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The need for speed in the offensive backfield

Friday I took a look at the profile of Eddie Lacy from the speed data available through the NFL Next Gen stats compared to the other Seattle Seahawks backs, and commenters had their chance to weigh in regarding what they felt that data might be showing. In any case, as had been expected, fans had a variety of different impressions, however, as we saw the speed data available on Lacy puts him above the curve of the NFL average.

Just to get a sample of where that falls compared to the top ten running backs in the NFL, and then at the very end I have thrown in Christine Michael (2016 data used since he spent 2017 on injured reserve with the Indianapolis Colts) and Alex Collins for his 2017 season with the Baltimore Ravens.