Dr. Phin
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I decided to look at how the pass distribution has changed for our team and how we have the increased production in the passing game. Below are a series of pass distribution charts showing the length of passes relative to the LOS and the result. The charts are from the NE, GB, and DEN games...and a chart from a mystery QB. Can you guess the QB?
You can see some interesting information in these charts. In the first NE game, you can see went almost exclusively to the left (Revis anyone? Make no mistake, the guy affects game-plans.) You can also see that anything past 10 yards had a very low completion percentage.
Against GB, we actually went down-field quite a bit; however, once again the completion percentages were low.
By the time we get to Denver, you can see that we tried very few long passes.
Make no mistake...we are throwing shorter passes. This is helping Tannehill's completion percentage greatly. But, I am not here to get into a pissing match about Tannehill.
So, how are we getting more production? Simple...RAC. That is the key guys. RAC, RAC, RAC. Look at the short underneath passes that Hartline has turned into big plays lately. Those catches were only 4-5 yard passes, but picked up big yards. Why? It isn't because Hartline is suddenly elusive...they were all on crossing routes. This has made a huge difference in our game I believe. By using more crossing routes, we have a higher probability of RAC. The passes aren't longer...but the production is. We no longer have to watch Hartline catch an out and then try and make someone miss...only to trip over his own feet. Lazor is getting him in a position where he is already in motion. He isn't starting from a stopped position after the catch.
AND....LANDRY. We finally have a guy that can actually make someone miss. He will be a huge addition in years to come if this is what he can do as a rookie!
Finally, the main change is LAZOR. He is the one that has really changed this offense. He is using the weapons he has very well. Amazing what a difference you can have with a real OC.
Where are we lacking? The one area I notice that I don't like is that we don't seem to be using seam routes much at all. I would like to see more in that area.
You can see some interesting information in these charts. In the first NE game, you can see went almost exclusively to the left (Revis anyone? Make no mistake, the guy affects game-plans.) You can also see that anything past 10 yards had a very low completion percentage.
Against GB, we actually went down-field quite a bit; however, once again the completion percentages were low.
By the time we get to Denver, you can see that we tried very few long passes.
Make no mistake...we are throwing shorter passes. This is helping Tannehill's completion percentage greatly. But, I am not here to get into a pissing match about Tannehill.
So, how are we getting more production? Simple...RAC. That is the key guys. RAC, RAC, RAC. Look at the short underneath passes that Hartline has turned into big plays lately. Those catches were only 4-5 yard passes, but picked up big yards. Why? It isn't because Hartline is suddenly elusive...they were all on crossing routes. This has made a huge difference in our game I believe. By using more crossing routes, we have a higher probability of RAC. The passes aren't longer...but the production is. We no longer have to watch Hartline catch an out and then try and make someone miss...only to trip over his own feet. Lazor is getting him in a position where he is already in motion. He isn't starting from a stopped position after the catch.
AND....LANDRY. We finally have a guy that can actually make someone miss. He will be a huge addition in years to come if this is what he can do as a rookie!
Finally, the main change is LAZOR. He is the one that has really changed this offense. He is using the weapons he has very well. Amazing what a difference you can have with a real OC.
Where are we lacking? The one area I notice that I don't like is that we don't seem to be using seam routes much at all. I would like to see more in that area.
