Obviously happy with the win, which is all that matters and Bijan is finally starting to get better usage, but it is yet another game under 20 touches for him. For context, here are players this year with more 20-touch games than Bijan:
Christian McCaffrey
Raheem Mostert
Brian Robinson
Josh Jacobs
Travis Etienne
Derrick Henry
Saquon Barkley
D’Andre Swift
Joe Mixon
Tony Pollard
Isaiah Pacheco
Rachaad White
James Cook
Kenneth Walker
Rhanondre Stevenson
Zack Moss
Javonte Williams
David Montgomery
Alvin Kamara
Kyren Williams
Austin Ekeler
Jonathan Taylor
That’s now 22 players with more 20-touch games than Bijan, and only Kyren Williams and Raheem Mostert are averaging more ypc.
Can’t help but think how much easier things would be if the team fed its best player more.
Man, there are a lot of complaints I have with Arthur Smith, but this ain’t one of them.
First, rookies of all positions tend to hit the “rookie wall” late in the season, and if you’re trying to make the playoffs I can see why you might want to try to save him for the back half of the year.
Second, managing a RBs workload is about the toughest thing to know how to do correctly. Remember when everyone and their mother was saying that the Cowboys needed to ride Tony Pollard instead of splitting the carries with Zeke. I’m not saying that they were wrong or right, but this year Pollard isn’t half as dynamic as the below.
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