Dallas' Yards Per Passing Attempt Way Up

[DFWJC]

A few of us where in fear of Romo becoming more of a dink and dunk QB as the years went on.
We noticed that his yards per passing attempt (YPA) had steadily dropped in recent years.

Well, maybe it's the new coordinator, and certainly the run game and strong oline help a ton,
but Romo is 2nd among all starting QBs in the entire league in YPA this season-- rolling along at a whopping 8.34 YPA.

That is a huge number.

It's highly unusual for a QB to be able to place near the top of the league in QB rating, completion %, and YPA. Usually the high YPA goes with a lower comp percentage.

Yet this year Romo is sitting at:
QB rating of 107.2
Comp. % of 68.8
YPA of 8.34

Great stuff!

 

[perrykemp]

A great run game - in this case #1 in the league, should absolutely increase QB YPA. The threat of the run and 8 men in the box opens up play action passing when tends to favor intermediate and deep routes.

It's a beautiful thing.

 

[VACowboy]

Thanks for the great info!

QB rating: #4
Comp %: #!

It's too bad everyone outside this board would rather harp on a few media created myths and manufacture new metrics to bash the guy.

 

[jobberone]

A few of us where in fear of Romo becoming more of a dink and dunk QB as the years went on.
We noticed that his yards per passing attempt (YPA) had steadily dropped in recent years.

Well, maybe it's the new coordinator, and certainly the run game and strong oline help a ton,
but Romo is 2nd among all starting QBs in the entire league in YPA this season-- rolling along at a whopping 8.34 YPA.

That is a huge number.

It's highly unusual for a QB to be able to place near the top of the league in QB rating, completion %, and YPA. Usually the high YPA goes with a lower comp percentage.

Yet this year Romo is sitting at:
QB rating of 107.2
Comp. % of 68.8
YPA of 8.34

Great stuff!

MVP stuff here. Without looking I wonder if Peyton's numbers aren't better.

 

[perrykemp]

Thanks for the great info!

QB rating: #4
Comp %: #!

It's too bad everyone outside this board would rather harp on a few media created myths and manufacture new metrics to bash the guy.

Hard to argue that Romo's not having a fantastic season -- almost certainly his best from a overall QB efficiency perspective.

Am I the only one who laments that it took the Cowboys until Romo was 34 to surround him with an offense like this?

 

[VACowboy]

A great run game - in this case #1 in the league, should absolutely increase QB YPA. The threat of the run and 8 men in the box opens up play action passing when tends to favor intermediate and deep routes.

It's a beautiful thing.

Certainly is. That's real big boy football, IMHO.

 

[DFWJC]

A great run game - in this case #1 in the league, should absolutely increase QB YPA. The threat of the run and 8 men in the box opens up play action passing when tends to favor intermediate and deep routes.

It's a beautiful thing.

Absolutely.

I was hoping in the Washington game, we'd line up more often in a more standard set to keep the play action alive.
It seemed like everytime we went with an empty or offset backfield, they brought the blitz.

 

[perrykemp]

MVP stuff here. Without looking I wonder if Peyton's numbers aren't better.

Most years a 107 QB rating would be MVP worthy. Problem is that superfreak Rodgers is hovering in the 120s.

 

[joseephuss]

I think yards per completion is a slightly better indicator when it comes to determining if a QB is dinking and dunking or slinging it down the field.

2006--13.2 ypc
2007--12.6 ypc
2008--12.5 ypc
2009--12.9 ypc
2010--10.8 ypc
2011--12.1 ypc
2012--11.5 ypc
2013--11.2 ypc
2014--12.1 ypc

 

[DFWJC]

MVP stuff here. Without looking I wonder if Peyton's numbers aren't better.

It's an odd year with off-the-chart QB play from Rodgers and Peyton as well. Those two and Romo are at or near the top in just about every category.
Big Ben is having a great season too.

 

[VACowboy]

MVP stuff here. Without looking I wonder if Peyton's numbers aren't better.

Manning is #2 in rating at 112, #4 in % at 67.7 and #3 in YPA at 8.2.

 

[VACowboy]

It's an odd year with off-the-chart QB play from Rodgers and Peyton as well. Those two and Romo are at or near the top in just about every category.
Big Ben is having a great season too.

Right or wrong, Dallas running game is too good for Romo to get consideration.

 

[zack]

A few of us where in fear of Romo becoming more of a dink and dunk QB as the years went on.
We noticed that his yards per passing attempt (YPA) had steadily dropped in recent years.

