Whether you watched the game live or just read the box score, you\u2019re likely thinking the same thing: Why is Carter getting all the carries? Why isn\u2019t Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams getting more chances?<\/span><\/p>\n Given the recent history of transfer MSU running backs, I understand why one would want the new guy taking more snaps.<\/span><\/p>\n Kenneth Walker III has forever changed our opinion of running backs.<\/span><\/p>\n I mean come on\u2026 look at this box score.<\/span><\/p>\n Chances are, you\u2019re thinking one of these three things:<\/p>\n I\u2019ll admit, KLA\u2019s stat line looks awesome — <\/span>11.2 yards per carry is K9-level good. <\/span>His explosive plays were admittedly awesome. Can\u2019t argue that.<\/span><\/p>\n Watching in real time, though, Carter\u2019s box score does not tell you the whole story. From the naked eye, you could tell Carter never had a chance. FAU\u2019s defensive front was on him immediately.<\/p>\n This morning, I spent time trying to find stats on Carter\u2019s yards before contact (YBCON). I wanted to validate what I thought I saw.<\/span><\/p>\n Come to find out, fellow MSU fan and host of the Locked on Spartans podcast beat me to it. Although not the actual YBCON stat, he reviewed the tape. What he discovered completely validated my thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n Simple math here: Carter needed to break tackles just to avoid a negative play 58 percent of the time.<\/span><\/p>\n That alone is more of an indictment on the offensive line during those specific plays than it is of Carter\u2019s ability.<\/span><\/p>\n I mean come on. Look at this. Prime Barry Sanders isn\u2019t getting positive yardage here. Well, maybe Barry… but you get the point.<\/p>\n On the other hand, 63 of Lynch-Adams’ 101 rushing yards came from one play. Let\u2019s take a look at what he was working with.<\/p>\n Pretty big difference, eh?<\/span><\/p>\n All I\u2019m trying to say is: don\u2019t write off Nate Carter quite yet.<\/p>\n Yes, Lynch-Adams looked awesome. <\/span>Yes, Carter appeared to struggle.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m just adding color as to why there was such a discrepancy between the two.<\/span><\/p>\n Maryland on Saturday should paint a better picture for us.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don’t give up on Nate Carter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":19084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[59,757,191,189,535,504],"class_list":["post-19077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","tag-featured","tag-kayron-lynch-adams","tag-michigan-state-football","tag-michigan-state-spartans","tag-nate-carter","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19077\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/spartanshadows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Screenshot-2024-09-05-at-12.58.24\u202fAM-1024x232.png\")
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