Prior to half time , the touches in the Indianapolis backfield were split fairly evenly.
The first 13 were split 7/6 for Mack and Hines with the first 3 going to Mack and then neither receiving more than 2 in a row until Mack's injury. Mack caught 3 passes to Hines one...
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Jonathan Taylor re dived the next 2 touches with one being a 35 yard catch and run where he nearly scored with a strong finish running through defenders. Hines would re dive the final 3 touches (all receptions) before halftime.

1st half
Mack/Taylor 9 touches (4 rec/5 ru)...
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Hines 9 touches (4 rec/ 5 ru)
3 receptions in a row to finish the half.

In the second half the touches would be far less evenly distributed...

Taylor
Taylor
Taylor
Taylor
Hines (rec)
Taylor
Taylor
Taylor (rec)
Hines
Taylor (rec)
Taylor
Taylor
Taylor
Taylor (rec)
Taylor
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Hines (rec)
Taylor (rec)
Hines (rec)
Taylor (rec)
Hines (rec)
Hines

Taylor touched the ball 13 times to Hines 6 touches.

Touches by drive
1st
Mack 3- Hines 2
2nd
Mack 2- Hines 2
3rd
None
4th
Mack 2- Hines 3- Taylor 2
5th
Hines 2
Halftime
6th
Taylor 7- Hines 1
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7th
Taylor 2- Hines 1
8th
Taylor 5- Hines 2
9th
Taylor 1
10th
Hines 2

Taylor caught 6 passes to Hines 4 in the second half. Rivers completed 17/17 passes to the three backs overall but if we take out the final 2 drives of each half, the totals are Taylor/Mack 9, Hines 4...
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Hines was def the guy in the 2 min drill in week one but the rest of the game was more about the Bell cow role and more so following halftime. Wilkins was available and played 1 snap but Taylor for all intents and purposes was the Bell cow. Taylor touched the ball on 57.7%...
...of the snaps he played on. Mack on 63.6% of the snaps he played on. Look for Taylor to continue this role moving forward and with Rivers at QB, a good amount of receiving work.

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