Each week, it becomes more difficult to make sense of the Washington Redskins‘ running game.
After Alfred Morris played 42 snaps against the New York Giants in Week 12 — the second-most he’s played since the season opener — he played just eight in Monday’s 19-16 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. Rookie running back Matt Jones played 40 snaps — four more than he had played in the previous two games combined.
It’s not that we haven’t seen this pattern before this season. Coach Jay Gruden has remained adamant that neither running back is falling out of favor, but that he wants to ride the “hot hand,” so to speak.