fsu_steve Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 Analysis of the Falcons' offense on first down through the first three weeks of the seasonTotal First Down Plays 75First Down Runs - 44First Down Passes - 31First Down Run Percentage 58.7First Down Pass Percentage 41.3llFirst Down Rushing TotalsAttempts - 44Yards Gained - 140Yards Per Attempt - 3.2Rushing Breakdown by RunnerMichael TurnerAttempts - 39Yards - 102Yards Per Attempt - 2.6Jason SnellingAttempts - 4Yards - 32Yards Per Attempt - 8.0Jerious Norwood Attempts - 1Yards - 6Yards Per Attempt - 6.0First Down Passing TotalsAttempts - 31Completions - 23Completion Percentage - 74.2Passing Yards - 251Yards Per Attempt - 8.1Sacked - 0Passing Breakdown by ReceiverTony GonzalezAttempts - 6Completions - 6Yards - 89Yards Per Attempt - 14.8Michael JenkinsAttempts - 8Completions - 5Yards - 72Yards Per Attempt - 9.0Roddy WhiteAttempts - 10Completions - 7Yards - 45Yards Per Attempt - 4.5Brian FinneranAttempts - 2Completions - 2Yards - 23Yards Per Attempt - 11.5Ovie MughelliAttempts - 2Completions - 2Yards - 22Yards Per Attempt - 11.0Turner Attempts - 1Completions - 1Yards - 5.0Yards Per Attempt - 5.0Jason SnellingAttempts - 1Completions - 0Yards - 0Yards Per Attempt - 0Thrown Away (no receiver listed) - 1My conclusion - running Michael Turner on first down is not working. In fact note that Turner has 26 carries for 124 yards, a healthy 4.7 YPA, when running on 2nd, 3rd and 4th downs. I am all for establishing the run but this has got to change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsu_steve Posted September 28, 2009 Author Share Posted September 28, 2009 Bump....because it is more interesting than "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalcoChicquera Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 It would be very interesting to see what % of first down plays last year were runs - maybe other coaches have picked up on something. If we took out the screen plays to Roddy then the figures would look even better in favour of the pass. Surely we have to contemplate passing to set up the run at some point? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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