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[downsoufeagleluva]

Its like weve been screaming this all season, yet the self righteous come in here once again ahd note how well Foles is improving.............um.....thats exactly how you improve the QB position.........as opposed to calling play action when the defense totally expects a pass.......

iluvdaeagles, on 02 December 2012 - 02:05 PM, said:

People around here claim that this is a passing league and you have to pass to win....Sure I get that but it has always seemed to me that if you have an All Pro running back that to be effective he needs to carry the ball 5 times a quarter (is that a lot to ask for?).

So I wanted to look at the numbers of Shady & other backs over the last 3 seasons and see what happens when you get these guys the ball 5 times a quarter....

What do you think?

Since 2010-Present:

Lesean Mccoy:
9 Games with 20+ Carries
Teams Record in Those Games: 8-1 = 88% Winning Percentage

Maurice Jones Drew:
20 Games with 20+ Carries
Teams Record in Those Games: 13-7 = 65% Winning Percentage

Arian Foster:
23 Games with 20+ Carries:
Teams Record in Those Games: 17-6 = 73% Winning Percentage

Adrian Peterson:
14 Games with 20+ Carries
Teams Record in Those Games: 9-5 = 64% Winning Percentage

Ray RIce:
16 Games with 20+ Carries:
Teams Record in Those Games: 15-1= 93% Winning Percentage

I would hope the new coach, whoever he maybe, realizes that we have a STUD at running back....there is ZERO reason to not give this man 5 CARRIES A QUARTER

Analyze away....

[FloridaBill]

billqates, on 02 December 2012 - 05:00 PM, said:

Shady had an off year in my opinion.  There were at least 10 situations this year that I noticed where an unnecesary cutback caused either a turnover or a drastic loss of yardage.  He needs to run straight ahead when the hole is there instead of trying to create a huge run with the cutback. That's why when Bryce took the field you saw little or no dropoff from McCoy (excluding his turnovers).

Shady is not exactly known for being Fort Knox when carrying the ball either and Bryce Brown has had virtually NO college experience so that means he has not carried the ball for a few years and it's his second start.... give him time. Brown has a bigger upside than Lesean
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