![]() ![]() In 2019, Ben Roethlisberger’s best throws were behind the line of scrimmage (109 IQR), and while he threw a higher percentage of deep passes in 2019, his IQR was a dismal 8 on those passes. Sports info Solutions tracks depth of targets, and also has a formula for independent quarterback rating (IQR), that considers things like dropped passes and interceptions in order to show how the quarterback played regardless of what other players did. The results on those passes though, is quite different. ![]() 2019 saw fewer passes behind the line of scrimmage, and a slightly higher rate of deep passes, but mostly it is the same percentages. In 2019 Ben Roethlisberger threw a very similar mix of passes by depth that he has in 2020. the weakness of basic stats is they tell us the results, but don’t tell us much about how the process, advanced stats can do a much better job of that. What you see above is the exact reason people call out small sample sizes, the difference between Chase Claypool and Donte Moncrief explains the majority of Ben Roethlisberger’s basic stats, over the course of a season Moncrief and Holton’s numbers would have less impact as they lost snaps, and one big play makes a lot less impact as the total number of passes grow. There, I’ve eliminated everything but the touchdowns, which are very situational by their nature, so Ben Roethlisberger is the same quarterback he was in 2019, end of story, right? If you take those passes out of Roethlisberger’s stats, his completion percentage jumps 9%, to within a few points of his 2020 percentage. Ben Roethlisberger threw 13 passes to those two receivers in 2019, completing only 3. The completion percentage difference can largely be explained with two names, Donte Moncrief and Johnny Holton. If you compare Roethlisberger’s longest pass play of 2019, 45 yards, to his longest of 2020, 84 yards, the difference is 39 yards, and if you divide those extra yards by the number of completions (50), you get 0.78 yards per completion added by that one play, almost exactly the difference between Roethlisberger’s 20 stats. The yards per completion are higher, but that’s largely due to one play. The yards per attempt is driven by a higher completion percentage, while the touchdowns are a dramatic difference. It isn’t a perfect comparison, the playtime is different, the opponents are different, the receivers are different, but it’s the best point of comparison we will get, so let’s look at what the numbers say.īen Roethlisberger’s stats from 2019a nd 2020 through 2 weeks. With two games played in the 2020 season, it is the best time to check in and compare Roethlisberger’s stats now, to his numbers from last season. ![]() In his Youtube series “Bigger than Ben” we found out the it was because team doctor Jim Bradley told him he couldn’t go back in after checking on his elbow. ![]() NFL footage © NFL Productions LLC.Ben Roethlisberger only played six quarters in 2019. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. ![]()
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