At 1/4 Season: Free Agent RB performance

[Corso]

Plenty of them. Love the Sunday Ticket.

Of course it doesn't make me a genius like someone with the all-22 film...

I'm the guy standing back there to the right...

 

[Picksix]

Or maybe they want to bring up the fact that we had a golden opportunity in front of us and blew it? A truth that you and many others can't handle.

Ok fine. We had an opportunity and we missed it. Happens to everyone, every season. Some things work out, some don't. Every year, deals are made (or not made) that are rewarded, while others are regretted. I was kinda hoping we'd look at CJ, but the team went another direction. Can't go back and change it, and complaining about it does nothing.

 

[cowboyuptx]

It's not that fair to compare us without Dunbar... He was obviously going to play a larger role in our offense, and he was actually on pace for a Pro Bowl type season. Credit to Garrett and Linehan for that... It does suck though, just when it looked like they had finally found a way to utilize Dunbar's athleticism...

 

[kevm3]

We didn't make a mistake in letting Murray go. We made a mistake in not signing a viable replacement. That might be CM, but he's only got 2 carries so far.

 

[visionary]

Some players are part of a RBBC (McFadden) while others have been functioning as a true lead RB (Chris Johnson).

Randle + McFadden 418 yards
Murray + Matthews 335

Randle + McFadden + Dunbar 485 (404 receiving)
Murray + Matthews + Sproles 442 (328 receiving)

Yards don't tell the story of effective run game

3rd and 4 or less
How many times have we run this year vs last year?
How many times have we picked up first down?

 

[visionary]

We didn't make a mistake in letting Murray go. We made a mistake in not signing a viable replacement. That might be CM, but he's only got 2 carries so far.

this

 

[visionary]

It's not that fair to compare us without Dunbar... He was obviously going to play a larger role in our offense, and he was actually on pace for a Pro Bowl type season. Credit to Garrett and Linehan for that... It does suck though, just when it looked like they had finally found a way to utilize Dunbar's athleticism...

Lol
Dunbar was NO threat to run
He was effectively a part of our passing offense

 

[xwalker]

Yards don't tell the story of effective run game

3rd and 4 or less
How many times have we run this year vs last year?
How many times have we picked up first down?

I agree that yards are not a great measurements of the effectiveness of the running game in regards to winning.

This was just a quick comparison. I don't have the 1st down numbers and total attempts would need to be attempts per time of possession for a good comparison.