James Cook -- 5.8 ypc(!) and his longest is only 33 yards.

[dave mcbride]

1 hour ago, Motorin' said:

 

That's a pretty good bar to set for a true #1 RB in our offense, imo. 

 

Last year our RB's got 400 total targets (including incompletions) for around 1,850 total yards. That's 4.5 yards per target...

 

Cook is averaging 5.7 yards per target... Giving him 70% of the total targets, at his current pace of 5.7 yards per target would yield about 1,600 yards. 

 

Lots of questions remain, can he withstand the physical demands? And if he can, does his per target production go down? 

 

But certainly not outside the realm of possibility, and not the amount of touches that would radically alter the offense...

 

If anything, added carries to the RB position could come out of Josh's designed runs in a few years. 

 

 

 

 

 

Alvin Kamara’s rookie season was off the charts - 7.06 per target/carry. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KamaAl00.htm
 

I wrote earlier that 7 yards per target / carry should be a goal, but that’s too high. It hardly ever happens.

 

Strangely enough, CJ Spiller had one of the best RB seasons in the NFL in this century — 6.45 yards per carry/target and 1703 total yards in 2012.

Edited December 27, 2022 by dave mcbride

[Mr. WEO]

On 12/25/2022 at 11:10 PM, wvbillsfan said:

There are just too many games where he’s not touching the ball enough

10 Carries minimum

3 or 4 check downs 

 

I need to see that every single week and we just aren’t 

 

Those are essentially Singletary's numbers (11 and 3.4).  You think Cook should be getting more than Singletary?

[Motorin']

1 hour ago, dave mcbride said:

Alvin Kamara’s rookie season was off the charts - 7.06 per target/carry. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KamaAl00.htm
 

I wrote earlier that 7 yards per target / carry should be a goal, but that’s too high. It hardly ever happens.

 

Strangely enough, CJ Spiller had one of the best RB seasons in the NFL in this century — 6.45 yards per carry/target and 1703 total yards in 2012.

 

Last year was the first year that Austin Ekler started a full 16 games. He had 1550 yards on 300 total carries/target... Putting him at 5.2 per total target.... 

 

Davin Cook's most productive season he went for over 1900 total years on 366 targets, which puts him at 5.2 yards per total target.

 

 

 

 

[boater]

There was some talking head who went over the top when Cook was drafted by Buffalo. He predicted big things. He was very enthusiastic. He got me charged up.

 

Anyone remember who that was?