Some YAC numbers

by MDBroncoFan on Oct 6, 2010 4:17 PM MDT

After reading Ray Lewis comments, it stood to reason that numbers were called for. These numbers are taken from the top 160 players ranked by total yards after the catch. As you can see the Broncos generate about 30% of their yards after the catch, while the Ravens generate about 33% of theirs that way. Averages per catch and per attempt are fairly even. Just some numerical food for thought.

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	REC	TAR	YDS	YAC	Yac/Rec	Yac/Tar
28	Anquan Boldin, WR	BAL	27	38	355	81	3.0	2.1
35	Ray Rice, RB	BAL	11	16	74	77	7.0	4.8
117	Todd Heap, TE	BAL	17	27	188	33	1.9	1.2
122	Le'Ron McClain, FB	BAL	6	8	41	29	4.8	3.6
			61	89	658	220	3.6	2.5

11	Eddie Royal, WR	DEN	25	32	299	102	4.1	3.2
36	Jabar Gaffney, WR	DEN	22	34	240	74	3.4	2.2
42	Knowshon Moreno, RB	DEN	5	6	71	67	13.4	11.2
47	Brandon Lloyd, WR	DEN	25	40	454	62	2.5	1.6
102	Laurence Maroney, RB	DEN	4	7	50	38	9.5	5.4
112	Demaryius Thomas, WR	DEN	11	19	149	35	3.2	1.8
122	Daniel Graham, TE	DEN	10	13	56	29	2.9	2.2
143	Correll Buckhalter, RB	DEN	11	16	71	23	2.1	1.4
			113	167	1390	430	3.8	2.6

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I knew that comment was bogus just didn’t know where to look it up.

Also, didn’t realize how good Knowshon was at YAC (mostly screens I would assume). 13 YAC is very impressive.

by black_knight101 on Oct 6, 2010 4:28 PM MDT reply actions

He did have that 40 yd screen pass

by TXBroncoFan on Oct 6, 2010 6:02 PM MDT up reply actions

It's kind of inflated by that one pass

Only 5 catches to sample from… I’m guessing in the long run he’d end up around 7-8

by scooter17 on Oct 6, 2010 9:50 PM MDT up reply actions

What did he say?

I must of missed his comments.

by NoCALbronco on Oct 6, 2010 5:38 PM MDT reply actions

+1

by TXBroncoFan on Oct 6, 2010 6:03 PM MDT up reply actions

It would help to include

more than just a reference that said something, wouldn’t it?

I’m in the same boat…. What’d he say? Ha ha, we may never know.

That's quite a long handle there, G Funk. - That's what she said.

First (and only, in our lifetimes) team to three consecutive SB wins!!!! ( =

by PearlJamBroncoGFunk on Oct 7, 2010 6:26 AM MDT up reply actions

Rays comments

Sorry, living in the Baltimore area I forget that Ray’s comments aren’t public record outside the area. Basically he was dissing the Broncos passing game saying it was inflated due to missed tackles and Yards after the Catch. Personally I thought that was what made a great passing game… making people miss and piling up YAC.

But I thought I’d look at the Broncos compared to the Ravens just to see if maybe he was doing more than mouthing off….. but Ray does what Ray does best… mouth off.

by MDBroncoFan on Oct 7, 2010 5:30 PM MDT reply actions

oh I read the article yesterday it was quite interesting

http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/bs-sp-preston-ravens-1008-20101007,0,7763082.column?track=rss

Denver runs a West Coast offense, one predicated on short passes that are almost like running plays. The Broncos like to use a lot of play-action, but once the Ravens shut down Denver’s running game, ranked last in the league, play-action becomes meaningless.

It’s not as if Denver’s passing game is complicated. They like to run a lot of screens, slants, hitches and other quick passes to receivers Eddie Royal and Demaryius Thomas, with Brandon Lloyd as the homerun hitter.

It’s a pea-shooter offense.

A major key for the Ravens on Sunday will be making the tackle immediately after the catch. If they don’t, it will be a long afternoon.

"Honestly, I just think it’s about us coming out, playing, doing what we do," Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis said.

"If you do watch the film of what’s going on and you do watch [Orton], he’s throwing the ball extremely well. But at the same time, there are a lot of missed tackles, a lot of missed tackles.

"The run after the catch is huge if you really focus on film enough. Eddie Royal and those guys — the young boy out of Georgia Tech [Thomas] — they’re making some people miss, and you don’t see the pursuit as well as you would want it to be.

"So, the bottom line, our emphasis this week was: They may catch some balls, but the bottom line is you have to hit them and stop them where they catch it at, and then hopefully that limits the run after the catch and things like that."

One more thing: Denver quarterback Kyle Orton might lead the league in passing with 1,419 yards, the second most in NFL history in the first four games of a season, but he’s no Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. He’s not even Brett Favre at 40-something

by Hoopforia on Oct 8, 2010 12:00 PM MDT up reply actions