1) Ok, why do announcers keep quoting rushing yard leaders?
Sure, if your team runs more than average, you'll have lots of rushing yards, but it seems pretty clear to me that yards/carry matters more than raw yards, right?
Or, really carry-yards above average.
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The real answer is because of fantasy/DFS. The median viewer doesn’t care about efficiency stats etc. They just want to know which guy has big number.
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The correct way to track who and what team is doing the best job in running the ball would be to create individual data sets of rushing yards on first , second and third downs , then to break that down to how many rushes we’re between 1-5 yards , 5-10 , 10-20 and 20+ .
