Comments on: Is Steve Smith The Cause of Cam Newton’s Down Year? http://www.footballperspective.com/is-steve-smith-the-cause-of-cam-newtons-down-year/ NFL History and Stats Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:33:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: CH http://www.footballperspective.com/is-steve-smith-the-cause-of-cam-newtons-down-year/#comment-61718 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:33:54 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=15656#comment-61718 In reply to Shattenjager.

If you’re going to count everyone you make the stat pointless. A guy who is 1 for 1 is 100%. Cutting it off at 30+ first downs puts Smith at #8.

And it still doesn’t change my original point. What other teams with a guy in the top tier have 8 seperate offensive weapons and are #2 in rushing FDs? Over 75% of the time when Smith gets the ball its a TD or FD.

Similar to Tolbert, he doesn’t have the flashy stats..but almost half the time he touches the ball.. its a TD or FD.

]]> By: James http://www.footballperspective.com/is-steve-smith-the-cause-of-cam-newtons-down-year/#comment-61707 Tue, 03 Dec 2013 14:39:04 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=15656#comment-61707 Chase, with all of these new running QBs and schemes how long until we get something like Adjusted Net Yards per Touch on PFR?

I’m thinking (passing yards + rushing yards – sack yards +20*ALL touchdowns – 45*turnovers) / (passes + rushes + sacks).

It always seemed silly to me that a scrambling QB that gets tackled one yard behind the LOS hurts his NYPA while getting tackled one yard in front of it is ignored, and now guys like Kaepernick, Luck, and even Brady are hurting their ANYA by running in touchdowns. Of course, Cam is DESTROYING his ANYA by running in 28 touchdowns in the last 3 years, 17 TDs more than anyone else!!

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