Comments on: Norm Van Brocklin Is The Leader in Average Length of Passing Touchdown http://www.footballperspective.com/norm-van-brocklin-is-the-leader-in-average-length-of-passing-touchdown/ NFL History and Stats Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Andropov http://www.footballperspective.com/norm-van-brocklin-is-the-leader-in-average-length-of-passing-touchdown/#comment-307886 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:43:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=25297#comment-307886 Some of these results are, at first blush, very surprising. For instance, Cutler’s low average and median are fairly surprising considering his reputation as a big-armed gunslinger. Less surprising when one remembers the number of Brandon Marshall fade routes he’s thrown in the red zone, though. Also, Alex Smith’s high average feels strange, considering that he’s consistently been one of the quarterbacks with the shortest throws in the league (5.32 ANY/A for his career). He also hasn’t thrown many touchdowns to his receivers, whom one would expect to catch longer touchdowns than RBs and TEs. Maybe it’s a symptom of Jamaal Charles’ brilliance in the open field? I suppose it wouldn’t take many long touchdowns to drag up his average, either, considering that Smith only has 122 passing touchdowns in his career.

]]> By: Clint http://www.footballperspective.com/norm-van-brocklin-is-the-leader-in-average-length-of-passing-touchdown/#comment-307334 Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:48:00 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=25297#comment-307334 In reply to Kibbles.

Btw, Chris Chandler had an average of 30.8 yards per td pass and a median of 27 in ’98. Crazy.

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