LoyalSoldier
08-15-2009, 01:06 AM
Just a quick note, I was planning to do this anyways for each of the games. If this goes well I will expand this over to RBs when the regular season hits since the preseason doesn't see enough action. Most of these stats you should be able to understand. The only one people might not recognize is Standard Deviation.
Standard deviation is a measure of the average spread of the data (in this case the yards gained by each individual play) from the average. So a small spread indicates that the yards gained on the play were very close to the average. For instance if the QB threw gains of 9, 10, 11, 10, and 12 the deviation would be rather small since all those values are close to the average of 10.4. Why is this important? This tells you the kind of throws the QB was making. If a QB was making a lot of short throws the deviation is going to be smaller, while if the throws varried from small to large then it would tell you he either was going deep along with short balls or he lost a lot of yardage. Though I keep the stat of negative gains to determine what the Standard Deviation is saying.
Legend
Comp/At <- Completed Passes/Attempts
Comp % <- Percent of passes completed
Yards <- Total Yards
TD/Int <- Touchdowns to Interceptions
Rating <- Passer rating
Neg <- Number of Negative gains
Avg/A <- Average yardage per attempt
Std/A <- Standard Deviation for attempts(Consistency)
Avg/C <- Average yards per completion
Std/C <- Standard deviation for completion
Kyle Orton
Comp/At = 9/16
Comp % = 56.3%
Yards = 86
TD/Int = 0/3
Rating = 32.6
Neg = 0
Avg/A = 5.38 Yards
Std/A = +/- 6.21
Avg/C = 10.8 Yards
Std/C = +/- 4.06
Chris Simms
Comp/At = 11/17
Comp % = 64.7%
Yards = 142
TD/Int = 2/0
Rating = 130.02
Neg = 0
Avg/A = 8.35 Yards
Std/A = +/- 13.7
Avg/C = 12.9 Yards
Std/C = +/- 15.32
When we get more playing time I will start to expand these stats over to WRs and RBs.
Standard deviation is a measure of the average spread of the data (in this case the yards gained by each individual play) from the average. So a small spread indicates that the yards gained on the play were very close to the average. For instance if the QB threw gains of 9, 10, 11, 10, and 12 the deviation would be rather small since all those values are close to the average of 10.4. Why is this important? This tells you the kind of throws the QB was making. If a QB was making a lot of short throws the deviation is going to be smaller, while if the throws varried from small to large then it would tell you he either was going deep along with short balls or he lost a lot of yardage. Though I keep the stat of negative gains to determine what the Standard Deviation is saying.
Legend
Comp/At <- Completed Passes/Attempts
Comp % <- Percent of passes completed
Yards <- Total Yards
TD/Int <- Touchdowns to Interceptions
Rating <- Passer rating
Neg <- Number of Negative gains
Avg/A <- Average yardage per attempt
Std/A <- Standard Deviation for attempts(Consistency)
Avg/C <- Average yards per completion
Std/C <- Standard deviation for completion
Kyle Orton
Comp/At = 9/16
Comp % = 56.3%
Yards = 86
TD/Int = 0/3
Rating = 32.6
Neg = 0
Avg/A = 5.38 Yards
Std/A = +/- 6.21
Avg/C = 10.8 Yards
Std/C = +/- 4.06
Chris Simms
Comp/At = 11/17
Comp % = 64.7%
Yards = 142
TD/Int = 2/0
Rating = 130.02
Neg = 0
Avg/A = 8.35 Yards
Std/A = +/- 13.7
Avg/C = 12.9 Yards
Std/C = +/- 15.32
When we get more playing time I will start to expand these stats over to WRs and RBs.