DMD Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 For the last nine seasons, the Superbowl winner has only once featured a runner who had more than 70% of the total regular season RB carries for his team. Just one. Without looking it up, what team and player? I'll even make it really easy for you - here are the SB winners NO PIT NYG IND PIT NE NE TB NE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteebee Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Totally a guess: Willie Parker two years ago? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menudo Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 For the last nine seasons, the Superbowl winner has only once featured a runner who had more than 70% of the total regular season carries for his team. Just one. Without looking it up, what team and player? I'll even make it really easy for you - here are the SB winners NO PIT NYG IND PIT NE NE TB NE Corey Dilllon ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Since we can;t look it up, I'll make a wild guess at the '06 SB Champ Steelers with Willie Parker. IIRC, that was the year Bettis had a ton of TDs but very limited carries, and Parker was getting the majority of carries up until the redzone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Since we can;t look it up, I'll make a wild guess at the '06 SB Champ Steelers with Willie Parker. IIRC, that was the year Bettis had a ton of TDs but very limited carries, and Parker was getting the majority of carries up until the redzone. Parker only had 210 carries for 791 yards and just 51% of the team carries in 2008 and had 255 carries for 1202 and 53% in 2005. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Country Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 (edited) Parker only had 210 carries for 791 yards and just 51% of the team carries Am I allowed to keep guessing? ETA: And where are the Cowboys? :ducksandruns: Edited April 8, 2010 by Big Country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jrick35 Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Indy with Joseph Addai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Corey Dilllon ? +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Indy with Joseph Addai JospehAddai ran 226 for 1081 and just 54% of team carries in 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Warrick Dunn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 Corey Dilllon ? NE saw Antowain Smith with 69% of carries (287) in 2001 and he had 44% (182) in 2003 and then, yes, freak of all freaks Corey Dillon had 345 carries for 73% of his team carries in 2004 when the Pats won their last championship. Since then, the Pats leading rushers and their share of carries have been: 2005 Dillon 53% 2006 Dillon 46% 2007 Maroney 46% 2008 Morris 36% 2009 Maroney 44% Makes you wonder why they use rotations now when using a workhorse back won the championships? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaP'N GRuNGe Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 Warrick Dunn? This was my guess too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 NE saw Antowain Smith with 69% of carries (287) in 2001 and he had 44% (182) in 2003 and then, yes, freak of all freaks Corey Dillon had 345 carries for 73% of his team carries in 2004 when the Pats won their last championship. Since then, the Pats leading rushers and their share of carries have been: 2005 Dillon 53% 2006 Dillon 46% 2007 Maroney 46% 2008 Morris 36% 2009 Maroney 44% Makes you wonder why they use rotations now when using a workhorse back won the championships? after I guessed dillon I looked him up and actually thought I was wrong...these are the stats I found at NFL.com http://www.nfl.com/teams/newenglandpatriot...amp;seasonType= Reg season: Pats total carries: 524 Dillon: 345 (65.8%) http://www.nfl.com/teams/newenglandpatriot...seasonType=POST Post season: Pats total carries: 99 Dillon: 65 (65.7%) Reg Season and Post Season combined Pats rushing plays: 623 Dillon: 410 % of running plays: 65.8% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 ETA: And where are the Cowboys? :ducksandruns: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMD Posted April 8, 2010 Author Share Posted April 8, 2010 after I guessed dillon I looked him up and actually thought I was wrong...these are the stats I found at NFL.com http://www.nfl.com/teams/newenglandpatriot...amp;seasonType= Reg season: Pats total carries: 524 Dillon: 345 (65.8%) http://www.nfl.com/teams/newenglandpatriot...seasonType=POST Post season: Pats total carries: 99 Dillon: 65 (65.7%) Reg Season and Post Season combined Pats rushing plays: 623 Dillon: 410 % of running plays: 65.8% The comparison is for regular season carries for running backs, something all teams have Pats rush plays - 524 regular season but you are including QB Brady (43) +QB Rohan Davey (4)+ WR Bethel Johnson (2) +WR Patten (1) + WR Izzo (1) = 51 524 - 51 = 473 carries available for any team RB Dillon carried 345 times so 345 / 473 = 73% of the rushing carries during the regular season of all team running backs. I would not consider Brady rushes since virtually none were a called play. There were only 4 WR runs. The measurement is to see what portion of the RB workload a RB was given. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keggerz Posted April 8, 2010 Share Posted April 8, 2010 The comparison is for regular season carries for running backs, something all teams have Pats rush plays - 524 regular season but you are including QB Brady (43) +QB Rohan Davey (4)+ WR Bethel Johnson (2) +WR Patten (1) + WR Izzo (1) = 51 524 - 51 = 473 carries available for any team RB Dillon carried 345 times so 345 / 473 = 73% of the rushing carries during the regular season of all team running backs. I would not consider Brady rushes since virtually none were a called play. There were only 4 WR runs. The measurement is to see what portion of the RB workload a RB was given. ahhh I see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted April 10, 2010 Share Posted April 10, 2010 NE saw Antowain Smith with 69% of carries (287) in 2001 and he had 44% (182) in 2003 and then, yes, freak of all freaks Corey Dillon had 345 carries for 73% of his team carries in 2004 when the Pats won their last championship. Since then, the Pats leading rushers and their share of carries have been: 2005 Dillon 53% 2006 Dillon 46% 2007 Maroney 46% 2008 Morris 36% 2009 Maroney 44% Makes you wonder why they use rotations now when using a workhorse back won the championships? Because it's trendy. I looked at that list and couldn't come up w/any of them I thought was right. Forgot all about Dillon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Rodgers Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 This was my guess too. Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avernus Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 yeah, it's Warrick Dunn.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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