Running Back Success Rates Against the Steelers
This is something that my friends at Roll Bama Roll do every week, and I thought it would be interesting to look at for the Titans as well. Here is how it works:
Each individual rush is considered on it's own, and measured by it's "success." A run is considered successful if it gets 40% of the yardage needed to move the chains on first down, 60% of the yardage needed on second down, and 100% of the yardage needed on third or fourth down. This is a much more accurate overall picture of how well a running back does in a game than just the total yardage or ypc averages because it ignores big run outliers that can skew those kinds of stats.
Chris Johnson:
*The 13 yard gain on 3rd and 19 probably shouldn't count against him because it was a throw away play.
Now LenDale White:
Smash had a better percentage success day that CJ. He was very effective eating clock at the end of the game.
Overall the running backs were 13 of 31 for a 42% success rate. We will take that against a defense that is as good as Pittsburgh.
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Never seen this before
What percentage would indicate a wildly successful day? 70%?
I’d wager that our numbers from the Lions game was pretty strong…
by SuperHorn on Dec 23, 2008 12:24 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
lendale is much better on first and 10
he’s 4 for 4, while cj is 1 for 7. maybe they should lendale strictly for 1st downs and goal line….
by vancouverTITAN on Dec 23, 2008 11:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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