01-10-2018, 07:53 PM
I went ahead and looked through all his years with Pittsburgh, Indy and Arizona. Here's his rankings in rush yards, yards per carry and his sacks allowed:
Steelers:
2007: 3rd- 7th-47 sacks (9.4 attempts/sack)
2008: 23rd-29th-49 sacks (10.3 attempts/sack)
2009: 19th-16th-50 sacks (10.7 attempts/sack)
2010: 11th-18th-43 sacks (11.1 attempts/sack)
2011: 14th-11th-42 sacks (12.8 attempts/sack)
Colts:
2012: 22nd-26th-41 sacks (15.3 attempts/sack)
Cardinals:
2013: 23rd-27th-41 sacks (14.0 attempts/sack)
2014: 31st-32nd-28 sacks (20.3 attempts/sack)
2015: 8th-12th-27 sacks (20.8 attempts/sack)
2016: 18th-12th-41 sacks (15.8 attempts/sack)
2017: 30th-31st-52 sacks (11.5 attempts/sack)
Not that great, now that I go in-depth. But...
1. You have to consider that Ben and Luck are "hang around and make plays" types, and that leads to more sacks. Arians encouraged it, and it was said that the move from Arians to Todd Haley was to preserve Ben's career. The lines in AZ have been better at protecting the QB, but I heard they dealt with numerous injuries this year.
2. As bad as the sack numbers look for Goodwin, his lines have had better sack rates than the 2017 Bengals in 6 of the last 7 years, with the only exception being this year with all the injuries. 2014 thru 2016 were significantly better.
3. These were some of the better offenses in football. Goodwin's lines were part of teams that had an overall record of 115-60-1 (.656) with a 6-6 playoff record, 4 division titles, 2 AFC titles, and an NFL championship. He's been a part of 1 losing season (7-8-1) in 11 years as an o-line coach. His lines have paved the way for 6 top 12 offenses.
4. Rushing wise, he's had 6 finishes inside the top 20 in YPC. Paul Alexander did that 1 time in the last 12 years.
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To sum it up, we could probably do better, but we could certainly do much worse. I'm not quite as hyped as I was initially, but he'd be a solid hire, IMO.
Steelers:
2007: 3rd- 7th-47 sacks (9.4 attempts/sack)
2008: 23rd-29th-49 sacks (10.3 attempts/sack)
2009: 19th-16th-50 sacks (10.7 attempts/sack)
2010: 11th-18th-43 sacks (11.1 attempts/sack)
2011: 14th-11th-42 sacks (12.8 attempts/sack)
Colts:
2012: 22nd-26th-41 sacks (15.3 attempts/sack)
Cardinals:
2013: 23rd-27th-41 sacks (14.0 attempts/sack)
2014: 31st-32nd-28 sacks (20.3 attempts/sack)
2015: 8th-12th-27 sacks (20.8 attempts/sack)
2016: 18th-12th-41 sacks (15.8 attempts/sack)
2017: 30th-31st-52 sacks (11.5 attempts/sack)
Not that great, now that I go in-depth. But...
1. You have to consider that Ben and Luck are "hang around and make plays" types, and that leads to more sacks. Arians encouraged it, and it was said that the move from Arians to Todd Haley was to preserve Ben's career. The lines in AZ have been better at protecting the QB, but I heard they dealt with numerous injuries this year.
2. As bad as the sack numbers look for Goodwin, his lines have had better sack rates than the 2017 Bengals in 6 of the last 7 years, with the only exception being this year with all the injuries. 2014 thru 2016 were significantly better.
3. These were some of the better offenses in football. Goodwin's lines were part of teams that had an overall record of 115-60-1 (.656) with a 6-6 playoff record, 4 division titles, 2 AFC titles, and an NFL championship. He's been a part of 1 losing season (7-8-1) in 11 years as an o-line coach. His lines have paved the way for 6 top 12 offenses.
4. Rushing wise, he's had 6 finishes inside the top 20 in YPC. Paul Alexander did that 1 time in the last 12 years.
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To sum it up, we could probably do better, but we could certainly do much worse. I'm not quite as hyped as I was initially, but he'd be a solid hire, IMO.
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