Normal disclosure - you can do some version of this with any player of course. Take away all of their good plays they don't look good. Take away all their bad plays they look great.
What struck me last night is 7 negative rushes on 15 carries, and got me curious how frequently that's really happened. And then of course how many huge plays he's had as well.
In 30 career games, he has 493 carries for 2316 yards 4.7 YPC, 15 TDs.
Carries Over 20+ YDs
- 22 carries of 20+ YDs, 5 TDs
- Accounts for 868 or 37.5% of career rush yards
- Subtract those out, his career YPC is 3.07 for 1448 YDs
Career Carries Under 0 Yards
- 108 carries for & lt; 0 yards for a total of -194 yards
- 22% of all carries
- Subtract those out, his career YPC is 6.5 on 2510 yards
I'm struck by that & lt; 0 number. You just absolutely have to can't let a guy with his breakaway ability get bottled up behind the line 1/5 of the time.
18% of his carries. Barkley looks like he's ahead of that pace, but it is pretty damn good company to be with
I think we will run better against the Bears as we will have fewer stops behind the LOS.
18% of his carries. Barkley looks like he's ahead of that pace, but it is pretty damn good company to be with
It's hard to quantify, but I feel like while Sanders turned course a lot to make room and often lost, Barkley is getting straight up met in the backfield more. I don't think Barkley is choosing to go backward most of the time.
The record for the first years head coaches yesterday was 1-4 with only Rivera winning.
As for Saquon, this team is not good enough to overcome 2nd & +10 off a negative run. The value of a great RB is getting in more 2nd & 5 type situations. Need to figure this out.
after contact - 2.8 yards - 7th...
No doubt the line has been bad, 2018 very similar
However, when I watch Barkley I see an amazing runner, not an amazing RB
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18% of his carries. Barkley looks like he's ahead of that pace, but it is pretty damn good company to be with
Let's see how the season plays out.
Agree..
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with over 2,500 yards with the highest percentage of negative runs is Barry Sanders.
18% of his carries. Barkley looks like he's ahead of that pace, but it is pretty damn good company to be with
It's hard to quantify, but I feel like while Sanders turned course a lot to make room and often lost, Barkley is getting straight up met in the backfield more. I don't think Barkley is choosing to go backward most of the time.
It's obvious Barkley is focusing on going North/South to hit the line rather than going E/W to find an opening. He was knocked for the E/W running under Shurmur when the line couldn't open any straight line gaps. I believe once this line gets its straight line run blocking down we'll see some spectacular plays by Barkley which will open the entire offense up. This is a different coaching crew. I don't believe we're seeing the same OL performance the Giants will have later. They may not end up great but I firmly believe they will be noticeably better than we've seen in a while. Takes a few games to gel. Watch the left side. In about 5 games Barkley will be running through that regularly.
There was a reason he was often left out of goal line packages.
I watched Barkley for many years at Penn State. He was a home run player, but had many stops for losses, it wasn’t all on the line.
He has never been a back that runs over people, like an Elliot. The play before Jones’ interception, Barkley might have scored if he had lowered his shoulder and run over that safety.
That s not his style. What you are seeing is what Barkley is. If the Giants ever get a line that gets push, opens some holes, he will be making big plays again. But he is not, and never has been a back that grinds out yardage.
The other thing alluded to is teams will scheme to take Barkley out. The Giants receivers don't scare the better defenses. So either the OL can handle this or they will need to have better weapons that exploit this imo.
He is getting hit in the backfield way too often. I think we have the personnel on the line (when I say personnel, it isn't just talent but work ethic). The line will get better and more cohesive.
Some posters have mentioned nobody on offense to scare. I think that is why there has been a focus on adding wide receiver speed as we are going to be a run / play action team when we get the pieces.
I was very disappointed in the tight end blocking. Engram is Engram. Enough said on that. I have high hopes for Smith but didn't think he or Toilolo ad a particularly good game blocking either.
Chicago defense is good but nowhere near Steelers and Quinn didn't play last week - we get a little breather.
They are still on track. Just looking for improvement on offense and defense each week, so they split the last 12 games.
Otherwise, so absurd.
God, imagine what could be if we even had just below average run blocking instead of putrid?
God, imagine what could be if we even had just below average run blocking instead of putrid?
A quote from two years ago, wow.
Exactly. And when you have a back who relies on stopping and cutting, backfield penetration is a killer.