09-10-2014, 11:18 PM
Agree you need to filter out sacks. I was surprised to see that we have now given up 4 sacks in two games, because it didn't seem like teams were getting that much pressure on Hogan. Part of it is his ability to scramble and avoid sacks that way. Part of it was that the two sacks we gave up to USC were the last two offensive plays of the game.
I'm not sure you want to filter out other rushing plays. Some of them, like the Skov touchdown were short, but would be considered successful. Others like the Marx stuff were short and unsuccessful, but it's not like we didn't have similar situations last year. The biggest "other" rushed after the top three is Hogan. He was the third leading rusher (after Gaffney and Wilkerson) last year, and the second leading rusher two years ago. Many of those rushes were scrambles (and of course, the sacks), but we also have used him in read option and even conventional (pitch) option plays.
BC
I'm not sure you want to filter out other rushing plays. Some of them, like the Skov touchdown were short, but would be considered successful. Others like the Marx stuff were short and unsuccessful, but it's not like we didn't have similar situations last year. The biggest "other" rushed after the top three is Hogan. He was the third leading rusher (after Gaffney and Wilkerson) last year, and the second leading rusher two years ago. Many of those rushes were scrambles (and of course, the sacks), but we also have used him in read option and even conventional (pitch) option plays.
BC