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(07-31-2017, 11:21 AM)ochocincos Wrote: However, when looking at stats from last year, it should be pointed out that many people considered LeGarrette Blount to have a great season....he had 3.9 YPC. He just had a lot of attempts and TDs to compensate, so people didn't focus as much on YPC for him compared to others.

Some other RBs with sub-4.0 YPC last year:
Todd Gurley (3.2)
Frank Gore (3.9)
Melvin Gordon (3.9)
Jonathan Stewart (3.8)
Matt Forte (3.7)

I don't think many thought Blount had a great season...other than being on the winning team.  He wasn't brought back by said team, either.

However, I like your "Sub-4 Club" reference for a different reason.  This is a perfect illustration of how it is so much more than just a RB.  Those RBs all had tremendous struggles on offense with either a lack of weapons,  poor QB play, or both.  Defenses weren't threatened by either of those teams over the top, and this was the case in Cincinnati as well.  Even while AJ was going off on pace to his best season ever (which reinforces the point, even when he isn't open, he is open), there was not enough of a threat elsewhere to make teams drop safeties off the LOS.  

This picture for Cincinnati will look much better this year.