take a look at this data:
Pierre Thomas 08 season avg. 4.6 yds per carry
07 season avg. 4.8
career 4.7
Warrick Dunn 08 season avg. 4.4 yds per carry
07 3.2
career 4.1
Earnest Graham 08 season avg 4.3 yds per carry
07 4.0
career 4.1
De Angelo Williams 08season avg 4.9 yards per carry
career 4.7
Clinton Portis 08 season avg. 4.8 yards per carry
07 3.9
career 4.6
Marion Barber 08 3.9
07 4.8
career 4.3
So i will make three points from this data- 1) we can run the ball- better than most are giving us credit for 2) If you give the ball to Reggie on running plays you will not get this level of performance which will make you think we have no running game (his stats are around 3.3 for 08 and 3.6 career) and
3) you can’t expect an NFL RB to average more than 4.6 yards per carry- especially NFC (south and east moreso) it does happen sometimes, but most don’t. We have a running game- we just have to pick the right RB, give hime the damn ball, and commit to it!!!!!!