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Cheesehead
posted: 2017-01-06 11:05:49 (ID: 100095250) Report Abuse
I had a friendly last night and 10 sacks occurred during the game so a good sample size for one game:

sack 1 - opp10 - 2nd and 17 - no catch (red zone)
sack 2 - opp17 - 4th and 17 - turnover on downs (red zone)
sack 3 - own16 - 2nd and 18 - 20 yards, new first down
sack 4 - own47 - 2nd and 20 - overthrown
sack 5 - own25 - 3rd and 18 - sacked again
sack 6 - own10 - 4th and 25 - 23 yards, no first down
sack 7 - own20 - 2nd and 19 - overthrown
sack 8 - opp12 - 2nd and 12 - sacked again (red zone)
sack 9 - opp20 - 3rd and 20 - 4 yards pass, no first down
sack 10 - own32 - 2nd and 19 - 4 yards run, no first down

There were 20 big plays, one resulting in a 1st down and the other 2 yards short of a 1st down. I was sacked twice after a play where I was sacked.

The big plays occurred in the own half of the offensive team which makes sense as the playing field is much bigger then.

I know this is empirical evidence and I will continue to monitor this...
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Rock777
posted: 2017-01-07 22:38:10 (ID: 100095402) Report Abuse
How do you guys get your players to go for the 1st on 3rd down? Mine pretty much never convert on 3rd. It doesn't seem like they even try...

9:23 3 and 9 to go on own 37, Bryant Maddox (OC) snaps the ball to Lucas Burt (QB), Lucas Burt (QB) selected Lynn Foss (WR/L) as target, Michele Rosso (DE/L) breaks through the line, Dakhil Ibrahim (MLB) goes for the blitz, this outer left pass goes to the receiver, who catches the ball, Lynn Foss (WR/L) tackled by Warren Held (CB/R), forward progress: 3 yards (Singleback Spread vs. 3-4-4)
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posted: 2017-01-07 22:42:54 (ID: 100095406) Report Abuse
Rock777 wrote:
How do you guys get your players to go for the 1st on 3rd down? Mine pretty much never convert on 3rd. It doesn't seem like they even try...

9:23 3 and 9 to go on own 37, Bryant Maddox (OC) snaps the ball to Lucas Burt (QB), Lucas Burt (QB) selected Lynn Foss (WR/L) as target, Michele Rosso (DE/L) breaks through the line, Dakhil Ibrahim (MLB) goes for the blitz, this outer left pass goes to the receiver, who catches the ball, Lynn Foss (WR/L) tackled by Warren Held (CB/R), forward progress: 3 yards (Singleback Spread vs. 3-4-4)


Well you could rule medium pass or whatever the range is but the game does kind of do that anyway to a degree.

Personnel (yours and theirs) really do have loads to do with what happens.

Also this short pass is basically dump off - your QB was under pressure.
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Rock777
posted: 2017-01-07 22:48:49 (ID: 100095408) Report Abuse
That is probably THE answer. Everything always comes back to my inexperienced O-line. I'm sure my QB is under pressure most of the game.
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alexshans84
posted: 2017-01-09 11:26:17 (ID: 100095541) Report Abuse
wiesengrund wrote:
hollyhh2000 wrote:
3rd and 7-10 24.3% Conversion Rate / 2.2% int
3rd and 11-20 25.8% Conversion Rate / 2.2% int

2nd and 7-10 27.7% Conversion Rate / 2.1% int
2nd and 11-20 26.0% Conversion Rate / 2.5% int


Those drop-offs seem way to small. There should be

a) a big difference between 2nd and 3rd down. On 2nd down, you have to defend the whole field, on 3rd down, defenses will key in in the conversion line 99% of the time, which makes it harder to convert 3rd and 15 vs 2nd and 15 for example.

and

b) The dropoff between 7-0 and 11-20 range is to small for both downs. If we take a look at the general conversion rates we can see how the curve for 3rd down for instance is right above 40% for 3rd and 7 and the steadily drops to about 35 % for 3rd and 10 (a far cry from the 24% we get in RZA). After that it drops to around 15% for 3rd and 19. If we wanna "bucket" the two grops according to the intervals we have at RZA, the difference should be stark: 3rd and 7-10 should average around 37%, and the 3rd and 11-20 group should average around 22%.


a) Probably you are wrong here, mate. Here are the numbers for 2012-2016 regular season games (thanks to "play finder" by "pro-football-reference.com"):
3rd and 7-10 33.2% Conversion Rate / 3.1% int
3rd and 11-20 19.5% Conversion Rate / 2.9% int

2nd and 7-10 32% Conversion Rate / 2.1% int
2nd and 11-20 18.1% Conversion Rate / 2.0% int
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wiesengrund
posted: 2017-01-09 13:03:58 (ID: 100095552)  Edits found: 1 Report Abuse
alexshans84 wrote:
wiesengrund wrote:
hollyhh2000 wrote:
3rd and 7-10 24.3% Conversion Rate / 2.2% int
3rd and 11-20 25.8% Conversion Rate / 2.2% int

2nd and 7-10 27.7% Conversion Rate / 2.1% int
2nd and 11-20 26.0% Conversion Rate / 2.5% int


Those drop-offs seem way to small. There should be

a) a big difference between 2nd and 3rd down. On 2nd down, you have to defend the whole field, on 3rd down, defenses will key in in the conversion line 99% of the time, which makes it harder to convert 3rd and 15 vs 2nd and 15 for example.

and

b) The dropoff between 7-0 and 11-20 range is to small for both downs. If we take a look at the general conversion rates we can see how the curve for 3rd down for instance is right above 40% for 3rd and 7 and the steadily drops to about 35 % for 3rd and 10 (a far cry from the 24% we get in RZA). After that it drops to around 15% for 3rd and 19. If we wanna "bucket" the two grops according to the intervals we have at RZA, the difference should be stark: 3rd and 7-10 should average around 37%, and the 3rd and 11-20 group should average around 22%.


a) Probably you are wrong here, mate. Here are the numbers for 2012-2016 regular season games (thanks to "play finder" by "pro-football-reference.com"):
3rd and 7-10 33.2% Conversion Rate / 3.1% int
3rd and 11-20 19.5% Conversion Rate / 2.9% int

2nd and 7-10 32% Conversion Rate / 2.1% int
2nd and 11-20 18.1% Conversion Rate / 2.0% int


Thanks for the update, the conversion rate does indeed seem to get modeled fine in terms of difference betwwen 2nd and 3rd, but INT% still rises a whole percentage point from 2nd to 3rd down. In RZA it stays steady or even drops (!).

Last edited on 2017-01-09 13:06:33 by wiesengrund

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Cheesehead
posted: 2017-01-09 14:28:46 (ID: 100095556) Report Abuse
I had 3 sacks in today's SC game, none of them resulted in big plays in the play following the sack.
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hollyhh2000
posted: 2017-01-09 21:32:25 (ID: 100095588) Report Abuse
3 sacks
3 immediate 18+ yards conversion on the next play

so frustrating...
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posted: 2017-01-09 21:41:20 (ID: 100095589) Report Abuse
hollyhh2000 wrote:
3 sacks
3 immediate 18+ yards conversion on the next play

so frustrating...


You might want to evaluate the defense you are using.

10 sacks vs pete's guiness drunks

2 were on 3rd down.

around 6 were on on 2nd down. Only 1 was converted on the next play.
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hollyhh2000
posted: 2017-01-09 22:06:26 (ID: 100095591) Report Abuse
was the best defense in this situation in the whole league last year.

never ever evaluate on just one game. His QB was on fire on 3rd and long, maybe a great daily form.
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