After two weeks, which is an incredibly small sample size, the Arizona Cardinals offense is getting rushing yards, but those yards are based off two big plays.
On the season the Cardinals have rushed for 228 yards, averaging 4.7 yards per carry.
Yet, Trey Benson and Kyler Murray have a 52 yard and 30 yard gain respectively, and the rest of the running game is bad.
228 rushing yards and 82 are on two plays, meaning the rush offense has 146 yards on 47 attempts (taking the two long runs out). That is
3.1 yards per carry.
The running games bulk numbers are fine. They are 12th in yards and 10th in yards per attempt. But again, the bulk of those numbers come strictly from those two long runs.
The offensive line has struggled in Justin Frye’s first two games, and the interior offensive line has been especially a problem.
Not only are they struggling to get push in the run game, they also are committing penalties too much. Isaiah Adams was flagged two times yesterday, while Hjalte Froholdt has two in two games. That means your interior offensive line has seven flags in two games.
It has not been the start to the season the Cardinals have wanted, or expected offensively, and much of that can be tied to a run game that lacks the ability to move the ball consistently.
