Curtis Pride said:
SN,
Upon further review, I agree: Denver's defense isn't that vulnerable against the run. But they do allow some long runs, and the Seahawks still won despite averaging 3.5 YPC, just 0.1 more than Denver's YPC against. Kansas City had more success, running the ball at 4.3 YPC (about league average).
The way I look at it is that if the Pats were able to generate 28 rushes, they would be having some success with it.
There could be a lot of reasons why the Pats may generate 28 rushes; one of them is that the game is (miraculously) a blowout, and the pats are running the clock down in the second half. Such a situation would not reflect on the success of the rushing attack at all.
Denver's success rate against the run is 64.9 percent. In other words, about two thirds of all rushes against Denver result in a
worse position for the opposing offense. If Denver were vulnerable to the run, one would expect that more rushes would result in a better position for the opposing offense to score.
They are also really successful in stopping most pass plays, but they are only average at preventing points via the pass. Such evidence suggests that the secondary may be vulnerable to deep passing attempts, and that Denver relies on its pass rush to prevent such plays. In other words, Denver is more vulnerable via the pass than the rush.
EDIT: That is to say, not very vulnerable at all. As an aside,
50 percent of turnover rate may be random variation unrelated to talent.