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"Maroney scored eight goal-line touchdowns, 1.65 more than the decade average would suggest. That was the division's best differential. Maroney also converted three more first downs than the average in short-yardage situations, third-best in the AFC East."
Just what are you pounding your chest about? First off last time I checked the AFC East only consists of four teams and he was tops in one catergory and 3rd out of 4 in another. Secondly how does goal line TD's average qualify him as a better back than others. Was it because he had more attempts, field position, a QB where other teams had to look out for the pass or is it because he didn't run it in from the 15 or 20 yard line? I'd take any of last years AFC east starters over Maroney as well as some of the backups (Ricky Williams, Leon Washington) for sure. Sabermetric geeks have done a good job of ruining baseball let's keep them out of football where they have almost no relevance.
Just to point out what should have been obvious:
Maroney also converted three more first downs than the average in short-yardage situations
You ignored that part when you were bolding the second portion of the sentence. If you take it just by the numbers, he was better than average in short yardage situations and better than average in goal line situations (and best in the AFCE in goal line situations). Given that the division featured Brown/Williams, Jones and Lynch as the running back competition, those numbers are good things.