tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post7218835174123483143..comments2024-03-13T03:27:50.582-04:00Comments on Smart Football: Smart Notes - January 10, 2009Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07204245083374821812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-31688589661896453152009-01-12T15:31:00.000-05:002009-01-12T15:31:00.000-05:00I couldn't disagree with you more on air yards. YA...I couldn't disagree with you more on air yards. YAC is precisely what makes great QBs. High school accuracy is getting the ball in the general vicinity of the receiver, college accuracy is hitting the receiver, professional accuracy is the difference between hitting the receiver on the right or left shoulder. <BR/><BR/>A few years ago there was a bit where Steve Young talked about this exact thing, leading the receiver towards the running lane. If Young, or Montana for that matter, threw the ball behind rice it wasn't because the throw was off the mark. It was because they wanted Rice to turn back in because that is where the running lane was. And rice almost always went there the ball placement told him to go.<BR/><BR/>Now do all QB's have this level of skill? No. But good QB's do. Good QB's know how to lead their receivers to the running lanes with the placement of their passes and as such YAQ is just as much a measurement of the QB as it is the WR. I don’t care how good the WR is if the QB is laying them out to dry he wont have much YAC.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-81261552861089614082009-01-11T17:11:00.000-05:002009-01-11T17:11:00.000-05:00The single biggest factor in passing success is pa...The single biggest factor in passing success is pass protection. ANY statistical metric seeking to compare QBs is fatally flawed if it assumes (as they must) that the QBs have equal quality pass pro (and receivers for that matter).<BR/><BR/>sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-1586157379148284212009-01-11T14:41:00.000-05:002009-01-11T14:41:00.000-05:00Re: OvertimeI have a friend who suggested the firs...Re: Overtime<BR/><BR/>I have a friend who suggested the first team to score 6 points wins. I have yet to think of a strong reason to completely dismiss that as a bad idea.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Also, I don't think anyone would suggest YAC has no correlation with QB skill. But I think it gives less undeserved credit to the receiver than total yards gives to the QB. And, the point is, it just makes a whole lot more sense to give the receiver the YAC and the QB the Air Yards.Grifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760923623382740825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15377771.post-30881206270010891932009-01-10T18:19:00.000-05:002009-01-10T18:19:00.000-05:00I'm not totally convinced that YAC has no correlat...I'm not totally convinced that YAC has no correlation with QB skill without some additional statistical analysis. Clearly most of it is up to the receiver, but the QB's placement of the ball can have a huge impact on the YAC potential of any given reception.Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05987789426843540503noreply@blogger.com