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When New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton talked in the preseason about the things New Orleans must improve upon if it is to make a serious run at Super Bowl XLVI, one he always hit upon was the running game's "efficiency."

That's a nebulous term, and Payton didn't shed much light on it in Oxnard, Calif., when asked for a definition. "The simple way to define it is running it better," he replied, offering an inarguable but still opaque answer.

But Payton then went on to provide a more detailed window into his thinking.

"I think you look closely at yards per attempt," he began. "In other words, you're running the ball but how well are you running it? You look at your yards per attempt, your big plays in the running game. At some point the thing we did in '09 is we finished games in the running game and so an 'efficient' run in the four-minute might be a 3-yard gain to get a first down and keep the clock moving. So those are specific areas and we've got a method to grade: red zone efficiency in the running game might be a little different than in the field, tight red zone, short yardage and goal line."

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The New Orleans Saints plan to run the ball better this season | NOLA.com

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