One thing to keep on in Super Bowl XLI is running backs catching the ball, a topic Football Outsiders’ Scott Kacsmar spent a lot of time researching. Reading that piece, which is worth your while, got me to look at the Bucs’ performance with running backs as receivers last season.
I expected the Bucs to have done a little worse than the year before, mostly because Charles Sims missed most of the season, Doug Martin was in a massive slump, and the team churned through various backup backs like there was no tomorrow.