Niners have just had bad run blocking this year. Normally he's more of a 4-5 yards every play kind of back but this year he's had defenders in the backfield on him a lot. Either way when you look at yards per carry, the elite guys normally have a pretty high number. If you're just going off yards, I'll take a guy that needs 3 or 4 less carries per game to get them than the next guy. That's an extra 3 or 4 plays your offense does or does not need depending on how the team is scoring. And yeah man 3 yards per carry is terrible. Trent Richardson's 2.9ypc this year is legendarily bad. Especially considering Donald Brown is getting 5.6 and it's not like he's just getting a couple carries a game.
Gore is supposed to likely slow down but the one thing he has going for him is that he's never been fast anyway. His main strength has always been his vision and until that goes, he should get 1,000 yards for the next couple seasons unless the team lets him go or Lattimore comes on strong.
Gore is supposed to likely slow down but the one thing he has going for him is that he's never been fast anyway. His main strength has always been his vision and until that goes, he should get 1,000 yards for the next couple seasons unless the team lets him go or Lattimore comes on strong.
