Great RBs take a lot of pressure off the QB by making the play-action and zone read plays more of a threat.

Over the past 30 years, our best QB performances have coincided with excellent RB play:

1996: Steve Sarkisian — Ronny Jenkins/Brian McKenzie
2001: Brandon Doman — Luke Staley
2006: John Beck — Curtis Brown
2007-09: Max Hall — Harvey Unga
2016: Taysom Hill — Jamaal Williams
2020: Zach Wilson — Tyler Allgeier
2021: Jaren Hall — Tyler Allgeier

Not surprisingly, those teams all had studs on the OL as well.