Jay Ajayi and LeGarrette Blount: Deploying Philadelphia’s Running Backs

The running game hadn’t shown any signs of life across August. The offensive line failed to generate any space, and the bargain buys of free agent LeGarrette Blount, 4th-round rookie Donnel Pumphrey, and UDFA Corey Clement struggled to capitalize on any daylight they found.

Coming out of the trade deadline, Philadelphia has the opposite problem.

It took a couple of weeks to get the engine growling, but LeGarrette Blount has averaged 14 touches and 70 yards (4.9 Y/C) across the last 6 games of the young season. With exactly 100 touches on the year, Blount is 2nd in the NFL in yards/carry for backs with at least 100 carries (Kareem Hunt). Jay Ajayi, with 3.37 yards/carry, is 18th out of the 19…