Ben Baldwin
In a follow-up to his excellent piece on the value of the run game in The Athletic (great website, highly recommended), Ted Nguyen shared the following:
"In-house NFL analytics crews track QB hits and the results of the accumulation of hits and how it affects offensive performance over the course of a game."
Does the accumulation of hits affect offensive performance over the game? Is this finally a feather in the cap for the run game defenders?