01-03-2012, 02:02 PM
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In the Starting Line-up
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 2,130
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Re: 5,235 yards
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Originally Posted by ProudestRyno
I would expect him to do that when 35% of his passes are dump offs to his RB that his standing still in open space not very far away...
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Do you think all those short passes are that easy to complete? If they are, why isn't every team doing that all the time? Brees is a HIGHLY accurate quarterback, no matter what distance he's throwing. Dude completed 53.3% of his passes thrown 31-40 yards downfield this season. That's amazing. For comparison's sake, the incomparable Tom Brady was 0-8 throwing that distance. Matthew Stafford? 5-17 (29.4%). Eli Manning? 6-21 (28.6%). Philip Rivers? 6-20 (30.0%). Matt Ryan? 3-16 (18.8%). Only Aaron Rodgers was better (7-11, 63.6%). Even Peyton Manning, in his last year (2010), only went 8-24 (33.3%).
In other words, Drew Brees is incredibly accurate. Period. Their offense calls for a lot of short passes. Great. It works for them. If they aired it out more downfield, Brees would still complete more of them than almost anybody else. |
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