Hey, did you know that the Eagles offense is struggling right now? Yes, it’s true. Most surprising of all is that Chip Kelly’s offseason attempt to sign some of the best running backs of the last five years has yielded a grand total of 70 rushing yards through two games.
35 players have more rushing yards than the entire Eagles offense this season
Pretty much everyone, but here’s the definitive list. As a bonus, we’ve also included the players who have more rushing yards than DeMarco Murray.
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DeMarco Murray, last year’s rushing champion and a guy who even got a couple MVP votes, has 11 yards on 21 carries. He’s averaging 0.5 yards per attempt and 5.5 yards per game, down ever so slightly from his 4.7 YPA and 115.3 yards per game last season. He signed a five-year, $40 million contract.
Ryan Mathews signed a three-year, $11 million contract in the offseason and has produced a grand total of 4 yards on four attempts. Quarterback Sam Bradford has more rushing yards through two games, 9 yards on two scrambles.
Darren Sproles leads the bunch with 46 yards on six attempts.
All of this is bad and not a positive reflection of the vision Chip Kelly implemented after winning the front office power struggle. But the numbers themselves just don’t drive the point home. We need to see some comparisons.
Who has more rushing yards than the Eagles this season?
- 35 individual players have more rushing yards than the entire Eagles offense.
- Carlos Hyde of the 49ers leads the NFL with 211 rushing yards, triple the Eagles’ production.
- Eight more players have doubled the Eagles’ production (DeAngelo Williams, Matt Forte, Gio Bernard, Jamaal Charles, Alfred Morris, Adrian Peterson, Matt Jones and Melvin Gordon).
- Four quarterbacks have more rushing yards than the Eagles (Cam Newton, Russell Wilson, Colin Kaepernick and Tyrod Taylor).
Who has more rushing yards than DeMarco Murray this season?
- Aaron Rodgers has 58 rushing yards, more than anyone on the Eagles roster.
- Tavon Austin (57)
- Jay Cutler (55)
- Blake Bortles (53)
- Mike Tolbert, a fullback (43)
- Jameis Winston (41)
- Teddy Bridgewater (37)
- Johnny Manziel (36)
- Derek Carr (31)
- Eli Manning (31)
- Alex Smith (30)
- Jarius Wright (29)
- Marcus Mariota (25 ... shoulda traded for him after all, huh?)
- Ryan Tannehill (24)
- Josh McCown (23)
- Julian Edelman (21)
- Jarvis Landry (20)
- Andrew Luck (20)
- Matthew Stafford (19)
- Percy Harvin (16)
- Jarryd Hayne (16)
- Nick Foles (12)
- Ryan Mallett (12)
- Carson Palmer (12)
- 65 running backs have more rushing yards this season than Murray.
- Players tied with Murray’s 11 rushing yards include Tony Romo and Andy Dalton.
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