Comments on: Which Passers Were Most Effective on Third Down in in 2013? http://www.footballperspective.com/which-passers-were-most-effective-on-third-down-in-in-2013/ NFL History and Stats Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:49:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Bill http://www.footballperspective.com/which-passers-were-most-effective-on-third-down-in-in-2013/#comment-149281 Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:49:06 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=19495#comment-149281 The unfactored element is the game success of the running game and field position when attempting third down. I agree that the field position needs to have some weighting system to factor the broader options available to a QB while in his own territory. Average starting position intuitively seems to have an effect of both the frequency of possible third down play calls and the options available plays. The effectiveness of the running game on both first and second downs is critical on all third down options, as well as the frequency of first and second down run calls. I believe the lack of a running game was the primary factor in both Flacco’s and Eli’s drop in overall effectiveness. Romo’s anomaly of success was that he threw so often on first and second down, that there was no running threat and the DBs were more fatigued from constant coverage.

]]> By: Nick Bradley http://www.footballperspective.com/which-passers-were-most-effective-on-third-down-in-in-2013/#comment-134335 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 20:14:55 +0000 http://www.footballperspective.com/?p=19495#comment-134335 Okay that was ridiculously overcomplicated.

How about “3rd down EPA/play”?

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