Before the NFC Championship game, we noted in our final thoughts about how to attack San Francisco in the run game:"The strength of the 49ers is their inside game. Willis. Justin Smith. Bowman. Don't bother trying to go crazy running in between the tackles."The Giants handed off the ball 25 times. Here is the breakdown: INSIDE RUN- 22 timesOUTSIDE RUN- 3 timesThere were 4 inside runs where there was absolutely nothing, and the runner (pretty sure it was Bradshaw all four times) had no choice but to kick it outside where there was more opportunity. Those four runs netted 2 yds, 7 yds, 9 yds, and 8 yds. The Giants netted 6.5 yds per carry on these runs. If you subtract these 4 runs, that leaves 21 runs for 61 total yards, or 2.9 yards per carry. Most of these runs were right into the teeth of the defense. In fact, if the balls run inside weren't run outside, the numbers running inside would have been worse. Here is the problem- when 88% of the time you ...
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