After watching Russ run more this game, I decided to look a little at the rushing stats for QBs this preseason. What I saw was a bunch of QBs running for 10 or more attempts at a pretty good yards per attempt (5-8 yards per attempt). Then, looking at last year, 6 of the "top 10 QB rushers" were in the playoffs, including both of the Superbowl teams. I know we see a lot of backup QBs running for their lives in the preseason, but looking at last years regular season stats it feels like this trend is swinging upwards.

It may be that these runs by Russ become part of the norm instead of the exception. It should be interesting to see how many planned runs we see from Russ going into game 1 with the Raiders.