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Playing with Numbers: Why yards per carry isn't always accurate

By Ken Daube
Special to ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Predicting which running backs are apt to receive more or less work as the season progresses is obviously an inexact science. Playing time and therefore production are affected by both injuries and production. It's impossible to predict injuries, but production stats might give us some additional insight as to what players are apt to see playing-time changes going forward. Most people view yards per carry as a suitable statistic for gauging production. I don't. A runner can have the followi ...

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