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* NSFL S2 Play Calling Ratios - HENDRIX - 08-26-2017
With the season coming to a conclusion, this article will look at the offensive play calling tendencies of each team.
Here is the chart before I talk about each team individually:
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[/div]The chart includes each team's total passing attempts, rushing attempts, a sum of the two, and then the ratios. The ratios are calculated simply by dividing pass attempts or rushing attempts by total plays and then multiplying by 100, then rounding to the nearest whole number. The chart is currently sorted by passing tendency, so passing teams are toward the top while more rushing oriented teams are found towards the bottom.
Philadelphia Liberty
Here is the most pass happy team in the NSFL. They asked Christ to absolutely sling the ball this season. Volume wise they threw the most passes this season and ratio wise ended up with a 63/37 split, well above the league average split of 57/43. Trailing in a lot of games and trying to make up deficits no doubt played a role in their high passing frequency, but they also have several very talented rookie pass catchers they centered their offensive game plan around in North, DiMirio, and Kroetch.
Orange County Otters
It is no surprise to see the Otters pass the ball 59% of the time. They have three elite playmakers in Phelps, Westfield, and Wright with arguably the highest IQ QB in the league, Boss, delivering the ball to them. Cornerstone linemen Winchester and Clegane make sure Boss has ample time to find those weapons. Also factor in the expansion draft loss of RB Wright, the impending retirement of RB Bowers, and the somewhat down year for starting RB Jenkins, I think they made a good call airing the ball out this season.
Yellowknife Wraiths
Everything good that was said about the Otters could also be said about the Wraiths. They have a high IQ QB (Orosz), elite WR duo (Garden/Cook), elite TE (Maddox), and two of the best offensive linemen in the league (Akselsen/Floggity) to make a heavy passing attack a viable strategy. Focus too much on stopping their passing game, and Nuck will carve you up on the ground.
Las Vegas Legion
The Legion had a rough season this year but at least have an offensive identity going forward. They have an impressive wide receiving trio of Stormblessed, LeClair, and Rocket. The QB that will be throwing passes their way is the talented, but also controversial Bercovici. Some more pass protection will go a long way toward keeping Bercovici vertical long enough to find those receivers.
Colorado Yeti
Next up in this high passing tier are the Yeti. Their offense featured three premier players at their respective positions: QB Noble, RB Tweed, and WR Hendrix. It is interesting to see they ran the fewest amount of offensive plays in the league by a large margin, 44 snaps, which is about one game's worth. Ball control and great defense were their philosophies this season.
Arizona Outlaws
The team with the best record in the league checks in with a 57/43 split. Offensive linemen of the year candidate Pest kept the best pass rushers of the league at bay giving Bronko time to find his receiving trio of Evans, Jackson, and Chess. They also found plenty of plays for RB Mackworthy. This was made possible by their high offensive tempo, they ran the 2nd highest amount of plays in the league.
San Jose Sabercats
This is where we see a real drop off in passing frequency from the previous teams. A 53/47 split represents a significant drop from the aforementioned teams. With a QB who likes to run the ball in Hunt, their passing ratio was bound to be lower. He has 53 more carries than the next closest QB. They also have a great RB in Durden running behind one of the best offensive lines in football. They supplemented that running game by featuring WR Weston and Smallwood, and also Cook while he was with the team.
Baltimore Hawks
The Hawks check in as the team closest to a 50/50 play calling split. It was done on high volume as well with their league high 983 total plays. They made a concentrated effort to feed their rookie RB Farlane all the carries he could handle while still giving ample targets to their starting WRs Christmas and Vincent.
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* NSFL S2 Play Calling Ratios - iamslm22 - 08-26-2017
This is very interesting. I wonder how much game flow has to do with it. Since San Jose is second most balanced I would assume that it's not really game flow oriented and more how teams set their preferences
* NSFL S2 Play Calling Ratios - kckolbe - 08-26-2017
(08-26-2017, 06:43 PM)iamslm22 Wrote:This is very interesting. I wonder how much game flow has to do with it. Since San Jose is second most balanced I would assume that it's not really game flow oriented and more how teams set their preferences
I am just guessing here, but since Hunt is a mobile QB, he likely runs on designed pass plays on top of seeming to run a spread playbook, having the most designed QB runs.
* NSFL S2 Play Calling Ratios - iamslm22 - 08-26-2017
That makes sense, I didn't even think about that. That's gotta be what it is.
* NSFL S2 Play Calling Ratios - kckolbe - 08-26-2017
(08-26-2017, 06:56 PM)iamslm22 Wrote:That makes sense, I didn't even think about that. That's gotta be what it is.
Hunt had 71 rushing attempts. The next highest QB had 18. Theory checks out at least partially.
* NSFL S2 Play Calling Ratios - iamslm22 - 08-26-2017
That would put them at about league average. Pretty much makes my Hawks an outlier in the amount we run the half back. Makes sense given Farlanes heavy carry amount