Tennessee Titans Running Back Success Rate Against Jacksonville

by Jimmy on Oct 5, 2009 3:42 PM CDT in Tennessee Titans Recaps

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Explanation:

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

Stats after the jump.

Chris Johnson

vs JAC / 10.4.09	Rushing				Receiving
	Rush	Yards	Avg	TD	Rec	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Johnson	16	83	5.2	0	3	11	3.7	0

*That run is considered a success by this metric, but was by no means a success because he lost a fumble on the play.

By far CJ's most successful outing of the season. Good thing he only got 16 carries.

LenDale White

vs JAC / 10.4.09	Rushing				Receiving
	Rush	Yards	Avg	TD	Rec	Yards	Avg	TD
LenDale White	2	2	1	0	1	7	7	0

I am still a little blown away that LenDale only got two carries. I told him today on Twitter that we are leading the campaign to get LenDale more carries. I think smash should come up with a button.

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Ridiculous

All this said, blame gets put squarely on the coaching staff. Clearly CJ is producing, and LenDale has the few times he’s touched the rock.

So who’s left to blame? It’s either ’Dinger or Fisher, but somebody is calling the wrong plays.

by TNTitans on Oct 5, 2009 3:47 PM CDT reply actions

Too much Dash, not enough Smash

I thought they would make adjustments during the preseason. I am sadly mistaken! START VINCE YOUNG

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by MrDeeboi33 on Oct 5, 2009 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions

This is depressing.

by SuperHorn on Oct 5, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions

Nits:
1. The 2nd and 9 carry for 5 yards isn’t a success.
2. The 2nd and 10 carry for 0 yards at the end of the first half came on 2nd and 1.

Really, the Titans ran 30 offensive plays in the first half. They were down multiple scores for all but the first 6 of those plays. Yet they still ran the ball 15 times and threw it 15 times. 27 of the other 31 teams throw the ball more than they pass it in the first half. The Titans are, as they’ve been for the entire Fisher era except 2004 and 2005, a very heavily run-oriented team, and only went pass-heavy in the second half when down 4 scores. When should CJ have gotten more than 16 carries, after halftime when the game was pretty much over?

by NewsToTom on Oct 5, 2009 4:32 PM CDT reply actions

Good call on the 2 points there

That is what I get for not proofreading.

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by Jimmy on Oct 5, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions

Things have drastically changed from typical Titan football, I was thinking about that

last night when I couldn’t sleep. Go back to Fisher ball where you keep running and mix in a pass here and there. IT was a formula for success if the defense holds up on its side of the ball. Things will get better, and I hope it is against the Colts. A tall order to be sure, but it must be done. There are no other options at this point.

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by Joy kat on Oct 5, 2009 5:17 PM CDT reply actions

time for heimerdinger to go somewhere else

this season he has totally mismanaged both the scheme and play calling for this offense.

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by hal41605 on Oct 5, 2009 5:44 PM CDT reply actions

sadly, and i fear....

soon his tweeters will blog about which team he is thinking about signing with when his contract is up. im pretty sure he can pick up whats going on with the run distribution, especially when you only get 2….2???, and theres no good reason for it. the man came back minus ALOT of lbs., we already knew what kind of speed and acc he had last year so theres definitely no decline in that, his runs are for the MOST part upfield and for positive yardage and yet he is given the cold shoulder? something changed big time from last year to this year, something underlying, b/c i feel like im in the twilight zone!

sorry if there is excessive comma use, i sometimes tend to throw them around the same as F bombs when i watch KC play so far this year.

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by kg_2005 on Oct 5, 2009 10:24 PM CDT reply actions