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Does Running Success Create Victories, or do Victories Create Running Success?

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Does Running Success Create Victories, or do Victories Create Running Success?

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Its simple...the best running team may not win games...

But teams that win have the ability to run the ball when down, distance, situation, or defensive personnel package call for it.

Running teams don't always win...but teams that win can run when they have to.
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It's a false choice. Running and winning go hand in hand, but one does not cause the other.
strong running games and strong D-line play win Super Bowls, we see it every year.


A team sneaks into the playoffs and ends up winning the Super Bowl because of this.


If you have no run game, the pass is harder to set up, we saw this 2 weeks ago in Seattle
I don't think it's winning that creates running success. Rather, I believe that it's having a solid lead in the 3rd and 4th quarter that generates a higher YPG total (or gives the impression of running success).
Ya...running the ball is WAY over-rated.

Don't get me wrong, its important, but its usually not until the end of a game you are already winning that many teams really START running the ball.
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