Stewart and the playoffs

[CollegePanther]

We would have put him on the IR if we weren't going to use him. The more weapons the better. 

[mav1234]

I like Stew a lot.  I just don't think we have room in our backfield for more backs.  I would rather go with him or Dwill, because I think that both of those guys benefit a lot from getting in a rhythm.

[CRA]

4 yards is relatively arbitrary because Stew, over those same spans, had more 0 or negative yard carries as a percentage of his total, 21% compared to 8%(raw numbers: stew - 7, Dwill - 3). So Stew more often put the offense at a net loss or no gain, though DWill had more 1 yard carries... This is why we can't just look at "number of rushing plays greater than x" and say "so and so is more boom or bust!", as it actually appears, if you look at # of plays that were for *positive* yards, DWill was more dependable than stew at 92% compared to Stew's 79%. Furthermore, my count is different than yours - I'm getting DWill at 9 running plays of 4 or more yards, and Stew at 14 of 4 or more yards, and while it's true Stew still has more, he also has more negative plays. So this is more complicated than what it looked like, no?

So I got bored and did an ANOVA on Stew and Dwill's rushing numbers from those four games and found there was no statistical difference between the two of them. I did an ANOVA principally so I could test for an interaction effect within each game - to see if one or the other of the players was generating more yards in different games - and there was no significant result detected. If people want to know what exactly an ANOVA does I can explain it, but in brief, it tests to see if there is a difference between groups (in this case the groups are our RBs) in their influence on some variable (in this case yards gained), and it looks not just at averages but also variances. I found no difference between groups. In other words, the stats indicate we can't support the idea that there's a real difference between these two in output per game. This could be due to small sample size, but I actually think both RBs are just plain hampered by the OL. They DO have different running styles, yes, but I think they're both productive, and I think both of them are suffering from terrible blocking.

I charted more than just what I posted. That was just a sample until I finished all.

I think your negative run numbers are off. I will double check mine as well later on. They are on my home puter.

[mav1234]

I charted more than just what I posted. That was just a sample until I finished all.

I think your negative run numbers are off. I will double check mine as well later on. They are on my home puter.

 

I went through all 4 games and that's what I had - was using nfl.com.  I double checked actually when our numbers came out a little different, but just for Stew, so it's possible I somehow fuged things up.

 

I did not include any games in which Dwill and Stew were not both on the field for most of the game (so I didn't include NO or NYJ).

 

My total # of runs comes out equal to yours, but it's possible I missed numbers somehow.

[Khaki Lackey]

I think the more important question is, "After Stewart's re-injury in the divisional game, will he be back in time for the Super Bowl?"

[CRA]

I went through all 4 games and that's what I had - was using nfl.com. I double checked actually when our numbers came out a little different, but just for Stew, so it's possible I somehow fuged things up.

I did not include any games in which Dwill and Stew were not both on the field for most of the game (so I didn't include NO or NYJ).

My total # of runs comes out equal to yours, but it's possible I missed numbers somehow.

I used espn play by play