It would actually be 15 carries because you're taking that carry away. Ill take 3.6 per carry all day. It's a 1st down.Take away Ervins 27 yarder and Grant/Ervin went for a combined 16 carries and 54 yards last night. Sims being our leading rusher is not a recipe for success
Why do people do this? If you take the long run away then they ran for less yards per carry. If you take everyone's long runs away they'd be lucky to average 3.6. It makes no sense.
They need more carries than 16 but part of that was not a lot of plays.