Slaton to [Work More with the First Team]!

[jppaul]

Originally Posted by Arky

Whelp, I haven't caught Slatonmania, yet, but I like what I've seen so far. He's been running against 2nd and 3rd teamers in 2 preseason games so far.... His preseason stats say he is 24 attempts for 94 yds. for 3.9 ypa. His longest run was 13 yards. The latest (New Orleans) game however, he was 13 att/57 yds for a 4.4 ypa.... not bad.... those are some of the measureables...

I just wanted to point out statistically that his stats are bound to be a little deflated considering he was running into 9 and 10 man fronts, which are to be expected when you have a lead and are running out the clock.

13 for 57 yards. Just for the sake of this conversation, lets minus the last drive runs that Slaton had when he was running out the clock, which were 3 carries for 3 yards.

Then it becomes 10 carries for 54 yards which breaks out to 5.4 yards per clip.

The same can be done for the Broncos game after Slaton's 13 yard run to make the game winner a chip shot. In that span against those same 9 and 10 man fronts he had 4 carries for 4 yards.

His 11 for 37 turns into 7 for 33, then turns into 4.7 ypc.

Following this all the way through the total becomes 17 for 87, which is 5.1 ypc. An altogether more impressive number.

Just saying.