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Re: Law Firm (BJGE) ran pretty well yesterday too.
That's just not true. Let's go back to Maroney against Jacksonville in the 07 playoffs: 6 of his 22 carries came with 2 or fewer yards to first down/TD
The next week: 4 of 25 carries.
How about in the SB 2 weeks later? 4 of 14 carries were with 2 or fewer yards to go.
Maroney yesterday: 1 of 16 carries. You'll see later that BJGE didn't have any either- there just weren't any short-yardage situations to run out of yesterday, all around. The Pats had a pesky habit of being perpetually in 1st and 10
So in that 4 game sample, 15 of Maroney's 77 carries came in those situations, or 19.5%.
BJGE
Yesterday: 0 of his 7 carries were with 2 yards or fewer to go.
11/09/08 vs. Buffalo: 6 of 26
11/02/08 vs. Indy: 3 of 15
10/20/08 vs. Denver: 3 of 13
12 out of 61 carries were with 2 yards or fewer to go: 19.6%
If you don't like the sample games that I used, just let me know and I'll pick different ones. There was no particular reason for picking hte ones that I did. Based on that, though, Maroney and BJGE ran in short-yardage situations with the exact same frequency.
There are a lot of legitimate points to be made in the Maroney debate, but you can't just make crap up. Or at least, if you're going to make stuff up, stick to the qualitative things that I can't disprove. You'll still be wrong, but at least I won't be able to outright prove it
BTW, I agree with you re: BJGE. The guy has been getting the job done while he's been in there.
Also, people need to take into account that that 3.7 YPC includes SEVERAL one yard plunges for TD's and 3rd and 4th and 1's last year. The guy always seemed to be getting the clutch short yardage situations. Maroney almost NEVER gets called upon for the short yardage situations.
That's just not true. Let's go back to Maroney against Jacksonville in the 07 playoffs: 6 of his 22 carries came with 2 or fewer yards to first down/TD
The next week: 4 of 25 carries.
How about in the SB 2 weeks later? 4 of 14 carries were with 2 or fewer yards to go.
Maroney yesterday: 1 of 16 carries. You'll see later that BJGE didn't have any either- there just weren't any short-yardage situations to run out of yesterday, all around. The Pats had a pesky habit of being perpetually in 1st and 10
So in that 4 game sample, 15 of Maroney's 77 carries came in those situations, or 19.5%.
BJGE
Yesterday: 0 of his 7 carries were with 2 yards or fewer to go.
11/09/08 vs. Buffalo: 6 of 26
11/02/08 vs. Indy: 3 of 15
10/20/08 vs. Denver: 3 of 13
12 out of 61 carries were with 2 yards or fewer to go: 19.6%
If you don't like the sample games that I used, just let me know and I'll pick different ones. There was no particular reason for picking hte ones that I did. Based on that, though, Maroney and BJGE ran in short-yardage situations with the exact same frequency.
There are a lot of legitimate points to be made in the Maroney debate, but you can't just make crap up. Or at least, if you're going to make stuff up, stick to the qualitative things that I can't disprove. You'll still be wrong, but at least I won't be able to outright prove it
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