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NFL Rushing stats 2015-18: Horses running wild?

The NFL is moving more and more towards all passing/no running, but we have seen the pendulum swing every so slightly back toward running the ball in the past few years.

It appeared that we were going to hit 70% soon back in 2015, but that downward trend has moved us back to the 65% that was the norm from 2000-2010.

From a play selection standpoint, only 41.2% of all plays were running plays in 2018, and only three teams were close to (or above) 50% - SEA (52.6%), TEN (48.