Wil Hill Bust Out This Week?!

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(09-22-2016, 02:11 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Not saying the blocking has been good, I think we all can agree it hasn't been.

That said, the most interesting point of that article? (I know we're dealing in small samples still.)

Hill: 1.15 yards before contact
Gio: 1.60 yards before contact

Doesn't matter if there's holes or not if Hill keeps dancing.

Of course if those numbers are accurate, it also means that Hill is only averaging 1.50 yards after contact. That is an unacceptable number for a 235lb running back. Oddly enough right in line with last year's production, though. He ran for 3.6ypc last year, averaged 2.1ypc before contact, bringing him right at 1.50 yards after contact.

Is Jeremy Hill soft? Because two straight years of 1.50 yards after contact is suggesting that it might not be an anomaly. That's a bad number for any RB, let alone a 6'1, 235lb one.

Something that prevents drawing any conclusions from that data is the difference in roles.

While it is only two games thus far, Jeremy has more instances in short yardage situations where the defense is playing to stop the run.  Meanwhile Gio has more instances of running out of down and distance situations where the defensive focus is the pass.

Over the course of the season, this situational play will make even more of an impact on that data.