Tampa Bay Buccaneers RB Ronald Jones averaged a broken tackle once every 7.5 rushing attempts in 2019 – good for the fourth-best mark among qualified rushers in the league. His 23 total broken tackles ranked 11th among all players.
Monthly Archives: March 2020
Packers | Aaron Jones hard to bring down
Green Bay Packers RB Aaron Jones was credited with 32 broken tackles in 2019 – tied with Cleveland Browns RB Nick Chubb for the most in the league.
Browns | Tackling Nick Chubb no easy task
Cleveland Browns RB Nick Chubb was credited with 32 broken tackles in 2019 – tied with Green Bay Packers RB Aaron Jones for the most in the league.
Chiefs | Damien Williams a beast after contact in 2019
Kansas City Chiefs RB Damien Williams tied Peyton Barber for the third-lowest average in rushing yards before contact (1.3), but he also finished in a tie for first with Derrick Henry (3.2) for the most rushing yards after contact.
Cowboys | Ezekiel Elliott moves the chains
Dallas Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott has led the NFL in rushing first downs in each of the previous two seasons, picking up 84 in 2018 before adding 78 more in 2019.
Ravens | Lamar Jackson ran out of RPOs a lot in 2019
Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson kept the ball and ran 92 times on 173 run-pass option (RPO) plays last season – nearly three times as often as the next closest quarterback (Kyler Murray; 33).
Saints | Drew Brees locked in last season
New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees threw an on-target pass – defined as a pass that did or would have hit the receiver – on a league-high 84.1 percent of his throws in 2019.
Broncos | Phillip Lindsay extension on back burner
Denver Broncos RB Phillip Lindsay is set to become a restricted free agent in 2021, and while general manager John Elway has yet to completely dismiss the possibility of signing him to a long-term contract, he doesn’t appear to be motivated to address the matter anytime soon.’We’ll see what happens. … That’s not a guarantee,’ Elway said.
Titans | Tennessee lands Jack Crawford
Free-agent DL Jack Crawford (Falcons) reportedly agreed to terms on an undisclosed contract with the Tennessee Titans on Tuesday, March 31.
Seahawks | Tedric Thompson release details
Updating a previous report, free-agent S Tedric Thompson was placed on no-recall waivers by the Seattle Seahawks with a failed physical designation, according to the NFL’s Tuesday, March 31, transaction wire. No injury was listed, but Thompson ended the 2019 season on the Reserve/Injured list with a shoulder injury.