http://www.footballperspective.com/random-perspective-on-the-2012-detroit-lions/ NFL History and Stats Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:38:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://www.footballperspective.com/random-perspective-on-the-2012-detroit-lions/#comment-801 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:38:05 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=1196#comment-801 When we see a running back average 6.5 yards per carry, we usually follow it up by something like “but it was only in 87 attemps”, suggesting that had he been the main guy, the defense would have keyed on him and lowered that average. Couldn’t the same thing be going on here, i.e maybe 7.7 NY/A in 650 attemps is as impressive as 8.7 in 400 attemps?

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