Surely you have to look at play action when comparing run vs pass attempts? If play action plus actual run attempts is more like 50%, you can't tell me that the run game needs to be established.
And, my feeling is that spending high draft picks or pretty much any amount of cap on running backs is reeruned. If you want to protect Pat, invest in the line. It will get you more out of your run game as well as protecting Pat, the investment returns double.
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