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Football Outsiders: "Cowboys are built to make ordinary running backs look good"
By Dave Halprin
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015/8/30/9215739/cowboys-questions-with-football-outsiders
...BTB: What is the real impact of the line on the running backs? You clearly think the Cowboys did the right thing in assembling a very strong and young offensive line, but is there any quantifiable measurement of how teams have done with that approach to the ground game? Denver seemed to do this for years. Is Dallas built the same way?
FO: The Cowboys are built to make ordinary running backs look good and very good running backs Offensive Players of the Year. A lot was made about the whole DeMarco Murray "Meat on the Bone" talk. I think our stats divided up the credit for Murray's season well: the Cowboys ranked first in adjusted line yards, but Murray led the league in DYAR. It's not too much of a stretch to say the line can give any decent NFL running back the first 1,000 yards and the rest is up to him...
By Dave Halprin
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015/8/30/9215739/cowboys-questions-with-football-outsiders
...BTB: What is the real impact of the line on the running backs? You clearly think the Cowboys did the right thing in assembling a very strong and young offensive line, but is there any quantifiable measurement of how teams have done with that approach to the ground game? Denver seemed to do this for years. Is Dallas built the same way?
FO: The Cowboys are built to make ordinary running backs look good and very good running backs Offensive Players of the Year. A lot was made about the whole DeMarco Murray "Meat on the Bone" talk. I think our stats divided up the credit for Murray's season well: the Cowboys ranked first in adjusted line yards, but Murray led the league in DYAR. It's not too much of a stretch to say the line can give any decent NFL running back the first 1,000 yards and the rest is up to him...