Baldy: Highest percentage run teams

[Whiskey Cowboy]

I remember it well. The run game is antiquated. Play action is for suckers. Good times

Some would have you believe that basic, fundamental football doesn't have a place in today's game, even if the formula continues to prove successful. Run the ball, attack on all fonts, defend the run, force a one-dimensional attack, control the clock, control the game, win. Alabama controlled the college game with this formula for two decades, even with new, innovative offenses popping up everywhere.

 

[goshann]

Someone post YPC side by side with percentages and run percent behind or in a one score game and let’s have a better discussion

Run percent is a meaningless stat in isolation

 

[khiladi]

Can someone pass this on to McCarthy......lol
But then again maybe he can't run, which might explain why according to Jerry, Derrick Henry would not have had the same success here as the Ravens

You have to account for unintentional runs. Anybody watching the Commanders for example, know that a lot of their runs are Jayden Daniels gets major yardage on plays that are broken.

Also, the West Coast allegedly replaces runs with quick passes.

We also know that Dak is given more than one play, so knowing the genius he is, he probably ignores it himself.

And Dallas is playing from behind a lot now..

 

[khiladi]

Eagles? You mean Kellen Moore? Didn’t the low IQ HC said “I want to run the ball!”? What happened?

The “irony”…

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

5 of the 11 teams he named invested in bigtime FA RBs this offseason, and weren’t this high last year. Thats worth a mention

 

[Creeper]

A couple of points on this. First, every team on the top of his list, except Baltimore, is also top 10 in defense, points allowed. Even the secondary list his cites includes all top 10 defensive teams except SF.

But also, team with winning records would be expected to run the ball more because when they are up in the score, they run more.

I do not think it necessarily means that running more will win more games. The Cowboys can run more for example, with their lowest yards/carry in the league and it will probably result in more 3 and outs.

But if you asked me can a team win with a strong running games, I would say yes, if they also have a strong defense - which is why I wanted Dallas to focus on those two things in the offseason for the last 2 years.

 

[Aven8]

The league is always trying to stay ahead of the defense. Now everyone wants to play that shell coverage so OC’s are running the football. This isn’t anything new. Football always comes full circle throughout the years.

 

[conner01]

Can someone pass this on to McCarthy......lol
But then again maybe he can't run, which might explain why according to Jerry, Derrick Henry would not have had the same success here as the Ravens

I think it’s still a passing league but when your passing game works best is when teams have to respect the run. It helps the oline which is huge when you have 2 rookies starting. That’s why Henry made so much sense. He can run when they know he’s running and get big yards so they can go all in on the pass rush. McCarthy probably doesn’t know this but it’s ok to actually fool a defense it’s ok to not run every reciever straight down the field on every route. It’s within the rules to have a reciever run across the field sometimes

 

[Cmac]

Not even the fact that we have bad runners it's the fact that we make no attempts to run the ball, we just want to throw throw throw!! We're going to get the most out of our 60 million dollar investment!!!!!!!

Unfortunately.......I'd suggest looking at the run blocking. It ain't good. There are enough tape breakdowns out there to look at. Has nothing to do with being in Dak's pocket.

 

[nightrain]

When you can't run, you just don't run.

 

[G2]

Unfortunately.......I'd suggest looking at the run blocking. It ain't good. There are enough tape breakdowns out there to look at. Has nothing to do with being in Dak's pocket.

The Owner sat on 22+ million that could have helped both the O line and the RB depth.

 

[Cmac]

The Owner sat on 22+ million that could have helped both the O line and the RB depth.

....and failed egregiously. As for the running game, before Henry.....Jerry could have at least secured Tony Pollard.

 

[Nova]

Not even the fact that we have bad runners it's the fact that we make no attempts to run the ball, we just want to throw throw throw!! We're going to get the most out of our 60 million dollar investment!!!!!!!

There's a video circulating about the Giants FO's discussion on whether or not to pay Saquon. One of the reasons to not pay Saquon was that they were paying Danny Dimes $40MM to move the offense.

It wouldn't surprise me if the Cowboys FO is doing the same, falling to the sunk cost fallacy.

 

[Whiskey Cowboy]

I think it’s still a passing league but when your passing game works best is when teams have to respect the run. It helps the oline which is huge when you have 2 rookies starting. That’s why Henry made so much sense. He can run when they know he’s running and get big yards so they can go all in on the pass rush. McCarthy probably doesn’t know this but it’s ok to actually fool a defense it’s ok to not run every reciever straight down the field on every route. It’s within the rules to have a reciever run across the field sometimes

This right here. You don't need to pound the rock 30+ times a game, but you do need to show that it's a threat that you're willing to use. It brings safeties closer to the line and takes away a defenses ability to live in the nickel, opening up passing lanes that weren't otherwise present. It also limits a defenses ability to bring heat. I don't care if the plan was to throw the ball 50x a game every game, but coming into the season with Zeke and Dowdle as the main running threats was brain dead at best.

 

[G2]

....and failed egregiously. As for the running game, before Henry.....Jerry could have at least secured Tony Pollard.

I agree. Although, with this front office, they would probably STILL start Elliott.

 

[Cmac]

I agree. Although, with this front office, they would probably STILL start Elliott.

Don't blame Zeke, they did the same for JWitt. And I'm not comparing the two, before some on here come to JWitt's defense. I'm just saying, why go back to someone who either is no longer on your team or one who decides he wants to return. Move on, all that tells me is the Front Office can't even get out their own way.