The Turning point - Incompetent Coaching

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(12-28-2016, 10:56 AM)fredtoast Wrote: According to ProFootballReference.com Benny played 5 games against the Chargers and had 304 yards on 73 carries.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GreeBe00/splits/

Sorry  if my stats are wrong.  What is your source?

Hmm.....that is the site I used, but he only played mop up duty in game one with NE, with no attempts (so this is how you derived the 66 and 4.0 I presume, whereas I get 76 YPG by omitting one he had zero carries in, my apologies for the smartass remark), did not play the second game, his third game he only had 24 yards on 11 carries.  Then, the next season, he had 70 on 17 carries, then 118 on 25, 92 on 20, and two weeks later, 8 for 42 in the playoffs after being abandoned.  Despite his first game, which appears to be an anomaly, those are pretty good numbers.  Good enough to not be forgotten in a playoff game.  One of the things you have to do as a coach is know little nuances like this, and play the odds.  Take out the the zero carries game., add in the shitty game with his playoff game, you have:  346 yards on 81 carries for 4.3 YPC and close to 70 YPG.  If you go off of his most recent games against SD, it paints a bit of a different picture......322 on 70, 4.6 YPC and 92 YPG in 3.5 games.  Any team in the league would roll with those stats.....except Cinci apparently.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/G/GreeBe00/gamelog/