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Originally posted by Wodwo:Quote:
Raye’s unit ranked fifth the NFL in red zone touchdown efficiency, scoring on 84.6 percent of their 39 red zone possessions (23 touchdowns, 10 field goals).
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Originally posted by 5timechamps:
Go Alex!
Originally posted by fly15:Originally posted by 5timechamps:
Go Alex!
Go Alex, go to the bench...
Originally posted by D_Niner:Originally posted by Wodwo:Originally posted by D_Niner:
And now it's officially gone full circle and were back to my original point. Alex is #32 in points per attempt. So, this #2 in Red zone efficiency is an interesting stat that doesn't tell us much...
It tells us that Smith doesn't suck everywhere...? Maybe there is hope? Maybe a change at OC will make a difference?
I think that was why the OP started the thread anyway.
You know what, I think Danimal may be closer to the truth... He's playing so conservatively in the red zone that he doesn't give up the rock; but, also doesn't score many points. Maybe the new OC will force him to take more chances and we may possibly start walking away with 7 instead of 3...
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its not about QB's who never take chances vs QB's who always take chances......its about knowing when to take a chance, and when you do make the right decision that your team needs to gamble now....beat the odds by making the unlikely completion.
Originally posted by fly15:Originally posted by 5timechamps:
Go Alex!
Go Alex, go to the bench...
Originally posted by D_Niner:
I think you might be reaching a bit too far on this one. Remember Alex only completed something like 55% of his red zone passes and if you look at scoring TD's through the air, the stat drops to around 25%...
Originally posted by ninertico:Originally posted by fly15:Originally posted by 5timechamps:
Go Alex!
Go Alex, go to the bench...
...and do a "Brandon Jacobs" on Fly15!
Originally posted by Wodwo:Originally posted by D_Niner:
I think you might be reaching a bit too far on this one. Remember Alex only completed something like 55% of his red zone passes and if you look at scoring TD's through the air, the stat drops to around 25%...
Smith threw 10 TDs in 11 games in the red zone last season. There were a total of 23 TDs in the red zone by the whole team through all 16 games. I'm not reaching at all. Our red zone offense last season was killer. We've really screwed ourselves in the red zone this season.
Either attribute it to the turnovers and mistakes or something else that we don't know about, but it doesn't appear to be Smith. He's still been efficient in the red zone.
Originally posted by fly15:Originally posted by 5timechamps:
Go Alex!
Go Alex, go to the bench...
Originally posted by D_Niner:
If they only handed out points for that type of efficiency; but, I digress...
So, I guess what you're saying then is that we should have never gotten rid of J-Raye? Don't take it as a bad thing, cause I happen to agree with that. The problem on our team is a bit higher...
Originally posted by Wodwo:Originally posted by D_Niner:
If they only handed out points for that type of efficiency; but, I digress...
So, I guess what you're saying then is that we should have never gotten rid of J-Raye? Don't take it as a bad thing, cause I happen to agree with that. The problem on our team is a bit higher...
All I'm saying is that something has changed, but it doesn't appear to be Smith's efficiency in the red zone. We should be able to see if Raye needed firing over the next few weeks. It sure sounds like it from the players reaction interviews.
I'm not a big fan of Smith. I think he's proven that he's mediocre at best. I just think he's done a good job in the red zone.
Originally posted by Joecool:
This is one area where we can't completely blame Smith. We have fumbled balls in the red zone and that Saints DE made a great play tipping Alex's pass to Crabs.
