![]() ![]() But there’s a case to be made in favor of acquiring Renfrow.įor one thing, he was one of Carr’s favorite targets when the Raiders were running Jon Gruden’s West Coast-style offense, which shares a lot of DNA with the Sean Payton-installed system in New Orleans. It’s a group that also has 2022 breakouts Chris Olave and Rashid Shaheed on top with Michael Thomas returning from another injury. Perry (Wake Forest), Shaquan Davis (South Carolina State) and Malik Flowers (Montana), along with veteran free agents in Edwards and James Washington. The Saints receiving corps is in a stronger position than it was this time last year, having added talented rookies A.T. After signing him in free agency, the Saints made moves to bring in several of Carr’s former Raiders teammates like defensive back Johnathan Abram, wide receiver Bryan Edwards and most recently tight end Foster Moreau.Ĭould slot receiver Hunter Renfrow be next? It’s a question we’ve asked before, and it’s worth circling back to. He holds the ball a long time, but he throws far and that pretty much balances out, as he is right on the expected TTT line for target depth.Įven though he takes a lot of deep shots, they don’t usually pay off.Derek Carr wasn’t the only former member of the Las Vegas Raiders to join the New Orleans Saints this offseason - it turns out he was simply the first. Total CPOE has been significantly below average this year, although between 2019-2021, Carr had the 8th best accuracy in the league. The Las Vegas receiving corps has been a one-trick pony, consisting of Davante Adams pulling in the lion’s share of targets and yards. except against New Orleans when Davante Adams was on my fantasy roster. His depth of target has consistently been above average as has been his completion depth. That’s not sustainable unless he brings up the other drivers, like conversion rate and net yardage efficiency. ![]() you know, the game where Davante Adams was on my fantasy roster and caught 1 pass for 3 yards.Īgain, notice that by EPA he is doing much better than by the the other measures. QBs like that, find it hard to maintain that high epa efficiency.įor most games, he has been OK, except for a ridiculously poor game against New Orleans. This is also evidenced by his 8th-best epa/d outside the red zone and 31st rank inside. In other words, his successful plays are overly successful, but he doesn’t have that many of them, and so his epa/d is hiding his much more mundane underlying play. If I I only look at positive plays, he ranks 4th in epa/d, but his overall success rate ranks a mere 23rd. It’s because he has been a boom or bust QB. So, how does he have the 9th-best epa efficiency? He’s been careful with the ball, limiting turnovers, and he is fairly proficient at getting first downs, but with a slightly below-average TD rate (25th to%, 14th 1st%, 17th td%). This actually boosts his relative net yardage efficiency a bit (17th ny/d), but it is still just meh. However, he handles the pressure well, as he avoids sacks and has below-average abandoned attempts (20th sk%, 18th aa%). As such, he has only managed average yardage efficiency (18th ypa).ĭepth comes with a cost, and Carr has the 10th-longest time to throw (ttt), which certainly is a factor in the 6th highest pressure rate he’s endured (pr%). His normally good accuracy has been poor this year (24th cpoe), and it has limited the success of those long passes. Still, he has the 5th-longest depth of target, and the 10th-longest completions in the league (adot, ay/c). This year, Derek Carr has faced tougher than average opponents with a fairly balanced offense (9th opd, 16th edp), and with Josh Jacobs, their run game has been very productive (8th arsr).Ĭarr takes a lot of deep shots (8th 20+) even though he isn’t that successful on them (20th 20+e). Point #1 requires a much longer explanation, but suffice it to to say that by QBR, Carson Wentz was the 9th best QB in 2021, and Philip Rivers was 19th in 2020. So, how has he achieved those high numbers when most power rankings have him as an average to below-average, QB? Two reasons: He also has the 10th-best QBR so far this year. NOTE: All references to rankings are of the top 32 QBs by dropbacks through the current week.ĭerek Carr has the 9th-highest EPA per dropback of any QB in 2022. Commentary will be brief but feel free to let me know in the comments that stats aren’t everything. I will probably modify the charts throughout the season. Yes, O-Line, receivers, and play-calling impact these numbers but they are primarily QB measures. ![]() Thanks to the nflFastR project and NFL NextGen Stats for the timely sources of data.įor those of you new to this, I will publish key QB stats each week judging how well the Colts passing game performed. ![]()
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