Best Offensive Skill Talent Since When?

[davy]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

That is probably the single most important improvement of the offseason in my opinion. There was absolutely no threat of a down-the-field attack last year, which had a tremendous effect on our ability to run the ball effectively, control the clock, score quickly... Teams will have to respect the deep threat with this QB and the speed of these receivers.

	         Att	Comp	Yds	Avg
Heinicke	571	369	3886	6.8
Wentz	        3008	1884	20375	6.8

Hmmmm

[Chief X_Phackter]

Originally Posted by davy

	         Att	Comp	Yds	Avg
Heinicke	571	369	3886	6.8
Wentz	        3008	1884	20375	6.8

Hmmmm

That's an interesting stat comparison for sure. But all it really tells me is that Scott Turner has figured out a way to do more with less.

There's no doubt Wentz has the ability to push the ball down the field like Taylor Heinicke can only dream about.

The threat is there this year. It wasn't last year.

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by davy

	         Att	Comp	Yds	Avg
Heinicke	571	369	3886	6.8
Wentz	        3008	1884	20375	6.8

Hmmmm

It's Wentz's completion percentage that drives that down. He goes downfield more often, but he has one of the lower completion percentages in the league. Complete fewer gives you more attempts that go for 0 yards and drags the average down. Heinicke was at 65% last year, Wentz at 62%.

If you care to look at the stats look up air yards per target. That will probably show Carson trying to go deeper.

But look at the INT numbers and the TD numbers that's really what you need to know. Taylor might be completing more, but those throws are still ending up short of the sticks more often and still resulting in either more punts or more TO's than Wentz has.

More of Wentz's drives end up in the end zone. That's the ultimate stat for a QB.