Importance of a productive running game

[JW82]

I understand that you don't need a high priced super star running back to win a championship ..However, you better have a productive running game. This is the last 20 super bowl champions and runner-ups. Both have a lead runner with a 20 year average of 4.5 yards per carry. Only a few outliers with a below 4 ypc ball carrier, and they had great defenses, a stud QB, or both. I don't see any backs on this team that have any chance at 4.5 ypc. Zeke hasn't seen that in 5 years.

Year	Matchup	Winner	Champ - Lead RB	W-RB YPC	Loser- Lead RB	L-RB YPC
2004​	New England 24, Philadelphia 21	Pats	Corey Dillon	4.7​	Brian Westbrook	4.6​
2005​	Pittsburgh 21, Seattle 10	Pitt	Willie Parker	4.7​	Shaun Alexander	5.1​
2006​	Indianapolis 29, Chicago 17	Colts	Joseph Addai	4.8​	Thomas Jones	4.1​
2007​	New York Giants 17, New England 14	NYG	Brandon Jacobs	5​	Lawrence Maroney	4.5​
2008​	Pittsburgh 27, Arizona 23	Pitt	Willie Parker	3.8​	Edgerrin James	3.9​
2009​	New Orleans 31, Indianapolis 17	Saints	Pierre Thomas	5.4​	Joseph Addai	3.8​
2010​	Green Bay 31, Pittsburgh 25	Packers	Brandon Jackson	3.7​	Rashard Mendenhall	3.9​
2011​	New York Giants 21, New England 17	NYG	Ahmed Bradshaw	3.9​	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	3.7​
2012​	Baltimore 34, San Francisco 31	Ravens	Ray Rice	4.4​	Frank Gore	4.7​
2013​	Seattle 43, Denver 8	Seattle	Marshawn Lynch	4.2​	Knowshon Moreno	4.3​
2014​	New England 28, Seattle 24	Pats	Jonas Grey	4.6​	Marshawn Lynch	4.7​
2015​	Denver 24, Carolina 10	Denver	Ronnie Hillman	4.2​	Jonathan Stewart	4.1​
2016​	New England 34, Atlanta 28	Pats	LaGarrette Blount	3.9​	Devante Freeman	4.8​
2017​	Philadelphia 41, New England 33	Philly	LaGarrette Blount	4.4​	Dion Lewis	5​
2018​	New England 13, Los Angeles Rams 3	Pats	Sony Michele	4.5​	Tod Gurley	4.9​
2019​	Kansas City 31, San Francisco 20	KC	Damian Williams	4.5​	Raheem Mosert	5.6​
2020​	Tampa Bay 31, Kansas City 9	Bucs	Ronald Jones	5.1​	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	4.4​
2021​	Los Angeles Rams 23, Cincinnati 20	Rams	Sony Michele	4.1​	Joe Mixon	4.1​
2022​	Kansas City 38, Philadelphia 35	KC	Isiah Pacheco	4.9​	Miles Sanders	4.9​
2023​	Kansas City 25, San Francisco 22	KC	Isiah Pacheco	4.6​	McCaffrey	5.4​
			Average YPC	4.47​		4.525​

 

[big dog cowboy]

I don't see any backs on this team that have any chance at 4.5 ypc.

I don't see any way the Cowboys go into the season with the current RB corp. Obviously I have no clue what their plan is or if they can bring in a RB capable of 4.5 ypc.

All that being said, it's just as important the Cowboys figure out what their running scheme improvement will be for this year. We all saw the disaster last year was. Watching the RB's getting hit at or behind the LOS and the frequency it happened was so hard to watch.

 

[JW82]

I don't see any way the Cowboys go into the season with the current RB corp. Obviously I have no clue what their plan is or if they can bring in a RB capable of 4.5 ypc.

All that being said, it's just as important the Cowboys figure out what their running scheme improvement will be for this year. We all saw the disaster last year was. Watching the RB's getting hit at or behind the LOS and the frequency it happened was so hard to watch.

I can't argue with that. Even when Zeke had something left, he was getting hit after 2 yards and pushing the pile 2-3 yards on most carries. Its about the run game as a whole for sure.