Well, maybe it's the new coordinator, and certainly the run game and strong oline help a ton,
but Romo is 2nd among all starting QBs in the entire league in YPA this season-- rolling along at a whopping 8.34 YPA.

That is a huge number.

It's highly unusual for a QB to be able to place near the top of the league in QB rating, completion %, and YPA. Usually the high YPA goes with a lower comp percentage.

Yet this year Romo is sitting at:
QB rating of 107.2
Comp. % of 68.8
YPA of 8.34

Great stuff!

Stats don't matter...lol, only winning does....oh wait, we are 7-3!

 

[Hoov]

YPA was a category that Romo was always good at except last year which was the callahan short passing game that was implemented. Prior to that Romo was always highly ranked at YPA.

I dont know how good his comp % was in those previous years.

The thing that I have been most critical of Romo is his holding the ball so long and not throwing it away under pressure.

As far as previous years - a lot of QB's that had higher comp% than Romo usually had a lower YPA because they were throwing more underneath stuff and therefore taking the easy throws and that will also tend to avoid sacks and turnovers.

To have a high comp % and a high YPA really tells you that the QB is having a good year and that comp % is not padded by taking easy throws.

 

[joseephuss]

It's an odd year with off-the-chart QB play from Rodgers and Peyton as well. Those two and Romo are at or near the top in just about every category.
Big Ben is having a great season too.

The whole league is producing numbers. The rules changes and emphasis's are really making a difference.

League average passer rating
2004--80.91
2005--78.23
2006--78.51
2007--80.90
2008--81.50
2009--81.24
2010--82.25
2011--82.47
2012--82.80
2013--84.05
2014--88.81

 

[perrykemp]

To have a high comp % and a high YPA really tells you that the QB is having a good year and that comp % is not padded by taking easy throws.

Agreed.

I was highly critical of Andrew Luck coming into this season because both his YPA was low and his completion percentage was under 60%. It actually made me wonder if he had it in him to become a 'great' QB. He has proven those concerns false this season.

Having two sublime receiving talents like Dez and Witten AND increasingly 8 men in the box to stop Murray is so paying dividends for Romo's completion percentage. The whole offense is working in concert and really putting defenses in a conundrum.... not unlike the predicament the 90s Cowboys offense put people in.

 

[perrykemp]

The whole league is producing numbers. The rules changes and emphasis's are really making a difference.

League average passer rating
2004--80.91
2005--78.23
2006--78.51
2007--80.90
2008--81.50
2009--81.24
2010--82.25
2011--82.47
2012--82.80
2013--84.05
2014--88.81

80 used to be considered the dividing line between poor/good QB play. Now it's 90 and frankly a QB in the low 90's is pretty average these days when you have 6-7 guys in the 100s.

 

[DFWJC]

The whole league is producing numbers. The rules changes and emphasis's are really making a difference.

League average passer rating
2004--80.91
2005--78.23
2006--78.51
2007--80.90
2008--81.50
2009--81.24
2010--82.25
2011--82.47
2012--82.80
2013--84.05
2014--88.81

True

So that's why being in the top 3-4 in the league in all of those categories tells the story even more than the actual numbers...to some degree.

Any way you cut it (and some may wish to "cut" it more than others) he's cruising along at a very high clip and near the top in the league.

 

[LandryFan]

Thanks for the great info!

QB rating: #4
Comp %: #!

It's too bad everyone outside this board would rather harp on a few media created myths and manufacture new metrics to bash the guy.

There's a whole lot on this board that do the same thing.

 

[DFWJC]

I think yards per completion is a slightly better indicator when it comes to determining if a QB is dinking and dunking or slinging it down the field.

2006--13.2 ypc
2007--12.6 ypc
2008--12.5 ypc
2009--12.9 ypc
2010--10.8 ypc
2011--12.1 ypc
2012--11.5 ypc
2013--11.2 ypc
2014--12.1 ypc

There's a pretty cool stat called the QB Air yards.
It takes it a step further and subtracts out yards after catch and then breaks it down by completions and attempts.
BTW, Romo is near the top in that stat too.

Stats are flawed, but they give at least some barometer. I mean, you can't just subtract out YAC or then you penalize the talent of leading the receiver so they can maximize YAC. That too is extremely important.
Montana was the king of it.

Anyway, just hoping this continues the last six games.