How long is Tyrod's leash ?

[Arm of Harm]

IMO the best stats to look at are the next gen stats. For QB's they'll show you air yards, time to throw, how aggressive the QB was, what he did on 3rd down passes, plus the usual stats. They also have charts of all the throws. Next gen gives you a better picture of the performance than the old stat line.

I went to that site, hoping to find air yards per attempt. Unfortunately, they don't appear to list that stat. They did, however, list air yards per completion. Which for Tyrod Taylor was 5.9. Taylor was 16/28, for a completion percentage of 57%. This means his air yards per attempt for the game was 3.37.

I wasable to find air yards per attempt stats for 2016. Tyrod's 3.37 against the Jets was a step down from what he averaged last year, when his air yards per attempt was 4.29. So why did Tyrod's overall yards per attempt against the Jets look good?

There was a short yardage pass to Jordan Matthews, which resulted in a 60+ total gain. Over 60 YAC yards on that catch. The YAC yards on that one play accounted for over a quarter of Tyrod's overall passing yards against the Jets. Had Matthews been tackled immediately after making the catch, Tyrod's yardage for the day would have been 164, with a disappointing 5.9 yards per pass attempt. A significantly worse yards per pass attempt than the career average for either Losman (6.6) or Edwards (6.5).

To make a long story short: the 60+ YAC yards Matthews generated on that single passing play helped cover a lot of Tyrod's shortcomings.

Nice avatar, by the way.

[kishoph]

Nice avatar, by the way.

Thanks, that pic is my cat Tommy and his game face from around 7-8 years ago. He weighs 23 lbs now, so he pretty much would need a full size helmet to fit on his fat head.

Check under IAY (intended air yds).

[YardRat]

Your information on the Matthews catch is off by 20 yards. Caught at the Buffalo 43...tackled at the Jet 17...47 yard gain with 40 YAC.

[Arm of Harm]

Thanks, that pic is my cat Tommy and his game face from around 7-8 years ago. He weighs 23 lbs now, so he pretty much would need a full size helmet to fit on his fat head.

Check under IAY (intended air yds).

My understanding of intended air yards is this. Let's say a QB throws the ball to a target 20 yards downfield, but the pass falls incomplete. His intended air yards for that play was 20. But his actual air yards for that attempt was zero, because there were no actual air yards gained.

Note that Tom Brady's intended air yards (IAY) against the Chiefs was 16.1. Also note that in 2016, nobody did better than 6.5 air yards per attempt. If intended air yards per attempt and air yards per attempt were the same thing, then Tom Brady's performance against the Chiefs was absolutely phenomenal. Two and a half times better, per attempt, than anyone (including him) had achieved in 2016.

Also, Brady went 16/36, for 267 yards against the Chiefs. That's 7.4 total yards per attempt. Air yards per attempt is supposed to be less than total yards per attempt. Which means that Brady's air yards per attempt for the game was most likely equal to or less than 7.4. If his intended air yards (IAY) for the game was 16.1, which it was, then IAY cannot possibly mean air yards per attempt.

[Skooby]

Thanks, that pic is my cat Tommy and his game face from around 7-8 years ago. He weighs 23 lbs now, so he pretty much would need a full size helmet to fit on his fat head.

Check under IAY (intended air yds).

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[BLUTO]

OK - TT got through week #1. After the Panthers game is the leash shorter or the collar tighter???

[Skooby]

OK - TT got through week #1. After the Panthers game is the leash shorter or the collar tighter???

How many 125 yard passing performances keep you in the starter's role ??

[kishoph]

How many 125 yard passing performances keep you in the starter's role ??

Well he had 3 sub 125 yd. performances last season, so I guess he has at least 2 more to give.

[Joe Fo Sho]

Well he had 3 sub 125 yd. performances last season, so I guess he has at least 2 more to give.

Tyrod's current pace is to have 125 yards or less once every 6 games. He also has more games where he's thrown for under 200 yards than games where he's thrown for over 200 yards (16 to 15). Tyrod's stat line from yesterday was nothing new, I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised.