Rouxble said

I don't think we have room for Bowden to become Taysom Hill lite any time soon, but it's the first game where he had more snaps than Shaheed.



My guess is that it was gameplan driven, in the Colts game we had the lowest usage of 3+ WR that we've had all season (44%), and Shaheed primarily plays in 3+ WR sets (86% of the time).


FWIW, we average 4.3 yds/att when Bowden is on the field and 3.6 yds/att when he isn't. It's driven by us having more explosive runs (10+ yards) when he is on the field (14% of runs when he is on VS 7% of runs when he is off).

We also average 8.3 yds/DB when he is on VS 6.1 yds/DB when he is off, and that's with only 3/23 pass attempts going for 10+ air yards. We average 6.1 YAC/att when he is on the field, which is going to be driven by good blocking and/or clear-outs.

While the difference can't be 100% attributed to his blocking, we have been a more productive offense when he is on the field (so far), which goes against the narrative that defenses are keying on and stopping the run when he is out there.


Pretty even throughout the game.




Against the Colts, we ran 67% of the time when he was on the field, yet still averaged 5.4 yds/carry with a 63% success rate.

We tipped our hand even more with Shaheed, passing 89% of the time when he was on the field, but still had 13.6 yds/DB with a 56% success rate.

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