TWOK11
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The two best teams this past season in stopping the run (in yards per game) were:
Tampa Bay
NY Jets
OK if you say yards given up per game were meaningless how about the two leaders in allowing the fewest yards per carry?
Tampa Bay
NY Jets
Both averaged 3.3 yards per carry.
BTW Dallas gave up 4.1 yards per carry.
Titans gave up 4.0 yards per carry.
The Niners?
They gave up 4.5 yards per carry– Which was 23rd in the NFL.
HOWEVER they were 5th in the NFL in sacks and 7th in the NFL in QB rating.
The Niners were far better vs. the pass than they were the run.
The data is overwhelming yet some continue to deny it.
If you can throw the ball efficiently and defend the pass well, you’ll win most games. Probably the biggest surprise the data shows us is that you don’t have to run the ball well to throw it efficiently as we’ve always been taught.
The reality is any team with an above average QB should be throwing the ball MORE than they already do.