If you're a seasoned NFL fan, you know that everything said in the lead up to the NFL Draft should be taken with a very healthy dose of suspicion. Teams are very protective of their draft plans, and usually won’t broadcast their intentions and possibly ruin the chance to land the prospect they like.

But as soon as the draft ends, most fans revert to believing everything that coaches and general managers say. Why is that?

As we enter June and July, we’ll be in the thick of the “he’s in the best shape of his life” or “we’re really looking to get him involved” or “we’re going to give him carries until he pukes” season. Just like pre-draft rumors, these words should be examined with a good bit of doubt, because what team is going to start laying out plans and depth chart assessments before training camp and the preseason?

Heck, what team is going to give out that information at all? What would it benefit a team to say that their promising young running back is going to get 25-30 touches per game next season? That’s the question everyone needs to consider when evaluating Tuesday’s news out of Cardinals’ camp.

Arizona head coach Bruce Arians told the media Tuesday (per Mike Jurecki of FOX Sports Radio) that NFLDraftScout.com) to get 50 or more carries as a rookie since 2011, coming in 20 pounds lighter than workhorses like Trent Richardson, Doug Martin and Alfred Morris.

So it's reasonable to expect an increase in workload for the second-year Ellington, but the amount of carries proposed by Bruce Arians would be more than he - and nearly any other back in the league - can handle. His role last season seemed to fit him like a glove, and a smart coach like Arians ought to know that it would be unwise to try to turn Ellington into a workhorse when he's built to be a versatile, playmaking back.

Ellington is a talented and dynamic player who will continue to help the Cardinals' offense for years to come, but he's not a 400 touch guy. Hopefully Bruce Arians knows that, too, and is simply giving us more of a reason to not trust what coaches say in May, since we already don't trust them in February, March or April.