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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dantés" data-source="post: 875471" data-attributes="member: 12283">Interesting nugget I picked up in an espn <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28353469/the-secret-nfl-best-rushing-teams-why-zone-blocking-here-stay" target="_blank">article</a> from Kevin Seifert:So while the Packers were 13th in rushing attempts overall, apparently they were 30th through the first three quarters. That statistic is telling in one way and deceiving in another.First off, just the obvious, this article was written before the final two games of the season, in which the Packers ran the ball a lot (62 times between the two games).Secondly, Rodgers skews the Q4 stats because 26 of his 46 rush attempts were in that quarter. The running backs also saw more work in Q4, but not by that dramatic a margin:Q1: 57 (Jones); 17 (Williams)Q2: 54 (Jones); 34 (Williams)Q3: 62 (Jones); 21 (Williams)Q4: 63 (Jones); 35 (Williams)But the telling part is that while the Packers made a lot of progress away from McCarthy's absurdly imbalanced offense (34/66 run/pass! Are you kidding Mike?), they were still a lot more pass happy than what season totals would make it appear and a lot less run heavy than you want to be in this offense.</blockquote>

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