The journey of Chris Ivory: Dismissed, discarded and, finally, celebrated

mither_rome said
It's raining green thumbs on the first page of this thread for his initial post, though. Apparently, claiming Payton's Saints have never been particularly good at running the ball, whether accurate or not, is a populist position.

I figured saying "We were awesome at running the ball in 2009 and 2011" would be a real crowd pleaser, but I was horribly wrong. smh

That's not "black and gold" tinted glasses, either. It's a statistical fact, both in rushing numbers and in the win column.

That misconception that the Pass came first in 2009 was the reason I first downloaded the data I used to put that spreadsheet together. "But the pass is why we were so successful on offense" Wrong. The answer is Balance. Guess what, a balanced not only opens up the entire offense also helps the defense. It shortens games, the defense isn't as tired all the time.