Earlier today, Alex Kozora mentioned that according to Pro Football Focus, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell was the most successful player in the league last season when it came to generating positive yards after contact in short-yardage situations. That was an interesting statistic, so I wanted to dive a little deeper into it using my charting data from last season.
Short-yardage situations as generally referred to as plays in which the offense requires three yards or fewer in order to record a first down or to score a touchdown, so that is the benchmark I assume Pro Football Focus used in their data, and which I will use as well.