First Half Running vs. Eagles

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These are the directional tendencies for the first half of the Philly game. The OL positions are listed in order of preference (where that back or the team runs most) for the season going into the game.

"season" ypc is the average going into the game, and is for the first half of games only.

BOTH BACKS vs. Eagles
16 carries 75 yards 2 td
1 Middle: 7 car 21 yds 1td 3.5 ypc (season 3.5 ypc)
2 Left Tackle: 2 car 7 yds 3.5 ypc (season 2.3 ypc)
3 Right Tackle: 2 car 21 yds 10.5 ypc (season 2.6 ypc)
4 Left Guard: 0 car 0 yds (season 4.1 ypc)
5 Right Guard: 0 car 0 yds (season 2.0 ypc)
6 Right End: 1 car 16 yds 1td 16.0 ypc (season 6.0 ypc)
7 Left End: 4 car 10 yds 2.5 ypc (season 6.5 ypc)

The two RT runs were consecutive runs by Julius late in the half that gained 14 and 6 yards. On both plays Julius followed a Witten block. On the 14-yarder, Kozier pulled and he and Witten opened a huge hole on the right side. Two middle runs that don't show up well here are the shotgun daws that netted a 1st down and a TD for Julius.

The lone right end run was the toss to Barber. We had Gurode pulling on that one, and it gained 16 yards--in the red zone--against the league's #2 red zone defense. Those were the only two times we pulled our guards.

Here's how it broke down for each back:

JULIUS JONES
8 for 31 1td
1 Middle: 4 car 7 yds 1td 1.8 ypc (season 3.6 ypc)
2 Left Tackle: 1 car 3 yds 3.0 ypc (season 3.0 ypc)
3 Right Guard: 0 car 0 yds (season 2.1 ypc)
4 Left Guard: 0 car 0 yds (season 4.0 ypc)
5 Right Tackle: 2 car 21 yds (season 3.0 ypc)
6 Right End: 0 car 0 yds (season -2.0 ypc)
7 Left End: 1 car 0 yds 0.0 ypc(season 7.0 ypc)


MARION BARBER III
8 for 44 td
1 Middle: 3 car 14 yds 4.7 ypc (season 3.1 ypc)
2 Left Tackle: 1 car 4 yds 4.0 ypc (season 1.3 ypc)
3 Right Tackle: 0 car 0 yds (season 2.3 ypc)
4 Left Guard: 0 car 0 yds (season 4.3 ypc)
5 Left End: 3 car 10 yds 3.3 ypc (season 6.3 ypc)
6 Right End: 1 car 16 yds 1td 16.0 ypc (season 11.3 ypc)
7 Right Guard: 0 car 0 yds (season 1.0 ypc)

To add, we had 7 carries for 33 yards when Anderson was in the game, and 9 for 42 when he wasn't. We had 5 carries for 21 yards when Witten was in motion before the snap and blocked, 1 for 0 when he was in motion as a decoy, and 10 for 54 on all the other runs.

We had our best first half of running this season--against a team ranked 4th in the league in ypc allowed.
 
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