Source: www.1500espn.com --- Monday, January 30, 2017
Super Bowl LI will be remembered for either Tom Brady setting the NFL mark for most championships by a quarterback or Matt Ryan winning his first title, but make no mistake, the two top-notch quarterbacks were greatly helped by their running backs along the way. While the running game may not carry the weight it once did, teams with multi-faceted attacks from the backfield offer the toughest challenges to defenses. Both the New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons use more than one running back to offer different types of threats to their opponents. Atlanta’s ability to stretch the field with Julio Jones opens up an underneath passing game to running backs Devonta Freeman and Tevin Coleman, who combined for 85 receptions on 105 targets for 883 yards. That works out to 8.4 yards per target. To put that in perspective, New York Giants superstar receiver Odell Beckham Jr. averaged 8.1 yards per target (1.367 yards on 169 targets). Freeman, a fourth-round pick from Florida State, rushed the ball 14.2 times per game and was targeted 4.1 times while his cohort Coleman added 11.5 touches per game. So combined, the two running backs made up for 26 plays of Atlanta’s average 65 offensive plays each game. That’s 40% of the total offense and their combined 2,482 yards made up 37% of the Falcons’ total yards. Here is one example of how offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan takes advantage of his deep threats to get the running back in open spa ...
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