Tahj Brooks supposedly having a good minicamp

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(8 hours ago)ochocincos Wrote: In my context, I was told 4.1 YPC earlier in the thread is "below average" for RBs last year, which I believe the average was 4.3.
4.3 and 4.1 is not so big of a difference (to me) that I would be so hugely concerned.
Maybe I'm still stuck in the past where anything 4.0 or above is satisfactory, but that's where I stand.

(6 hours ago)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: I think part of the problem with our 4.1 is that it's based off incredibly low number of attempts. We're not grinding out the tough yards (we famously chose to throw back-to-back bombs on 3rd and 4th and short) or running out games in the 4th quarter with a lead when teams know we are going to run it.

So that 4.1 is inflated by a lack of carries in situations when you innately get less yards per carry. 30th in carries, 30th in yards per game.

(It's a similar situation to how Germaine Pratt was graded better against the pass back when he was a 2-down LB. It's easier to hide being bad at something if you just don't do it much.)

If you both recall when Steelers would run all over our defense, and we knew they were going to run at us. There are game situations that each side knows what is coming, so it is a matter of who wins the rep.

When you run and the defense knows you are running, averaging 4 YPC is excellent. 

Therefore; a below average running game is one that can't consistently generate that YPC average on obvious run downs. 

We were last in the league in first downs gained by running the ball. In the four games against KC, Eagles and two Ravens games, we averaged 63 yards rushing per game. 

If we had a run game, we would have beaten the Ravens the first game. Up by 3 points, ball on the Ravens 38 yard line, first and 10, with less than 4 minutes left in the game. This is the classic example of situational football. This is grind and kill the clock time. But Burrow throws an INT.