Cowboys Rushing The Last Two Weeks!

[iceberg]

When are they not behind?

at the start of the game.

 

[gimmesix]

Really so that means all running backs like I seen Derrick Henry for the 1st 25 minutes of a game have under 3 yards per carry and then have an 80 yard run are we gonna discount his 80 yard run because it added to his end result of his yards per carry no we can't nitpick like that you are what you are your yards per carry and yes the last three games he's played well not the last two the one before the buy you know also Pittsburgh so he's at four games guess what this is a Mike McCarthy problem we we had a guy may not be elite he may not be a top echelon but if you used Rico from day one for 15 to 20 carries like they used Kareem hunt over in Andy Reid world in Kansas City you know just get guys off the street don't let him wait they just put him right on the field no practice time they weren't even in the training camp they don't hide them on the practice squad and make excuses are not ready to go Mike McCarthy the head coach and the offensive coordinator and the offensive line coach have been our problem it really hasn't been the names on the back of the jerseys..

We should've not had running back by committee we could have shared the load but if used correctly... but last year they used Tony and Rico backwards This is why I know this is Mike's problem and yeah it would've been nice to have a young running back in the draft but I'm telling you right now he's been on this team if he just stayed healthy the whole year which it seems like he has Rico is the guy he could be the one to take 70% of the carries and he should have been ran 15 to 20 times every single game no matter the score or the situation he got robbed two years in a row of showing what he can do and please stop the whole it skewed his yards per carry all running backs through that I see them with a low yards per carry most of the game and then bam they have a 20 yard run and then they have a 12 yard run and then they look better that is their job they need a couple runs longer than 5 yards...

Long runs help every back's average, but it's what you do down to down that determines how many times you run. You've got a back that gets 5 yards on first down, you're more likely to run on second down. If your back gets no yards or 1 yard, second down becomes a pass.

Henry in his last game carried 16 times for 68 yards with a long of 11. That means he averaged 3.8 on his other 15 carries. In the previous game, he rushed 20 times for 106 with a long of 20, so 4.5 on his other 19. Even in games where he's had super long runs (81 and 87), he totaled 169 and 199. His average is 6.1 with help of the long runs, but his average would still be above 4 without them. That's what you need, someone who is consistently giving you positive yards, so that you can keep giving them the ball.

Dowdle has done better than I thought he would as the lead back, but he hasn't shown that consistency that makes you want to feed the ball to him. Part of that is on the line and part of it is on him. Hopefully, Dallas corrects its mistake next year and adds a lead back. If the Cowboys want to keep Dowdle as a No. 2, I think he's earning that.

 

[CarolinaFathead]

Long runs help every back's average, but it's what you do down to down that determines how many times you run. You've got a back that gets 5 yards on first down, you're more likely to run on second down. If your back gets no yards or 1 yard, second down becomes a pass.

Henry in his last game carried 16 times for 68 yards with a long of 11. That means he averaged 3.8 on his other 15 carries. In the previous game, he rushed 20 times for 106 with a long of 20, so 4.5 on his other 19. Even in games where he's had super long runs (81 and 87), he totaled 169 and 199. His average is 6.1 with help of the long runs, but his average would still be above 4 without them. That's what you need, someone who is consistently giving you positive yards, so that you can keep giving them the ball.

Dowdle has done better than I thought he would as the lead back, but he hasn't shown that consistency that makes you want to feed the ball to him. Part of that is on the line and part of it is on him. Hopefully, Dallas corrects its mistake next year and adds a lead back. If the Cowboys want to keep Dowdle as a No. 2, I think he's earning that.

Yeah I agree. Eddie George averaged right around 4 ypc during his prime dominant years, which doesn’t slap a person in the face with dominance. However, he also rarely, if ever got caught behind the LOS and he always pushed the pile forward. The 3.9 yards he averaged was practically guaranteed every time he touched the ball in his prime. That level of consistency is HUGE for an offensive playbook and greatly contributed to those Titans teams he was on being so consistently good.

Popping off long runs in between long sequences of stuffed runs that gain little to nothing limits the dynamism of an offensive playbook, even though that long run will potentially increase the yards per carry average enough that it gives the impression of an effective running game.

 

[starman22]

The threat of Cooper Rush / Trey Lance going downfield is finally opening up the running lanes.

