But having Mariotta at QB helped those running stats a lot also. Ridder may be young and mobile, but I don’t think he is a threat to run like Mariotta was. That would mean more handoffs and less zone reads making it a little easier to focus on stopping the run.
It was only four games, but their RB’s still had 4.8/carry in the games where Ridder started. Hopefully you’re right, but they more or less ran the ball at will.