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Our running game is pretty prevalent and very balanced?
You do know we are running on 49% of our plays this year right? That has to be near the highest run percentage in the league. This is also without Kyler running the ball a whole lot.
huh? The Cardinals run about as balanced an offense as there is in the NFL
Yes I do know all of this. But that's not taking into account the situation. A high portion of them have come when the game is over or well under control and Kliff is running out the clock. He's never leaned on the run to establish those leads like say the Niners, Titans, Ravens, Seahawks etc have done.
For example, 31% of Chases runs and 35% of his yards have come in the 4th quarter. Conner has 35% of his runs and 36% of his yards in Q4.
Also the run pass split is not 49/51. It's 45/55 including Kylers runs (of which I don't know which were called and which were scrambled) but even if we say all Kyler's were designed it's still only 45% run and 55% pass.
Now factor in what I said about the majority of the rushing coming late in games when the game is over and what you get is this.
Q1 - 40% run / 60% pass (this is 8th highest pass rate in the league in Q1)
Q2 - 42% run / 58% pass
Q3 - 38% run / 62% pass (10th highest pass rate in Q3)
Q4 - 67% run / 33% pass (This is the highest run rate and lowest pass rate in Q4. Average is 58% pass)
So as you can see. Not at all balanced. We are a 60% pass team that has had a bunch of big leads in Q4 and seen the game out with run.
We're rather predictable with it too with 60% of all runs on 1st and 10. This is the 4th highest 1st and 10 run rate in the league only behind Bears, Browns and Titans. The league average is 49%.