‘Til you top the superbowl, keep your mouth on lock
Jul 15, 2007 Andre Johnson, Athletes who don't stab people, Batman, David Carr has Post-Concussion Syndrome, DeMeco Ryans, Fred Weary is dirty, Offensive (punch)Line, Preview, Super Mario
I was going to apologize for the lack of posting around here over the past few days. Then I remembered that there is nothing to post about, so you would be getting rehashed arguments and recycled jokes.
However, now that the weekend is over and I am back at work, I have to find something to do to keep myself busy. Enter the STATS, Inc. database. My goal–to find ten stats from last season that should make us look forward to the upcoming season.
- Eric Winston was only charged with 2 sacks allowed last season. As a rookie. In 12 games. That’s a-nice.
- Of David Carr’s 140 incompletions, only 16 were due to dropped passes, while 30 were due to bad throws and 19 were hit at the line. This is one of the lowest percentage of dropped passes in the league and suggests to me that–just as we’ve all said–many of Sandy Vag’s problems were of his own making.
- DeMeco Ryans was eerily consistent last year. 75 tackles at home, 81 away. 73 in the first half of games, 83 in the second half. 37 on the left side of the field, 38 on the right.
- Andre Johnson caught 62.8% of the balls thrown at him. By way of comparison, Marvin Harrison caught 64.2%, Torry Holt caught 52%, and Chad Johnson caught 57.2%. Now, granted, all of them had a higher first down percentage, but that should come up for Andre as the offense becomes accustomed to a QB who actually looks downfield.
- Morlon Greenwood was noticeably better in the second half of the season, posting 66 of his 110 tackles, all of his FFs and PDs, and his lone INT. He’s also Jamaican, which cracks me up for some reason.
- Owen Daniels owned the Titans, going off for 11 catches, 124 yds, and 2 TDs against them. (That’s “owned” by TE standards.) I’m setting his over/under against them this year at 16 catches.
- Fred Weary had only 4 penalties and 3 sacks allowed. Combine that with Eric Winston’s production and I think it’s fair to say our right said could be one of the best in football this year. Fred also enjoys swingers clubs, which is both hilarious and frightening.
- Ahman Green averaged 5.4 YPC against the AFC last season, compared to 3.5 against the NFC. Now, he gets to rush against the Titans and Colts twice instead of the Vikings and Bears twice. That is a good thing.
- Anthony Maddox was statistically almost twice as good in December as he was in October. Instead of struggling to get into football shape, he seemingly became stronger and better each week.
- Sage Rosenfels was sacked once in 40 attempts. I’m pretty sure he was playing with the same line the other QB was. Just sayin’.
T-minus 10 days until camp. (I feel like a little kid at Christmas. But without the fear that I will again walk in on my mom tongue-bathing Santa.)
