Human beings like to put things into buckets. This is the basic reason behind the expression, “If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it’s probably a duck.”

In the case of New York Jets running back Braelon Allen, he’s 6’1 and 235 pounds. With those dimensions, it’s pretty easy to see why he’s assumed to be a productive power back. Tack on that he ran a 4.40 40 yard dash and it’s really easy to project him to be a really great running back.

But is he? Well based on the preseason, we might be putting the cart before the horse a wee bit.

For context, YCO/Att is yards after contact per carry and YBC/Att is yards before contact per carry. As summarized in the tweet’s writing, Braelon Allen was among the worst running backs at creating after contact this preseason, even though h

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