With the regular season installments of the running back advanced stats behind us, we’ll look at the season-long data. Thanks for following along as we use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate,…...

RotoViz staff and writers join with the rest of the NFL community in praying for Damar Hamlin. His Chasing M’s Foundation, originally established to fund children’s initiatives like toy drives and kid camps, is one of many examples of Hamlin’s generosity and spirit. The go-fund-me campaign has now raised over $6 million. You can contribute here. It’s hard to digest Week 17 and write the…...

It’s playoff time, and we’re back for the Week 17 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap…...

It’s playoff time, and we’re back for the Week 16 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate…...

It’s playoff time, and we’re back for the Week 15 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us…...

We’re back for the Week 14 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running back…...

We’re back for the Week 13 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a…...

We’re back for the Week 11 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a…...

We’re back for the Week 10 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a…...

We’re back for the Week 10 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a…...

We’re back for the Week 9 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running back…...

We’re back for the Week 8 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running…...

We’re back for the Week 7 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running…...

We’re back for the Week 6 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. I’m also including routes run and receiving data to provide a more complete picture of a player’s usage and skills.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running…...

We’re back for the Week 5 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. Is it possible to replace Javonte Williams [insert tears here]? Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running back is using his blockers, how effective that blocking is,…...

We’re back for the Week 4 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers. We have a heavy one, so let’s dive in.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running back is using his blockers, how effective that blocking is, and…...

We’re back for the Week 2 installment of running back advanced stats. Each week, I’ll use the Advanced Stats Explorer to examine the underlying metrics of notable rushers.   Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running back is using his blockers, how effective that blocking is, and how effective that RB is at making would-be tacklers…...

And we’re back with the weekly installment of running back advanced stats. Last season, I examined the leaders in yards before and after contact, with the top backs in broken plus missed tackle rate. I used the Advanced Stats Explorer to analyze the underlying metrics of notable rushers.  Metrics like yards before and after contact, evasion rate, stuff rate, and designed gap rate tell us how a running…...