Running Back By Committee Performances

The first week of games resulted in little excitement from the RB position with only six backs crossing the 100 yard mark and only two of those scoring a touchdown. Whether this is an abberation or a result of the RBBC trend, I don't know, but I have decided to track the RB1 and RB2 each game by rushing attempts to see what emerges.

Going into each week the RB1 is defined simply as the starter. As such, those who are injured may not finish the game with the most yards i.e. Minnesota's Chester Taylor. What I glean from this data is yet to be determined or whether or not I should define the RB1 post-game by defining it as the Rb with the most attempts that week.

I will also track the percent of touches for the RB1 and RB2 to see if an RBBC is emerging even if has not been formally announced. "Touches" will be defined as the sum of the rushing attempts plus receptions. What I also hope to determine are those backs in no danger of being RBBC'd i.e a very high percentage of the touches. Again, what that percent will be is yet to be determined.

Help me out. It isn't only "experts" who can mine data. Here are the Top 10 RB1s for Week One sorted by %T. The rest are within the Comment section. (To save my thumbs muscles some effort when checking Fake teams on my mobile.)