05-28-2015, 09:32 AM
(05-28-2015, 09:26 AM)djs7685 Wrote: That option at 3:56 will be a play that I always remember. Pretty good stuff.
While watching the highlights, I said to myself a few times that it seemed more like a Bernard, Green, and Sanu highlight reel than Andy's, it seemed like our receivers had a lot of YAC this past year compared to the past. Obviously that made me look into some numbers.
2011 - 60.2% of Andy's yards were in the air, good for 2nd in the entire NFL.
2012 - 53.4%, 20th
2013 - 53.4% (odd that it's identical to the prior year), 17th
2014 - 49%, 22nd
Now, it's not always a BAD thing to have that number low, there are a lot of things that can factor in, but I did find it interesting that 2014 was his lowest thus far in his career. Offensive scheme and ability of your receivers obviously plays a big role here as well as the QB.
Top 5 in 2014 - Josh McCown, Peyton Manning, Colin Kaepernick, Tony Romo, Brian Hoyer
Bottom 5 in 2014 - Matthew Stafford, Jay Cutler, Russell Wilson, Blake Bortles, Alex Smith
I just wanted to throw those names out there so people understood that being high on the list =/= that you're automatically a good QB and being on the bottom =/= being terrible.
Just something interesting (I think at least) that I thought of while watching the vid.
That is interesting. Kind of backs up the feeling a lot have that he was bottled a lot more last season. Asked to not make mistakes rather than make plays. I hope this will change this year. I'd much rather games were lost attacking than being overly cautious. This will be the first year Dalton has a great running game. Hopefully more deep shots will be taken.
