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Originally Posted by OneWinningDrive
His yards per attempt, yards per game, and attempts per game are lower than any year other than when he was a rookie. And this isn’t a stat that is readily available, but I can tell you from watching the games that there are far fewer designed runs/RPOs than ever before. He runs when the opportunity is there now, kind of similar to Mahomes’ scrambles.
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Attempts per game:
2018 - 9.2
2019 - 11.7
2020 - 10.6
2021 - 11.1
2022 - 9.3
2023 - 9.25
Sure, this year is lower but you’re talking about a very slight difference and using that to claim he’s a different player.
Right around .05 attempts lower than last year. Dude, that’s nothing. If he played 16 games last year, he would’ve had 1 more rushing attempt than this year. 1. That’s it.
I don’t see why it would be a good thing that his yards per attempt are down. Sounds like he either 1) isn’t running away from guys like he used to or 2) teams are learning how to slow down his runs and take better angles. Not sure Id brag about that. It’s counter to the idea that “he runs when the opportunity is there”.
If he only ran when it’s wide open like you’re suggesting, attempts would be way down and yards per carry would be up.