Cowboys lead NFL in conversions on 3rd-, 4th-down passes

[percyhoward]

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[windjc]

Very appropriate pic.

 

[percyhoward]

Very appropriate pic.

Dallas' conversion percentage on 3rd- or 4th-down passes, broken down by distance to go. The number in bold is our league rank.

1-5 yards to go (17 att)
3rd 64.7%

6-10 yards to go (15 att)
4th 46.7%

>10 yards to go (10 att)
9th 30.0%

We're one of only two teams (Det) in the top 10 in conversions at all three of those distance categories.

 

[CCBoy]

Percy, that must mean that a 'rook' quarterback and backups are pretty good...behind a quality offensive line.

 

[jobberone]

Do you have stats on 3rd down conversions by run, by pass and combined? Good work as usual.

 

[noshame]

I'm floored.

 

[CCBoy]

1. RB Ezekiel Elliott
190 snaps on offense (65.5%), 1 snap on special teams (0.9%)

Elliott leads the NFL in a lot of production metrics:

No. 1 with 103 rushing yards per game

No. 1 with 27 first downs

No. 1 with 140 rushing yards after contact

On Sunday, Elliott could become the first rookie in the Super Bowl era to have 20-plus carries in each of his first five games.


And while other running backs have more impressive efficiency stats than Elliott - his yards per attempt is a middle-of-the-field 4.4 yards - no other back has a better success rate than Elliott. Elliott tops the league in success rate with 61%, a sign that he's getting the important yards (or "dirty yards" as Jason Garrett likes to call them). Success rate measures a back's ability to get 40% of the required yards on first down, 60% of yards on second down, and 100% of yards on third down.

Not every Cowboys fan agrees that the Cowboys should have taken a running back at No. 4 overall, but so far Elliott has played like a player drafted No. 4 overall and just this week won the NFL's Fedex Ground Player of the Week award.

http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...ies-dak-prescott-ezekiel-elliott-jaylon-smith

 

[percyhoward]

Do you have stats on 3rd down conversions by run, by pass and combined? Good work as usual.

pass 50.0% (21 of 42) 1st
run 64.3% (9 of 14) 7th
overall 53.6% (30 of 56) 1st

Those conversions by run are skewed by QB kneel downs and runs on 3rd and long in garbage time. Taking those out, the Cowboys rank 8th in short-yardage runs (3rd- or 4th-down, 1-2 to go), converting 8 of 11. We're 12 of 17 converting on all short-yardage and goal line runs (including runs from the opponent's 1- or 2-yard line on any down), which ranks 17th in the NFL.

Last year we ranked 17th in short-yardage runs, and 15th in combined short-yardage and goal line runs. We were 28th in 3rd- or 4th-down conversions by the pass.

Conversion %, 3rd- or 4th-down pass
since 2014
Prescott 53.8% (21 of 39) 107.4 rtg
Romo 52.5% (85 of 162) 107.4
Moore 34.5% (10 of 29) 60.6
Weeden 31.6% (12 of 38) 103.5
Cassel 30.3% (20 of 66) 82.8

Conversion %, combined short-yardage and goal line runs
since 2014
Murray 80.6% (25 of 31)
McFadden 71.4% (15 of 21)
Elliott 63.6% (7 of 11)

 

[DogFace]

Do you have stats on 3rd down conversions by run, by pass and combined? Good work as usual.

That was a silly question

 

[erod]

Bears, Commanders, and 49ers.