INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Spotlight on the Patriots Runningbacks
Above is a breakdown of New England's runningbacks Friday night against Tampa Bay.
Here is a breakdown of how New England's runningbacks performed Friday night:
TOTAL RUSHING STATS:
Stevan Ridley: 16 carries, 87 yards (5.4 avg) 1 TD
Jeff Demps: 3 carries, 41 yards (13.7 avg)
Brandon Bolden: 6 carries, 32 yards (5.3 avg)
Danny Woodhead: 3 carries, 11 yards (3.7 avg)
Eric Kettani: 1 carry, 0 yards (0.0 avg)
Shane Vereen: 2 carries, -3 yards (-1.5 avg)
Attempts to Left End:
Stevan Ridley: 2 carries, 11 yards (5.5 avg)
Brandon Bolden: 1 carry, 5 yards (5.0 avg)
Shane Vereen: 1 carry, -1 yards (-1.0 avg)
Attempts to Left Tackle:
Brandon Bolden: 3 carries, 18 yards (6.0 avg)
Danny Woodhead: 1 carry, 8 yards (8.0 avg)
Stevan Ridley: 3 carries, 6 yards (2.0 avg) 1 TD
Shane Vereen: 1 carry, -2 yards (-2.0 avg)
Attempts to Left Guard:
Jeff Demps: 1 carry, 29 yards (29.0 avg)
Brandon Bolden: 1 carry, 7 yards (7.0 avg)
Attempts to the Middle:
Jeff Demps: 1 carry, 9 yards (9.0 avg)
Eric Kettani: 1 carry, 0 yards (0.0 avg)
Stevan Ridley: 1 carry, -1 yards (-1.0 avg)
Attempts to Right Guard:
Stevan Ridley: 3 carries, 39 yards (13.0 avg)
Danny Woodhead: 2 carries, 3 yards (1.5 avg)
Attempts to Right End:
Stevan Ridley: 6 carries, 30 yards (5.0 avg)
Jeff Demps: 1 carry, 3 yards (3.0 avg)
Some interesting numbers to note, there were an uncharacteristically large number of rushes (8 total) for either no gain or a loss in the first half. Here's how those broke down:
Shane Vereen: loss of -2 (left tackle) and loss of -1 (left end)
Stevan Ridley: loss of -1 (middle), and three for no gain (right end, left end, left tackle)
Danny Woodhead: 1 rush for no gain (right tackle)
Eric Kettani: 1 rush for no gain (middle)
*There were a couple of rushes that didn't have a direction attributed to them by the official NFL Stat Sheet, and as a result for accuracy reasons those were omitted from this breakdown.
