Bizarre Rushing Stat

[theogt]

Saw this in the ESPN power ranking:

DeMarco Murray had 103 rushing yards before contact Sunday, his third game with at least 75 yards before contact this season. All other players have eight such games combined.

I dunno, that just seems bizarre to me.

 

[MonsterD]

Oline is dominant because Murray has no moves.

 

[jblaze2004]

that line and TE blocking has been great

 

[waving monkey]

is this saying that the holes ae so open that Murray isn't touched til.......

 

[theogt]

Oline is dominant because Murray has no moves.

Clearly no vision either.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Oline is dominant because Murray has no moves.

Did you fall asleep in his last td run? The one where he embarrassed the Saints high priced Byrd?

 

[cml750]

Wow!!! Very interesting!! Something Jerry definitely need to consider when it comes to his big payday.

 

[DiResta]

unfortunate for secondary because the time he gets there he is flat steamrolling guys that get in his way at full speed

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Murray won't get a big payday. Rbs simply don't make that kind of money anymore.

But people are fooling themselves if they think that setting up your line for blocks is something all backs do easily.

Murray can also catch the ball and excels in pass blocking.

He's 26. If he stays healthy you sign him to a modest 3 or 4 year deal.

 

[Zordon]

my goodness we've come a long way since arkin, holland, kowalski, nagy, and costa.

 

[Zman5]

I'm not for giving him a big contract but let's be real here. Murray has a career average of 5+ yards per carry. Even before this year when he had Costa, Nagy, Kowalski, Livings, and Bern blocking for him.

He is an above average back.

 

[ConstantReboot]

If Murray can keep this pace up I don't see why they shouldn't give him a fair contract. Jerry has given us many years of grief with his drama. At least give him a fair shot of coming back next year and be a dominant runner once again.

 

[CF74]

I'm not for giving him a big contract but let's be real here. Murray has a career average of 5+ yards per carry. Even before this year when he had Costa, Nagy, Kowalski, Livings, and Bern blocking for him.

He is an above average back.

Which is why it's so absurd for pundits to say Romo finally has a running game, no he just chose to pass more prior to getting surgery...

 

[Zman5]

Which is why it's so absurd for pundits to say Romo finally has a running game, no he just chose to pass more prior to getting surgery...

You think it's Romo wanted to pass more, I think it was JG. Maybe both. Bottom line is, they had good enough line last year to run more yet they still didn't.

I know Zack Martin is good but I refused to believe we were an average line last year that became the best in the league all of sudden because of one rookie guard.

 

[Dale]

Fortunately we have more time before having to commit to Murray long-term, but if he keeps up this sort of pace you're going to have a tough time convincing me we should just move on to the next guy. The line has been phenomenal, but like others have said, Murray had a career 5.0 YPC average BEFORE ever playing behind this line.

 

[Dale]

You think it's Romo wanted to pass more, I think it was JG. Maybe both. Bottom line is, they had good enough line last year to run more yet they still didn't.

I know Zack Martin is good but I refused to believe we were an average line last year that became the best in the league all of sudden because of one rookie guard.

I think Martin was the tipping point. Frederick is no longer a rookie and is gaining regard for being one of the premier centers. Leary is healthy, and seasoned. And the majority of the line actually has experience playing together, which never hurts.

 

[Zman5]

I think Martin was the tipping point. Frederick is no longer a rookie and is gaining regard for being one of the premier centers. Leary is healthy, and seasoned. And the majority of the line actually has experience playing together, which never hurts.

I agree with everything you posted but some of things I see posted or on TV makes it sound like our line was just average last year which wasn't true.

We can run better this year and Oline being better is only one of reasons but not the only reason. I have a feeling if we had Linehan here last year, we would have ran more and better last year.

 

[Dale]

I agree with everything you posted but some of things I see posted or on TV makes it sound like our line was just average last year which wasn't true.

We can run better this year and Oline being better is only one of reasons but not the only reason. I have a feeling if we had Linehan here last year, we would have ran more and better last year.

Very true. There's no doubt we were never committed to the run in the past. Whether that was Romo or Garrett, or both of them, it doesn't matter. We were a team that looked for reasons not to run. Down 3 points? Time to throw! No gain on the ground? Time to throw!

Looking back at the opener, we saw the foundation for our change in philosophy. Down a bazillion at the half, we opened up the second half with consecutive run plays and never abandoned the run. At the time it felt like we were just trying to get through the game and move on to Week 2, but in hindsight I think that was evidence of our new philosophy. We encountered a similar situation against St. Louis, and that commitment to the ground game was a big reason we overcame a three-score deficit.

 

[CF74]

You think it's Romo wanted to pass more, I think it was JG. Maybe both. Bottom line is, they had good enough line last year to run more yet they still didn't.

I know Zack Martin is good but I refused to believe we were an average line last year that became the best in the league all of sudden because of one rookie guard.

He's typically given two plays in which one is a run and one is a pass, he has typically chosen pass most often thru his career.

 

[Noryb]

This year Murray is averaging 5.4 yds per carry, his rookie year he averaged 5.5.... Anybody want to brag about that OL?