
This season, Gore is on pace to rush for 1,074 yards, making him a candidate to be the Colts' first 1,000-yard rusher since Joseph Addai in 2007.
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