Tebow4Ever
09-17-2008, 02:58 PM
Alot has been said of the recievers and how great of a job Cutler is doing. Deservedly so.However I figured It would be a good idea to take a look at the running backs situation.
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Through two games. Denver is ranked 10th overall with 143.0 Yard per game.7th with an average per carry of 4.9. FIRST with TD's at 4. Near the middle of the pack with 3 fumbles and also 11th with 58 total attempts on the ground. Not too bad I think. Considering that we are definately using a RB by committee. I appreciate the effort Pittman has given us with his 3 TD's. Definately a plus there on the goal line and thats without Peyton Hillis having seen any touches in that area as of yet. The carries are definately being split down the middle with Young,Hall,and Pittman..
Selvin Young-15 Attempts 114 Yards 7.6 AVG 1 TD
Andre Hall-17 Attempts 92 Yards 5.4 AVG 0 TD
Michael Pittman-14 Attempts 42 Yards 3.0 AVG 3TD
Not too bad for the main RB's. I remember in the past Shanahan has said he would feel very good about his RB's averaging 5.0 Yards a carry. We are most definately doing that. Pittman brings that down, But seeing as he is the red zone back its understandable. We are doing pretty well so far. Add that to the definate speed Cutler has when he needs to scramble and I think its safe to say our RB group deserves some more credit. We are known as a running team. But after really having looked at the stats. We are not JUST a passing team now. We can definately still toat that rock when we need to. The offensive line is only going to get better over time and these guys will definately benefit from it.
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Through two games. Denver is ranked 10th overall with 143.0 Yard per game.7th with an average per carry of 4.9. FIRST with TD's at 4. Near the middle of the pack with 3 fumbles and also 11th with 58 total attempts on the ground. Not too bad I think. Considering that we are definately using a RB by committee. I appreciate the effort Pittman has given us with his 3 TD's. Definately a plus there on the goal line and thats without Peyton Hillis having seen any touches in that area as of yet. The carries are definately being split down the middle with Young,Hall,and Pittman..
Selvin Young-15 Attempts 114 Yards 7.6 AVG 1 TD
Andre Hall-17 Attempts 92 Yards 5.4 AVG 0 TD
Michael Pittman-14 Attempts 42 Yards 3.0 AVG 3TD
Not too bad for the main RB's. I remember in the past Shanahan has said he would feel very good about his RB's averaging 5.0 Yards a carry. We are most definately doing that. Pittman brings that down, But seeing as he is the red zone back its understandable. We are doing pretty well so far. Add that to the definate speed Cutler has when he needs to scramble and I think its safe to say our RB group deserves some more credit. We are known as a running team. But after really having looked at the stats. We are not JUST a passing team now. We can definately still toat that rock when we need to. The offensive line is only going to get better over time and these guys will definately benefit from it.