Yakuza Rich
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This study followed the same premise as the statistical analysis of the O-Linemen I did in 2005.
I tried my very best to get all of the Left Tackles that played in 2004. Fortunately, there wasn't a lot of switching of Left Tackles or a ton of injuries. If I did get info on a tackle that didn't play the entire 16 game schedule, I prorated his sack yards and penalty yards.
The only other difference is in 2005, I took footballoutsiders.com's percentage of times a ball was ran in a certain zone for my statistics. However, for 2004 they do not give that statistic...so I wasn't able to use it.
RUN BLOCKING
I considered the runs behind Left Tackle and the runs at right defensive end to be the main run blocking responsibility for a Left Tackle.
Combining the Adjusted Line Yards of these zones, in 2004, Fabini finished 1st in the league.
PASS BLOCKING
He did give up 7.25 sacks which was at a rate of giving up 1 sack per 60.4 passing attempts. However, he didn't give up much sack yards given the sacks (only 33.25 sack yards)
PENALTY YARDS
The good news is that he rarely gets called for holding. He only had 1 holding penalty in 2004 and for his 114 game career, he's only had 8 holding calls.
In 2004 he had 8 False Starts. He's had 33 false starts in his career. That's on pace to have 5 False Starts per a 16 game season.
TOTAL YARDS LOST
On a total yards lost (sack yards + penalty yards) he finished 11th in yards lost per game and yards lost per play.
YARDS GAINED - YARDS LOST
Here's how the top 10 stacked in 2004:
1. Walter Jones
2. Brad Hopkins*
3. Jason Fabini
4. Jonas Jennings
5. Matt Light
6. Chris Samuels
7. Barry Sims
8. Marvel Smith
9. Matt Lepsis
10. Tra Thomas
*prorated based on 11 games started
Flozell finished 25th that year and was mainly hurt by the penalty yards he gave up.
FINAL SYNOPSIS
As much as I like to talk about Flozell probably being a much better fit at right tackle, I believe that may be better for Fabini as well. He doesn't give up a ton of sacks and doesn't make a ton of false starts, but if anything, those are his weaknesses. However, he's a rock solid run blocker....and perhaps one of the best. Whereas Flozell has been pretty good lately at keeping the number of sacks he allows down.
If Rivera gets healthy and comes close to returning to his old form and the same happens to Fabini, I wouldn't be surprised to see the strength of the running game revolve around the right side of the O-Line instead of the Left Side like it has for the past 10 years.
Rich................
I tried my very best to get all of the Left Tackles that played in 2004. Fortunately, there wasn't a lot of switching of Left Tackles or a ton of injuries. If I did get info on a tackle that didn't play the entire 16 game schedule, I prorated his sack yards and penalty yards.
The only other difference is in 2005, I took footballoutsiders.com's percentage of times a ball was ran in a certain zone for my statistics. However, for 2004 they do not give that statistic...so I wasn't able to use it.
RUN BLOCKING
I considered the runs behind Left Tackle and the runs at right defensive end to be the main run blocking responsibility for a Left Tackle.
Combining the Adjusted Line Yards of these zones, in 2004, Fabini finished 1st in the league.
PASS BLOCKING
He did give up 7.25 sacks which was at a rate of giving up 1 sack per 60.4 passing attempts. However, he didn't give up much sack yards given the sacks (only 33.25 sack yards)
PENALTY YARDS
The good news is that he rarely gets called for holding. He only had 1 holding penalty in 2004 and for his 114 game career, he's only had 8 holding calls.
In 2004 he had 8 False Starts. He's had 33 false starts in his career. That's on pace to have 5 False Starts per a 16 game season.
TOTAL YARDS LOST
On a total yards lost (sack yards + penalty yards) he finished 11th in yards lost per game and yards lost per play.
YARDS GAINED - YARDS LOST
Here's how the top 10 stacked in 2004:
1. Walter Jones
2. Brad Hopkins*
3. Jason Fabini
4. Jonas Jennings
5. Matt Light
6. Chris Samuels
7. Barry Sims
8. Marvel Smith
9. Matt Lepsis
10. Tra Thomas
*prorated based on 11 games started
Flozell finished 25th that year and was mainly hurt by the penalty yards he gave up.
FINAL SYNOPSIS
As much as I like to talk about Flozell probably being a much better fit at right tackle, I believe that may be better for Fabini as well. He doesn't give up a ton of sacks and doesn't make a ton of false starts, but if anything, those are his weaknesses. However, he's a rock solid run blocker....and perhaps one of the best. Whereas Flozell has been pretty good lately at keeping the number of sacks he allows down.
If Rivera gets healthy and comes close to returning to his old form and the same happens to Fabini, I wouldn't be surprised to see the strength of the running game revolve around the right side of the O-Line instead of the Left Side like it has for the past 10 years.
Rich................
