Rookie Report - Cardinals Edition

[Urrymonster]

OFFENSE

Jimmy Clausen

Passes by direction

These are where the passes were aimed at

Outside numbers to the left

<0 yards - 3/3 (100%) for 24 yards, 100.0 QB rating

0-9 yards - None

10-19 yards - 1/1 (100%) for 10, 108.3 QB rating

20+ yards – 1/3 (33%) for 29 yards, 70.1 QB Rating

Between the Number

<0 yards - 1/1 (100%) for 7 yards, 95.8 QB rating

0-9 yards - 4/6 (67%) for 33 yards and 1 TD, 120.1 QB rating

10-19 yards - None

20+ yards - None

Outside numbers to the right

<0 yards - 1/1 (100%) for 17 yards, 118.8 QB Rating

0-9 yards – 2/2 (100%) for 21 yards, 110.4 QB rating

10-19 yards – 0/1 (0%) for 0 yards, 39.6 QB Rating

20+ yards - None

Pickles Pure Passing:

13/18 for 141 yards, 1 TD and a 113.4 QB rating

Extras

1 Batted Pass

Revised Pickles Passing:

13/19 for 141 yards, 1 TD and a 107.6 QB rating

Misc

2 Dropped Throw(s)

Passing under pressure

Including plays pulled back for penalties Jimmy had the following:

No pressure

18 drop backs

2 Run(s)

11/16 (68.8%),

116 yards (7.3 ypa)

89.6 QB rating

Under pressure

6 drop backs

1 Run(s)

2/3 (66.7%)

25 yards (8.3 ypa)

2 Sack(s)

1 TD(s)

131.9 QB rating

Blitzed

11 drop backs

2 Runs

4/8 (50.0%)

71 yards (8.9 ypa)

1 Sck

120.3 QB rating

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Brandon LaFell

Plays

27/68 snaps (40%)

15 Pass Plays (Running Routes)

12 Run Plays

Positional

LWR - 8 Snap(s)

RWR - 10 Snap(s)

SLWR - 3 Snap(s)

SRWR - 4 Snap(s)

HB – 2 Snap(s)

Targets & Receptions

3/3 (100%)

33 yards (11.0 ypr)

30 YAC (10.0 ypr)

17 yards longest

QB Rating – 112.5

Covered by

Greg Toler – 3/3, 33 yds (11 Avg), 30 yac

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David Gettis

Plays

34/68 Snaps (50.0%)

15 - Pass Plays (Running routes)

19 - Run Plays

Positional

LWR - 11 Snap(s)

RWR - 13 Snap(s)

SRWR - 7 Snap(s)

SLWR – 1 Snap(s)

TEL – 2 Snap(s)

Targets & Receptions

3/3 (100%)

32 Yards (10.7 ypc)

14 YAC

Longest - 29 Yards

QB Rating – 111.1

Coverage

Greg Toler - 2/2, 33 yards, 8 yac

Joey Porter - 1/1, -1 yards, 6 yac

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DEFENCE

Greg Hardy

Plays

33/56 Snaps (59.0%)

8 - Run Play(s)

24 - Pass Play(s)

1 – Coverage Play(s)

Positional

4/3 LDE - 11 Snap(s)

4/3 RDE – 9 Snap(s)

¾ LE - 2 Snap(s)

¾ RE – 3 Snap(s)

LOLB – 2 Snap(s)

MLB – 1 Snap(s)

ROLB – 4 Snap(s)

LDT - 1 Snap(s)

Impact Plays

1 - Pressure(s)

0 - Hit(s)

1 - Sack(s)

0 - Batted Pass(es)

0 - Solo Tackle(s)

0 - Assisted Tackle(s)

0 - Missed Tackle(s)

1 - Defensive Stops

Special Teams

1 – Tackle(s)

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Andre Neblett

Plays

9/56 Snaps (16.0%)

5 - Run Plays

4 - Pass Plays

Positional

NT - 1 Snap(s)

DRT - 4 Snap(s)

DLT – 4 Snap(s)

Impact Plays

0 - Pressure(s)

0 - Hit(s)

0 - Sack(s)

0 - Batted Pass(es)

1 - Solo Tackle(s)

0 - Assisted Tackle(s)

0 - Missed Tackle(s)

1 - Defensive Stops

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Robert McClain

Plays

37/56 Snaps (66%)

28 - Pass Coverage

9 - Run Plays

Positional

RCB - 13 Snap(s)

SLRCB – 8 Snap(s)

SLLCB – 11 Snap(s)

SS – 5 Snap(s)

Coverage

Steve Breaston – 0/1, 0 yards

Larry Fitzgerald – 0/1, 0 yards

Early Doucet – 1/1, 8 yards, 12 yac

Tim Hightower – 1/1, 3 yards, 0 yac

Andrew Roberts – 0/1, 0 yards

Impact Plays

0 - Pressure(s)

0 - Hit(s)

0 - Sack(s)

0 - Batted Pass(es)

3 - Solo Tackle(s)

0 - Assisted Tackle(s)

0 - Missed Tackle(s)

1 - Defensive Stop(s)

Special Teams

0 - Tackle(s)

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Eric Norwood

Plays

8/56 Snaps (14%)

Positional

4/3 LE – 1 Snap(s)

4/3 RE – 2 Snap(s)

¾ RE – 5 Snap(s)

Impact Plays

0 - Pressure(s)

0 - Hit(s)

0 - Sack(s)

0 - Batted Pass(es)

1 - Solo Tackle(s)

0 - Assisted Tackle(s)

0 - Missed Tackle(s)

0 - Defensive Stops

[Urrymonster]

Analysis

Jimmy Clausen

Easily Jimmy’s best game of the season, however it probably there were enough holes to continue to raise questions about his game. The thing I liked was the fact that when he had time he was sensible with the ball and made nearly 70% of his passes. Now that doesn’t seem like a big deal, but he really had struggled in this area recently. I would guess that with the generally good OLine performance he felt more comfortable there.

