Thanks, LL. I probably should have been more specific on what I was getting at ... left and right vs middle. Seems to me I've seen precious little of Rex attacking the sidelines beyond that 0-7 yard range. Could be situational and/or playcalling, obviously ... but am a little curious about it.
Anyone else have the same overall impression? Has Rex attacked the intermediate middle almost exclusively?
Om, I did some digging on this on ESPN's NFL player stats page and pulled out info on Grossman's passing based on the direction of the play. As you mentioned, a lot has to do with the system, scheme, how the receivers mesh into the system...etc.
I chose the 2010, 2007, and 2006 seasons because they constitute the body of Grossman's passing stats and are the only ones which have enough data for me to consider the stats significant-one break point I used was 100 attempts and a minimum of four games which restricted it to those threwe seasons.
Below are the stats for last season and you can see the distribution of pass attempts is pretty even regardless of the play direction. The other info is useful in terms of completion percentage, TDs, INTs, and, interestingly, his passer rating for passes done in each pareticular direction.
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PLAY DIRECTION CMP ATT YDS CMP% AVG LNG TD INT SACK RATE
LEFT SIDELINE 9 27 85 33.3 3.15 13 0 2 0 12.1
LEFT SIDE 15 24 141 62.5 5.88 23 2 0 0 106.4
MIDDLE 17 24 296 70.8 12.33 64 2 0 0 140.3
RIGHT SIDE 19 27 198 70.4 7.33 28 2 0 0 116
RIGHT SIDELINE 14 31 164 45.2 5.29 38 1 2 0 45.6
Here is the information for his 2007 season.
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PLAY DIRECTION CMP ATT YDS CMP% AVG LNG TD INT SACK RAT
LEFT SIDELINE 24 55 379 43.6 6.89 59 1 3 0 50.5
LEFT SIDE 13 26 138 50 5.31 25 1 2 0 46.6
MIDDLE 14 22 181 63.6 8.23 36 0 0 0 89.4
RIGHT SIDE 26 39 335 66.7 8.59 52 0 1 0 82.7
RIGHT SIDELINE 45 83 378 54.2 4.55 39 2 1 0 69.3
Here is the same information for his 2006 season.
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PLAY DIRECTION CMP ATT YDS CMP% AVG LNG TD INT SACK RAT
LEFT SIDELINE 55 101 535 54.5 5.3 31 5 3 0 73.7
LEFT SIDE 55 90 758 61.1 8.42 49 8 3 0 103.8
MIDDLE 17 39 228 43.6 5.85 26 1 2 0 49.9
RIGHT SIDE 48 84 704 57.1 8.38 38 4 6 0 70.7
RIGHT SIDELINE 87 166 968 52.4 5.83 62 5 6 0 65
As you can see, some useful insights can also be seen regarding his effectiveness based on direction in the different settings-Chicago, Washington-as far as TDs and INTs and, one that was interesting to me, his QB Rating distrbution based on play direction.
