How the league changed

Quarterbacks run now

Holds upThe record backs this up, season after season.

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Held in 12 of 15 seasons, from 320,097 records measured.

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How Football Quietly Rewired ItselfKickers tripled their long-range workload, the midfield punt is going extinct, quarterbacks run again, and every game hands out three fewer possessions than it did in 1999.
The Scramble Is Football's Best-Kept SecretWhen a quarterback tucks the ball and runs, the play works about six times in ten. Nothing an offense calls on purpose comes close, and no offense can call it on purpose.

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