QB Kordell
Stewart has completed 51 of 83 for 439 yards with (0) TD and (2) INT.� Those figures give a completion percentage
of 61.4% and that�s pretty good.�
However, the gross YPA number, 5.29, is far below the league
average.� Further, 135 of the 439 yards have
been YAC.� 439-135=304; obviously, the
51 passes completed traveled a total of 304 yards beyond the LOS.� On average, that�s 5.96 per toss; figure the
QB to be 7 yards or so behind the line and this suggests any successful pass
has flown almost 13 yards. �
The Stillers
need more than that and here�s a little thought experiment that could put this
in perspective.� First, consider that
the average NFL WR runs, say, a 4.5 40.�
That is 18.18 MPH.� As you�ll
see, miles per hour will figure in the following.
Imagine Kordell
at the 35 in any of the Southside practice fields.� He is alone except for several baskets full of footballs.� These have been rubbed down and otherwise
prepared for today�s experiment.
A small fleet of
disparate vehicles is driven onto the field.��
These are target craft to act in lieu of human receivers.�� They will be computer-steered with
immaculate precision so as to eliminate human-induced �route-running error.� They will be driven at exactly 18.18 MPH
through the �pass patterns� described in the following.�� Here, a completion means that Kordell hits
any part of the vehicle.� The hit must
be �on the fly�; short hops don�t make it.�
Consider this:
The pattern
is a 15- yard square-in.� What is the
minimum vehicle size required for a 60% �completion rate?� �80%?
100%?
1. Mazda Miata
2. BMW 500 series.
3. Dodge Ram
4. Ford Yukon
5. Other.
The pattern is
a 25-yard seam.� What is the minimum
vehicle size required for a 60% �completion rate?� �80%?� 100%?
1. Mazda Miata
2. BMW 500 series.
3. Dodge Ram
4. Ford Yukon
5. Other.
The pattern is
a 50-yard flag.� What is the minimum
size vehicle required for a 60% �completion rate?� �80%?� 100%?
1. Mazda Miata
2. BMW 500 series.
3. Dodge Ram
4. Ford Yukon
5. Other.
Kordell has mastered the 6-yard curl, a pattern requiring accuracy
across the width of (4) parking spaces.�
Maybe these techniques will put polish on some more useful patterns.