 

[KJJ]

The problem is we keep falling way behind and have to throw to try and put points up. You score with the passing game. Games start getting away from us in the 3rd quarter. We need to create some big plays and we’re not doing it in the running game. I believe our longest run this season was 22 yards by Dak a couple of weeks ago.

 

[JayFord]

Cool

I’m expecting Elliott to get 15 carries Monday

 

[Kingofholland]

It's so odd how little we run the ball, especially when it's working. Is anyone asking McCarthy these questions?

 

[Proof]

this season has been incredibly weird, in that even in the dumpster fire, even with most all criticisms being warranted and valid, week to week i've noticed encouraging things. team has definitely not quit, and there are positive embers amidst the flames.

 

[CWR]

I'll give Rico some credit. He did average 4.4 per carry in this last game when it was clear that our passing game with Rush was not working. Of course, he had a 19-yard carry among his 12, so that skews the average. He averaged 3.0 on his other 11 carries.

That can be the advantage of fewer carries. You pop one decent run off and your average is going to look pretty good.

I think he's actually been over 4 a carry all season after week 1. Inexplicably we keep pulling him for Zeke to flounder.

 

[John813]

Oh no, random illness for Rico on Monday.

 

[Mikexike]

He should of been the Lead back from the get go....

 

[InPhiltraitor]

Rico & the Cowboys have a Dowdle problem.

Guy averages 4.5 yards per carry but the name on his jersey apparently doesn't warrant more carries. I've seen him gain positive yardage early in games (it's not just garbage yards) and the Cowboys decide to do what they ultimately want to do - treat the running game like an Olympic figure skating compulsory event. Something that has to be completed before you move on to the real meat of the event which is winging it around.

Perhaps if the team had a brand name available to carry the ball the coaching staff would place more confidence in sticking with the run game.

 

[DallasInDC]

I guess theCowboys great analytics team finally noticed a trend.

 

[RonnieT24]

It's so odd how little we run the ball, especially when it's working. Is anyone asking McCarthy these questions?

McCarthy doesn't want to run the ball. He's proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt for me. I thought he would do better than Moore in that department. I was wrong.. he is just as pass happy as Moore and not as creative. The end result is a decidedly unreliable and inconsistent running game no matter who is lining up in the backfield.

 

[shabazz]

Do we know if these YPC averages are when behind in games? As a stat on it's own, it's meaningless to me, simply because we are down lots in every game we have played of late, and teams are expecting us to pass.

Will you please stop it with those pesky facts!

 

[cowboyfan4life2]

but there are 10,000 #21 Elliott jerseys left in the inventory. those have to be sold, so more Zeke it is.

Even kids in Africa don't want them.

 

[RonnieT24]

Rico has done a really nice job the last couple of weeks. But it hasn't translated into much of anything. Some of that is not his fault because McCarthy won't just call 5-6 running plays in a row like most good OCs do when a back looks like he's about to get going. I'd like to see them ride Rico for like 7-8 carries and a catch or two on a series so he can get in a rhythm and maybe take over a game. At least give him a chance to anyway.

 

[Mikexike]

Rico has done a really nice job the last couple of weeks. But it hasn't translated into much of anything. Some of that is not his fault because McCarthy won't just call 5-6 running plays in a row like most good OCs do when a back looks like he's about to get going. I'd like to see them ride Rico for like 7-8 carries and a catch or two on a series so he can get in a rhythm and maybe take over a game. At least give him a chance to anyway.

Sadly, That's way too advance for MM....

 

[big dog cowboy]

McCarthy doesn't want to run the ball.

He despises the running game. If he could throw it 60 times a game he would.

Add that to the list of reasons he should go.

 

[Kingofholland]

McCarthy doesn't want to run the ball. He's proven that beyond a shadow of a doubt for me. I thought he would do better than Moore in that department. I was wrong.. he is just as pass happy as Moore and not as creative. The end result is a decidedly unreliable and inconsistent running game no matter who is lining up in the backfield.

Spot on, his belief is short passes are better than the running game and doesn't seem to understand how they set each other up. Meanwhile the bottom 10 teams in rushing attempts also all have losing records. I get that when you fall behind its hard to find balance but lack of balance is also a big reason they put themselves in that spot to begin with.