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The All-22: How can running backs become more useful receivers?
OK. Getting Carson up to 50 touches is a change in philosophy, but what do those touches look like? Last season, Carson had 22 catches on 27 targets for 162 yards and no touchdowns. Not exactly earth-shattering numbers.
Schottenheimer’s decree that Carson should see 50 targets brought about an article by Ben Baldwin of The Athletic in which Baldwin asserted that throwing to running backs doesn’t really make any sense at all.
Using the Expected Points Added (EPA) metric, Baldwin made a compelling, though general, statistical case that running backs simply aren’t efficient in the passing game the way receivers and tight ends are — and that’s even when you eliminate the simple dump-offs to backs out of the backfield and factor in running backs catching passes from the slot.
https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2019 ... receivers/
OK. Getting Carson up to 50 touches is a change in philosophy, but what do those touches look like? Last season, Carson had 22 catches on 27 targets for 162 yards and no touchdowns. Not exactly earth-shattering numbers.
Schottenheimer’s decree that Carson should see 50 targets brought about an article by Ben Baldwin of The Athletic in which Baldwin asserted that throwing to running backs doesn’t really make any sense at all.
Using the Expected Points Added (EPA) metric, Baldwin made a compelling, though general, statistical case that running backs simply aren’t efficient in the passing game the way receivers and tight ends are — and that’s even when you eliminate the simple dump-offs to backs out of the backfield and factor in running backs catching passes from the slot.
https://touchdownwire.usatoday.com/2019 ... receivers/