The Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs and New Orleans Saints solved their running game woes with rookie backs in recent years. The Washington Redskins are looking at doing the same this year.
“We need to upgrade running back. Ain’t no doubt about it,” Redskins executive Doug Williams told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. “Nobody is going to sit here and sugarcoat the fact that we had a [bad] running game.”
Williams isn’t lying. The Redskins averaged a fifth-worst 90.5 rushing yards per game, but those numbers get worse when focusing solely on the team’s running backs.