A look at where the Ravens had success against the defense - New England Patriots Forums

**Ian** · 09-25-2012, 10:41 AM

This is from another blog entry, but I figured I'd share them for anyone interested from a defensive standpoint. These are the charts from the Ravens game based on what their offense did:

You'll see in the chart above that Baltimore worked the middle and right side against the Patriots secondary, targeting the short right part of the field a staggering 17 times, and also had a fair amount of success throwing the ball down the field.

Going deep against New England they completed 60% of their passes to the deep left and middle part of the field, while finishing just 2-of-6 to the right - which was Devin McCourty's side of the field.

Here's a look at the running game:

You'll see in the above diagram that the Ravens had success running behind left guard, which is where they ran the most Sunday night. They carried the football 12 times for 55 yards and a touchdown.

Again, just thought I'd pass this along. For those wondering the directions are based on how they're officially scored by the league on the stat sheets.

***KontradictioN*** · 09-25-2012, 10:45 AM

If these numbers are true, the claim that Flacco was picking on McCourty in the passing game would seem to be true. I don't think it hurt that McCourty was going up against Torrey Smith, but the numbers would indicate that this is where the Ravens did the majority of their damage.

everlong · 09-25-2012, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by KontradictioN

If these numbers are true, the claim that Flacco was picking on McCourty in the passing game would seem to be true. I don't think it hurt that McCourty was going up against Torrey Smith, but the numbers would indicate that this is where the Ravens did the majority of their damage.

It doesn't factor in the penalties. I don't agree he was picking on McCorty I'm just saying.

**Ian** · 09-25-2012, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by everlong

It doesn't factor in the penalties. I don't agree he was picking on McCorty I'm just saying.

I verified all the play directions after the game so those are accurate, but those numbers - as everlong said - don't include penalties based on how they're officially scored. So the pass interference penalties aren't part of that.

I'm adding a page for penalties in the coming days, so you'll be able to track penalties for each player over the course of the season and that will update each time I add the data into the database.

***KontradictioN*** · 09-25-2012, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by everlong

It doesn't factor in the penalties. I don't agree he was picking on McCorty I'm just saying.

Penalties are a whole different topic. This topic is about the raw data in regards to where Flacco's passes were going and how much success he was having throwing to different areas of the field. The penalties are irrelevant in this case.*

*Sorry if you were agreeing and I just misunderstood your post.

everlong · 09-25-2012, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by KontradictioN

Penalties are a whole different topic. This topic is about the raw data in regards to where Flacco's passes were going and how much success he was having throwing to different areas of the field. The penalties are irrelevant in this case.*

*Sorry if you were agreeing and I just misunderstood your post.

I don't think they are irrelevant because they show intent and if not for interference perhaps the numbers would be greater to that side of the field.

everlong · 09-25-2012, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian

I verified all the play directions after the game so those are accurate, but those numbers - as everlong said - don't include penalties based on how they're officially scored. So the pass interference penalties aren't part of that.

I'm adding a page for penalties in the coming days, so you'll be able to track penalties for each player over the course of the season and that will update each time I add the data into the database.

That's awesome, thanks for the hard work.

***KontradictioN*** · 09-25-2012, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by everlong

I don't think they are irrelevant because they show intent and if not for interference perhaps the numbers would be greater to that side of the field.

The data is centered around where the Ravens had success against the defense. Not where the defense committed penalties that otherwise could have been unforced by the Ravens. In that regard, the penalty data isn't relevant to the topic.

everlong · 09-25-2012, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by KontradictioN

The data is centered around where the Ravens had success against the defense. Not where the defense committed penalties that otherwise could have been unforced by the Ravens. In that regard, the penalty data isn't relevant to the topic.

We agree to disagree. A throw in that direction shows intent. A penalty in that direction is success, IMO, thus it's very relevant to the topic.

***AndyJohnson*** · 09-25-2012, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by KontradictioN

If these numbers are true, the claim that Flacco was picking on McCourty in the passing game would seem to be true. I don't think it hurt that McCourty was going up against Torrey Smith, but the numbers would indicate that this is where the Ravens did the majority of their damage.

A) SHORT right is not McCourty
B) Smith was not 'going up against' McCourty. Most of his catches were on someone else.