Add in that he got big yardage when they blitzed him and his general performance kept the Arizona defence guessing, although much of that was attributed to the OLine work.

One thing that will likely get over looked were his 3 20+ yards passes, which considering he only threw 18, was actually over 17% of his passes. Progress, but he still had a real lack of intermediate throws and there were areas of the field he didn’t go at all. If he is to progress this is obviously something that needs to be worked on, as to continue to ‘take what the defence offers’ he has to show he can throw to every blade of grass.

I liked the TD pass more than most as I thought the execution of the play action and looking the defence to the right was more important than the quality of the throw. He sold the play fake with Stew, giving King time to actually get into his delayed route. The non pass to Smith was an interception waiting to happen.

Definite progress, but he needs to now develop some intermediate routes and continue to have a high completion percentage when he has no pressure.

Brandon LaFell & David Gettis

They did pretty much all they could given the opportunities. Each managed to haul in all passes thrown in their direction and both managed to get decent yards after the catch, something they have both struggled with recently.

It’s difficult to really assess if Jimmy’s struggles getting it to them in some areas are down to them or him, so it’s unfair to criticize either. So whilst it would be great for them to stop ‘disappearing’ I expect experience or a new QB will do that.

One thing is for sure, Greg Toler would like to see the back of these two...

Greg Hardy

Wow they are asking a lot of this rookie all of a sudden. Of the front 7, he only missed out on playing DRT. With Brown down it was obvious Hardy had a chance to make a difference, which he did. His sack & fumble set up the King TD pass and put us firmly in the driving seat of the game.

Abused by the run game two weeks ago, Hardy has shown more discipline and not be exposed quite so much. However all he is doing is taking up blockers in this facet and is yet to make any real impact.

Critically speaking he only achieved one other pressure in the game where our defence generated 3 sacks, 2 hits and 8 pressures. I know it’s asking a lot, but if he can somehow match CJ’s pressure consistency they are going to be a genuinely amazing DE tandem.

Andre Neblett

I expected to see a bit more of Andre, but instead Ed Johnson returned with more game time. Still in the incredibly limited game time he was given he still managed another tackle which was considered a defensive stop. Considering we are losing DTs this off season I think he has deserved more playing time.

Robert McClain

A really good performance by McClain this week, after struggling in the last two. Whilst he didn’t break up any passes, his coverage was good enough to prevent most completions. When someone did complete a catch, they tended not to do much with it, so either he forced a throw that stopped the receiver from gaining yards, or tackled them immediately. This is emphasized by his 3 tackles, one of which was a defensive stop.

With Munnerlyn filling in really well in Gamble’s absence, it would be great to hit with another 7th round pick. This week he proved to be good enough.

Eric Norwood

The other player expected to see playing time with Brown on IR was Eric, unfortunately that only amounted to 8 snaps. Still he picked up his first ever solo tackle, so he managed to have some kind of impact.

[Fiz]

whilst

[The Saltman]

thats great that jimmy clausen did better but its against one of the worst pass defenses in the league.

[Delhommey]

Neblett and Norwood both showed promise in their limited time. They were disruptive in the snaps in which they were in.

[Mother Grabber]

Interesting that he was better under pressure than not. Suggesting further that he is good at the quick dump, which he did a lot at ND, but not so good at mid-long range passing.

[panthers55]

Interesting that he was better under pressure than not. Suggesting further that he is good at the quick dump, which he did a lot at ND, but not so good at mid-long range passing.

He was under pressure on 6 throws. He got sacked 2 times ran for a few yards a third time (not a first down)and threw 3 times. He completed 2 of them- the TD throw to King for 16 yards and another one for 9 yards (short of the first down marker).

So to recap he was successful on one of the 6 pressure situations throwing a TD to King. On the other five opportunities he was either sacked, ran out of the pocket way short of the first down or threw a pass short of the sticks and one incomplete. So the 131 passer rating is another example of how the stats being presented are meaningless. Even against Arizona he threw for less than 150 yards.

We have the worse passer in the league who has thrown 2 TDs in 8 games versus 7 Ints for the lowest YPA of everyone and a passer rating of 59. Yet to look at these stats he must be talking about someone different than the guy in the Panthers uniform on Sunday. LOL

[thunderraiden]

Who in the fug did you steal this from without citing?

[Delhommey]

Someone who can't spell offense?

[Cat'sGrowl]

Who in the f**k did you steal this from without citing?

It is a very well written post.

It's a shame that so many people got their e-panties in a wad when they saw the words "Jimmy played well" that they felt the need to sign in and make sure their opinion was known.

[The Saltman]

aww got your panties stuck in your asscrack?

[Cat'sGrowl]

aww got your panties stuck in your asscrack?

Truthfully, I wasn't talking about you, big mister man..:ciappa:

[The Saltman]

lol