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The trend points toward more running next season.(Brief Article)
One year after the NFL went pass-happy, the run is on the rebound. In 2000, teams rededicated themselves to the running game, committing more resources, time and patience.
Expect the run to be stronger than ever in 2001.
You can have it any way you like it. Around the corner, a la Marshall Faulk. Down your throat, Eddie George style. You can get slashed by Edgerrin James or gashed by Corey Dillon. You can try to focus on the blur of Fred Taylor or feel the blast of Stephen Davis.
You can chase the big, loping strides of Robert Smith or the tiny staccato steps of Warrick Dunn.
The NFL average of 4.08 yards per rush was the highest in a decade.
Nineteen teams ran the ball better than the previous year, based on improvement in at least two of the three important running numbers--rushes, rushing yards and average per rush. The 19 teams: the Bears, Bengals, Broncos, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Colts, Dolphins, Eagles, Falcons, Giants, Lions, Packers, Raiders, Ravens, Saints, Seahawks, Steelers, Titans and Vikings. Eleven of the 12 playoff teams were included in the 19.
We looked for reasons behind the running resurgence, and this is what we found:
- Cowboys' running game is sporadic.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Engel, Jennifer Floyd November 21, 2003 700+ words
...Green Bay has a good running game numbers-wise...big chunks on big runs. The Panthers get...which allows their running game to do the things...that. We didn't run it. We throw it...a lot out of your running game and making you vulnerable...
- Running game a series of ups, downs for Chiefs.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Teicher, Adam August 27, 2001 700+ words
...had a chance to see me run. I ran the ball three...m not just going to run around the corner and...find the rhythm in the running game in the preseason. You...going to have some big runs and we're also going...get that 3 or 4 yards a run. Our goal is to get 5...
- INCONSISTENCY PLAGUES PACKERS' RUNNING GAME OPPOSING DEFENSES LOAD UP VS....
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) Demovsky, Rob January 2, 2002 700+ words
...consistency in the running game bothered coach Mike...probably should have run five of them...shy away from the run just because they...pressure on their running game had they completed...stopping the Packers' running game because they can...allowed the Vikings to ...
- Broncos revive running game.(The Gazette)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Simpson, Kamon October 10, 2001 700+ words
...to stop the Broncos' running game. The result was that...choice so long as the running game - spearheaded Sunday...in the box to stop the running game. The Chiefs played a lot of bump-and-run coverage, and they brought...
- Running game hits its stride Bennett, Levens find room to move as the Packers...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel TOM SILVERSTEIN December 23, 1996 700+ words
...the Packers' running game has come a long...as it makes a run for the Super...improved our running game," center Frank...has pumped up a running game that was totally...Henderson said. "He runs hard. You have...yard touchdown run. It is that...
- Chiefs gets encouraging results in running game vs. Vikings.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Teicher, Adam July 31, 2000 700+ words
...dimension to the running game. Quick and jittery...perimeter in their running game. That's a different...had the perimeter runs in our playbook...but we didn't run them too often in...optimism about the running game because of the opposition...
- RUNNING GAME LOST IN THE SHUFFLE
- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) MIKE CELIZIC August 1, 1994 700+ words
...make the Giants' running game look better than...on a meaningless run from deep in Giants...season unsure of the running game. "I hope that...show that we can run the ball when we...together to make a running game work. The dance...works off that to run. They ...
- Colts' running game stuck in preseason second gear.
- Newspaper article from: News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, IN) August 31, 2006 700+ words
...get some good looks to run against in the regular...do, I think we'll run effectively." I'm...to believe the Colts' running game is not as bad as it looks...Factors that skew the running game's stats include the...points out, play the run differently during the...
