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What Exactly Happened to our Vaunted Rushing Attack?

Hoenheim

By Hoenheim,
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Hoenheim Grand Master

Hoenheim

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We are currently sitting in the bottom half of the league in rushing yards per game , Stewart is averaging  a paltry 3.3 YPC  on the season , and McCaffrey at a horrendous 2.8 YPC.  Jonathan Stewart literally averaged 1.2 yards per carry on 18 attempts against the Lions, that is god aweful. We're blessed our passing game has been flourishing recently. 

To give Stew credit he averaged close to 5 YPC against the Saints, Patriots . However , McCaffrey is consistently getting terrible turnouts with his rushing averages , but I guess I can chalk most of that off to him not getting into a rythm and getting so few carries (only 3 carries against the Lions ...). 

So what is going on here? Is it the run blocking? play calling? Stew getting old or McCaffrey unable to break tackles? 

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Another thing in common with the 2015 season.  Teams didn't think Cam could beat them in air...so they stacked the line for the first several weeks, as Cam shredded defenses.  Halfway through the season teams started playing off, respecting Newton's arm.  The result?  One of the best 8 game spans J-Stew ever had. 

Through 5 weeks it seems every opponent has 7 or 8 in the box against us.  I expect that to change if Cam keeps playing this well.  The running lanes will then open up. 

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