The NFL is a passing league. The league has passed numerous rules throughout its history to make it a passing league, from the “Mel Blount rule” to the “Hines Ward rule” to the recent focus on protecting quarterbacks that penalizes defenders for hitting a quarterback too hard and has led to holding on passing plays becoming an endangered species of penalty.
The game has been engineered to drastically favor passing, so of course passing is going to dominate game.
But does that mean running the ball is less important than ever? Or in an era where mediocre quarterbacks put up stat lines that rival Hall of Fame players, is running the ball still important.