Advanced Passing Stats Through 8 Games(2020 vs. 2021)

[kungfoodude]

Some interesting comparisons from last season and this season(QB, OL, WR). 

First Down Passing %

2020: 38.1%

2021: 31.9%

Intended Air Yards/Pass Attempt

2020: 7.0

2021: 7.9

Completed Air Yards/Pass Attempt

2020: 4.0

2021: 3.2

YAC/Cmp

2020: 4.2 yds

2021: 5.5 yds

Drop %

2020: 4.7%

2021: 7.6%

Bad Throw%(hilarious side note, PJ Walker has 9 bad throws on 15 attempts this season)

2020: 12.8%

2021: 19.8%

Pressure %

2020: 20.1%

2021: 27.9%

 

 

 

[Catsfan69]

So Sam seems to be doing better under worse circumstances. 

[uncfan888]

All of those numbers basically confirm what we have seen. Sam tries to throw longer but isn't as accurate as teddy. Wide receivers can't catch and the line can't protect

[uncfan888]

Just now, Catsfan69 said:

So Sam seems to be doing better under worse circumstances. 

Nothing about that post says Sam is doing better than teddy except for yards per completion

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, uncfan888 said:

All of those numbers basically confirm what we have seen. Sam tries to throw longer but isn't as accurate as teddy. Wide receivers can't catch and the line can't protect

Oddly, much more productive in YAC this season. That was surprising to see.

[mav1234]

I'm actually surprised our yac/comp is higher this year. Didn't expect that because I thought Teddy has been doing a better job of getting the ball to receivers in places they could make plays than Sam has been.

7.6% is an atrocious drop percentage, but even worse is how many of those are from Chubba and Robby

[uncfan888]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

Oddly, much more productive in YAC this season. That was surprising to see.

Oh yeah.. I missed that YAC on there.. Thought it said just yards per completion 

[kungfoodude]

Just now, mav1234 said:

I'm actually surprised our yac/comp is higher this year. Didn't expect that because I thought Teddy has been doing a better job of getting the ball to receivers in places they could make plays than Sam has been.

7.6% is an atrocious drop percentage, but even worse is how many of those are from Chubba and Robby

19.8% Bad Throw percentage is atrocious too. So is the 27.9% pressure percentage. 

Yuck.

[Pantherxtreme]

1 minute ago, Catsfan69 said:

So Sam seems to be doing better under worse circumstances. 

In what realm is Sam doing better. Teddy was pressured 7% less probably due to being able to diagnose defenses better and get rid of the ball. 

Also would like to see the turnover ratio. 

 

 

[Catsfan69]

3 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

I'm actually surprised our yac/comp is higher this year. Didn't expect that because I thought Teddy has been doing a better job of getting the ball to receivers in places they could make plays than Sam has been.

7.6% is an atrocious drop percentage, but even worse is how many of those are from Chubba and Robby

Those are drive killers they put us behind the chains leading to holding calls or pressure 

[Pantherxtreme]

4 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Oddly, much more productive in YAC this season. That was surprising to see.

Christian McCaffrey production the first 3 games probably has alot to do with it. 

[Catsfan69]

1 minute ago, Pantherxtreme said:

In what realm is Sam doing better. Teddy was pressured 7% less probably due to being able to diagnose defenses better and get rid of the ball. 

Also would like to see the turnover ratio. 

 

 

He's actually trying to push the ball downfield but line can't block and recievers can't catch.

That's what the stats say

[mav1234]

Just now, kungfoodude said:

19.8% Bad Throw percentage is atrocious too. So is the 27.9% pressure percentage. 

Yuck.

The two are related imo.  At the start of the year, Darnolds bad throw percentage was much lower I think.  I think it was something like 15% thru his first 4 games.  But the pressure built, defenses learned how to cover our guys (I mean we had teams in back to back weeks commenting they knew our damn routes), Darnold became Bad Sam again, and yeah.

One thing to note is Darnold is significantly more productive on the ground than Teddy was. In fact, if we are going to grow at all as an offense it'll be more smart usage of his legs IMO. 

Interesting our yards/comp is higher this year despite Darnold... I didn't expect that. Barely (8.2 vs 8.7) but still.

[mav1234]

1 minute ago, Pantherxtreme said:

Christian McCaffrey production the first 3 games probably has alot to do with it. 

Yeah,CMC around for a larger percentage of plays this year than all of last.

But it's still surprising lol