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Backfield Split

Who is actually getting the ball in each backfield: carries, targets, and the red zone work that decides who scores. 2026 to date.

One week in. A backfield split after a single game is a description of one game, not a role. Red zone slices especially: a team gets three or four red zone carries a week, so one goal-line handoff can read as 100% of a committee.
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Running backs only: a quarterback’s scrambles and a receiver’s jet sweeps are real carries but not backfield share, and folding them in would make every mobile quarterback’s team look like a committee. Red zone means inside the opponent’s 20.