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  1. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    USA Today said our draft won us the 1983 Super Bowl lol
     
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  2. NotoriousZEUS

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    Probably not. Definitely doesn't help that a RB that thrives on big runs to have a reasonable YPC is going to get limited touches.
     
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  3. NotoriousZEUS

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    I'm sure those extra 400 rushing yard would've gotten us to the playoffs.
     
  4. Chronos

    Chronos Pro Bowler

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    Of course we also have the example of Cam Newton running from the football.
     
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  5. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    saved his knee for the next year
    #NoGutsNoGlory
     
  6. Titanic_Sub

    Titanic_Sub Pro Bowler

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    ITT good PASSING teams don't RUN the ball to close out their games. And bad teams don't have to PASS all game to try and catch up..........
     
  7. Thaddeus43

    Thaddeus43 Sunshiner President

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    True, its not that simple. There are a lot of factors involved ... but 400 extra yards of offense would be pretty big. That's 4 games where you are adding an extra 100 yard rushing day from an RB. That's easily 4 more wins.

    But even if you look at the 400 yards spread out more evenly over the coarse of a 16 game season, we can see several instances of where a better running game would have most likely got us an extra win (especially when you consider the close games.)

    Week 3 vs IND: With 7:40 remaining in the 4th Q, Titans had a 99% win probability ... but the Colts come back to beat us 35-33. If Titans could've run the ball more effectively in the 4th Q, then Colts probably never come back.

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    Week 5 vs BUF: With 8:35 remaining in the 4th Q, the Titans had a 95% win Probability ... we lost by 1 point. If we could have Run the ball more effectively in the 4th Q, we likely win.

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    Week 11 vs Jax: With 6:41 remaining in the 4th Q, the Titans had a 85.4% win Probability ... If we could have Run the ball more effectively in the 4th Q, we likely win (*note this graph is reversed compared to the top 2, Titans are shown on the bottom)

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    Week 12 vs Oak: With 4:46 remaining in the 4th Q, the Titans had a 77.6% win Probability ... If we could have Run the ball more effectively in the 4th Q, we likely win. This is the epitome losing due to lack of a "4 min offense", which requires running the ball.

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  8. Thaddeus43

    Thaddeus43 Sunshiner President

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    And those examples aren't including the last Colts game (where we basically tanked) and the Falcons game, where we lost a close one.

    Would 400 yards of rushing over the season gotten us into the playoffs? Idk ... but its not inconceivable that it could have at least got us close.
     
  9. Deuce Wayne

    Deuce Wayne NOW Y'ALL GET THE MESSICH?!

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    Smashmouth football is awesome!! (said no one in the past 15 years)
     
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  10. JCBRAVE

    JCBRAVE goTitans 2019 Survivor Champion

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    its not the popular thing to do these days but its certainly effective if you have the bodies to do it, we have the bodies in place to make this work
     
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