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A titanic turnaround

Tennessee's sputtering running game comes to life

Tony Pollard and the Titans have been disappointing, but they’re at least finishing the season on an uptick. They have the league’s most improved running game.

The production was dismal at times earlier in the year. Three times in October and November, Pollard had games with only 18-22 rushing yards. There have been five games where he’s averaged 3.4 yards per attempt or less.

But they’ve got it going now. Pollard ran for 161 yards at Cleveland, 104 at San Francisco, and 102 against Kansas City. He’s the only player who’s run for over 100 yards in each of the last three weeks.

LEADING RUSHERS (last 3 weeks)
PlayerAttYardsAvgTD
Tony Pollard, Ten.603676.13
Saquon Barkley, Phil.633325.33
Derrick Henry, Balt.543226.02
James Cook, Buff.563045.44
Bijan Robinson, Atl.552554.61
Blake Corum, LAR372476.74
Christian McCaffrey, S.F.632433.92
DeVon Achane, Mia.342336.92
Kyren Williams, LAR512324.53
TreVeyon Henderson, N.E.302187.32
Jonathan Taylor, Ind.622073.32
Ashton Jeanty, L.V.431934.51
Javonte Williams, Dall.411924.72
RJ Harvey, Den.431904.43
Jaylen Warren, Pitt.261766.82
D'Andre Swift, Chi.311565.02
Travis Etienne, Jac.481563.32
Jacory Croskey-Merritt, Was.331534.62
Kenneth Walker, Sea.301464.91
Kenneth Gainwell, Pitt.261455.61

That’s a nice turnaround. Mike McCoy, recall, is now piloting this ship; they fired Brian Callahan. And McCoy and his staff have apparently figured some things out in terms of play calling and offensive design.

In their last three games, only four teams have run for more yards. In the previous three weeks, Tennessee ran for more yards than only Arizona and Las Vegas.

AVERAGE RUSHING YARDS
G 10-12G 13-15
176 Miami192 Baltimore
173 Chicago177 LA Rams
163 Buffalo174 Philadelphia
161 Indianapolis171 Buffalo
144 NY Giants161 Tennessee
143 Detroit148 New England
140 Tampa Bay145 Tampa Bay
137 Atlanta143 Miami
136 Washington143 Chicago
135 Baltimore141 Green Bay
133 Green Bay138 LA Chargers
132 Jacksonville133 Pittsburgh
125 Dallas130 Carolina
124 Seattle128 NY Giants
118 Pittsburgh127 Atlanta
117 Cincinnati124 San Francisco
116 LA Chargers117 Minnesota
113 LA Rams116 Seattle
112 New England114 Denver
109 Kansas City114 Washington
109 NY Jets106 Dallas
105 San Francisco102 Houston
102 Cleveland101 New Orleans
99 Philadelphia97 Jacksonville
97 Houston90 Cleveland
94 New Orleans89 Cincinnati
91 Minnesota86 NY Jets
76 Denver85 Arizona
69 Carolina83 Indianapolis
63 Tennessee77 Las Vegas
62 Arizona75 Kansas City
39 Las Vegas64 Detroit

—Ian Allan

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