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Originally Posted by cdcox
It's the decreased production, not just the injury. Football Outsiders ran several articles on this last year predicting a significant fall off in production this year. The correlation between carries in season n and decreased produciton in season n+1 is very strong. Carries correlate more strongly with decrease in production that "touches" which include pass receptions. The typical pounding on a pass reception is less than a typical running play. LT's production has been off this year too, although not as sharply as LJ's.
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I don't think last year has anything to do with it. There wasn't much open for him to run through and he was tentative. He wasn't use to getting the ball and seeing squat open up. He changed the way he ran and started looking like Donnel Bennet - straight up the center's but for 2 or three yards.
Smith is a smaller back and just seems to run with that "squirmy" style. Marcus ran that way as well. You didn't really see any hole there but it was just big enough to squeeze through.