pntgvn2399 wrote:Say what you want about YPA however that does not in any way show how many times they throw the ball deep downfield.. In NO way.. Here is an example.. You have a QB that checks down to his RB and he completes 5 of 10 passes for 80 yards, right there you have a YPA at 8 and a YPC at 16, which are Tebow's numbers.. So you are telling me that because of those numbers that QB really didn't throw just screen passes, even though everyone would have watched him do so with their own eyes??49ersFaithful80 wrote:Your really trying to fathom some kind evidence to these "little short passes", YPA IS the way experts judge a QB on what kind of passes they are making. Tebow had an excellent YPA and thus it is a fact that he often makes completions down field. HIs average completion was for 16 yards...does that seem like someone who throws lots of "little short passes"?? apparently every QB in the NFL besides Rodgers and Rivers throw tons of little short passes then.pntgvn2399 wrote:I went through the 3 games on ESPN under play by play and it has a description of each pass.. That page you have posted there though made it a lot easier haha.. Of his 82 pass attempts 68 were from 0-20 yards while 14 of those further than 20 yards.. So in other words 83% of his passes were under 20 yards.. Also almost half (49%) were between 0-10 yards.. In any case ill leave it at that and revisit it in a year and where it stands then..
Edit: Where on earth did you get those numbers to make 55%? He was 40 for 81 as a starter with a completion percentage of 49.4%.
...or just watch the highlights I posted, and you will witness with your eyes his multitude of mid to deep range completions, there are plenty of areas you can critique Tebow but him being a captain checkdown is not valid.
Say what you want about the YPA and use it to determine that he throws the ball down the field, however how can you sit here and argue against the stats? 68 of his 82 passes were under 20 yards (83%).. And 49% of all his passes were less than 10 yards.. I am sorry but if you are going to say that he throws all these deep passes and does it so well at least have something to back it up and not a highlight film showing some throws.. 49% completions, if he is magically throwing the ball downfield more and all these sites have their numbers wrong, then maybe he should rethink doing it and try to get above 50% next year?? Who was arguably the worst QB in the NFL last year? Jimmy Clausen? Even he had a 52% completion percentage if that says anything.
Go back and look at what I posted, I am not sure how you can continue to argue about factual stats.
How exactly can you explain the fact that his average completion was 16 yards if hes throwing tons of little short passes...hes checking down every play but averaging 16 a completion...? doesn't add up to me. All the stats and video evidence point towards Tebow throwing the ball down field, watch the video you can probably count 20 mid-deep range completions right there.