Battle for first place Skins vs Gints pregame thread

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Originally Posted by 30gut

Kudos for culling the stats. Question though...the 4 wins with the qbr over 70 what was the run game like in those games?

I agree that with you that with good QB play this team is better and also agree its not the run games "fault" for inconsistent QB play.

But a running game certainly helps the QB and it helps the team as whole by keeping the opposing offense off the field and allowing the defense to stay fresh through the oft overlooked 'hidden' stat of time of possession.

Fair question, and I hadn't looked, but here they are:
starting game 1:
ATT Yds AVG
37 161 4.4 L
37 182 4.9 W
20 88 4.4 L
32 127 4.0 W
24 51 2.1 L
17 34 2.0 L
19 50 2.6 W
15 37 2.5 L
31 209 6.7 W
12 14 1.2 (ugh) L

So 3 of our 4 wins we averaged 4.0 or better, but 2 of 6 losses we also did.

In one of our wins we averaged 2.6 yds(vs TB)

I don't think it's that telling, especially if you take out the Saints win, because we simply manhandled them in all facets.

The most telling thing to me is that in the 2 early games (MIA and NYG) where KC was off (38.2, 39.7) and the running game was on (161 yds, and 80 yds, avg 4.4 yds) we still lost. IF the running game was the solution, we would have won one game(especially the Miami game) with it.

All that said, it is clear the coaching staff has given up on it's effectiveness starting with Atl, since then, tries ATT are 24,17,19,15,31,12. I would say that shows they have no faith in the run game.