What creates 10+ yard runs for RB's?

[Lintyfresh85]

I've always wondered about this.

What rating is playing the biggest part in netting RB's 10+ yard runs.

My guess was always a combination of Hole Recognition, Elusiveness and Breakaway Speed but I'd love to hear what others thought. Especially from the vets that are in multiple leagues and have extensive testing.

[Lintyfresh85]

Anyone?

Does a strong OL possibly play into the equation as well?

[Dandelion]

mostly it's... dice rolls.

... and - as a wild guess - all You mentioned, plus the defensive formation used. Always good to run against agg. pass def with 4 deep in the zone.

[Jughead Spock]

Not an expert, by any means, but I've had surprising luck with this guy -

Ed Suarez (http://www.fof-ihof.com/players/player.php?player=16678)

Barely average, but great HR and Elusiveness. He's been getting 35-40 10+ every season. So just anecdotally, I'm under the impression that those are the primary causes, then OL, then Breakaway/Speed to the Outside. And of course, running to your strongest OL has to help.

[Firefly]

I think it's elusiveness

[primelord]

Ben knows the answer to this. He has done extensive study on it. He didn't post a thread on it, but I quite sure if you PM him he will be happy to share the data with him. If you happen to have his e-mail address you should e-mail him about it as well. You might want to try PMing him at WOOF, IHOF and FOFL as well.

He can be a bit tough to pin down sometimes so multiple PMs let him know you are serious and that you are asking for something important. Hope this helps.

[Ben E Lou]

Linty, I'm pretty sure that you're on the right track with those three ratings, but I don't know for sure. I do know for sure that Primelord is a poopy-head.

[Dutch]

I've had good success in getting high YPC from a 40/40 rated RB with 100 in Elusiveness and 62 in Breakaway Speed. Of course, that was under 6.2 and I ran probably 80% of my plays outside the guards.

I'm not getting a good gauge on 6.3a yet because all my RB's are doing pretty good no matter what their ratings are.

[miked]

I was under the impression it was mostly dependent on elusiveness.

[miked]

Not statistical in any way, but this guy has a 100 in elusiveness and 15% of his runs are 10+ this year. Of course, there are a lot of variables such as OL, game situations, etc, but I frequently find these types of players have some success.

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/woof/ben/playercard.php?playerid=13294

[Subby]

Elusiveness keeps guys from getting tackled behind the line of scrimmage.