Not sure if Yards per attempt are the most important way to measure an offense in the rushing attack. Even the author acknowledged that a 2 yard carry on 3rd and 1 is a success, but reduces the overall average. I'm sure there are a ton of ways to break down the run game. For Example running off Left Tackle yielded a 4.4 Yard per Carry average, BUT when the author compares that to the Down and Distance, it was the worst place to run for the Bears last year...
The first 3/4 of the season was pretty bad all around for blocking, WR's included. Then of course the Rams game, they were blocking their asses off, dominating them for most the game. There's something to work with, they just need to get better at it, whether that's Nagy's play calling or what.
I've was saying this all season. The inside of our line kinda sucked last year. Both Gs positions had issues so the center couldn't cover for both of them. That neither Howard nor Cohen would take an inside seam and bounced everything didn't help. Mizzell kinda looked for those but his running style is hesitate and find dirt. That line also had a negative effect on Trubs who saved a lot of plays/drives. He needs to improve his overall passing game but he was more effective for the overall O than many give him credit for. We were dead midpack for 1st downs last year while our passing game and RB run production were below average. Mitch's legs took up that slack. He supplied over 30 yards and 2 1sts per game on the ground, many of which would have been sacks with another QB. He still took 24 sacks but even those averaged under 6 yards and lower than known scramblers like Wilson, Watson, Wentz, Rodgers, Brees and Prescott. Helps prevent it kill a drive.
