FanPost

WE ARE RUNNING THE BALL BETTER THAN WE REALIZE

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!!!!!!

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