A few days ago, I posted my first attempt at QB passing charts and received a lot of thoughtful suggestions. Here is a new and improved version, which now includes data from the Week 3 games.
The field is still divided into nine segments based on pass direction (left, middle, and right) and passing depth (short, medium, and deep). ‘Short’ is 0-9 yards, ‘medium’ is 10-19 yards, and ‘deep’ is 20+ yards. Note that these are air yards, meaning a screen pass that gains 50 yards after the catch would be recorded as only the distance it traveled in the air—around 2 yards, for example.
Each segment is marked with a bubble, a larger bubble means more pass attempts in that area, a smaller bubble means less. If a player does not have any attempts at all in a specific area, they won’t have any bubble at all.
Additionally, each bubble is color-coded based on completion percentage. This color coding shows how each segment compares to the entire league percentile-wise, specific to each of the nine segments. Essentially, passes are graded on a scale that reflects the difficulty of completing passes in that area. For example:
* If a player completes 65% of his short-left passes, that bubble will appear slightly red, as the league average for 2023 is 74% for that area. * Conversely, if a player completes 65% of his deep-left passes, that bubble will be dark green, since the league average for that area is only around 31%.
The colors intensify as the completion percentage moves further away from the mean—darker red for below average and darker green for above average. A perfectly white bubble indicates that the completion percentage is exactly at the league mean for passes thrown to that specific segment.
Basic stats are displayed just below each bubble: completions, attempts, completion percentage, touchdown percentage (TD%), and interception percentage (INT%). It’s important to note that these stats are specific to that segment only. For example, if a player is 2/5 with 1 TD in the deep right segment, his TD rate for that segment would be 20%.
If you have any thoughts at all, I’d love to hear them! I’ve created charts for all 32 team QBs and posted them here.
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A few days ago, I posted my first attempt at QB passing charts and received a lot of thoughtful suggestions. Here is a new and improved version, which now includes data from the Week 3 games.
The field is still divided into nine segments based on pass direction (left, middle, and right) and passing depth (short, medium, and deep). ‘Short’ is 0-9 yards, ‘medium’ is 10-19 yards, and ‘deep’ is 20+ yards. Note that these are air yards, meaning a screen pass that gains 50 yards after the catch would be recorded as only the distance it traveled in the air—around 2 yards, for example.
Each segment is marked with a bubble, a larger bubble means more pass attempts in that area, a smaller bubble means less. If a player does not have any attempts at all in a specific area, they won’t have any bubble at all.
Additionally, each bubble is color-coded based on completion percentage. This color coding shows how each segment compares to the entire league percentile-wise, specific to each of the nine segments. Essentially, passes are graded on a scale that reflects the difficulty of completing passes in that area. For example:
* If a player completes 65% of his short-left passes, that bubble will appear slightly red, as the league average for 2023 is 74% for that area.
* Conversely, if a player completes 65% of his deep-left passes, that bubble will be dark green, since the league average for that area is only around 31%.
The colors intensify as the completion percentage moves further away from the mean—darker red for below average and darker green for above average. A perfectly white bubble indicates that the completion percentage is exactly at the league mean for passes thrown to that specific segment.
Basic stats are displayed just below each bubble: completions, attempts, completion percentage, touchdown percentage (TD%), and interception percentage (INT%). It’s important to note that these stats are specific to that segment only. For example, if a player is 2/5 with 1 TD in the deep right segment, his TD rate for that segment would be 20%.
If you have any thoughts at all, I’d love to hear them! I’ve created charts for all 32 team QBs and posted them here.
[**Passing Charts**](https://substack.com/@gfgsports)
Deep left issues don’t surprise me, that’s Burks’s favorite place to not catch passes.
Good to see nice accuracy on those intermediate sideline throws, that’s where Ridley does his best work.