Antone Smith

Antone Smith and Long Touchdowns

by Chase Stuart on October 10, 2014

Allow me to present to you Atlanta running back Antone Smith’s 2014 play-by-play log in its entirety:

Week 1 vs. NO
Qtr	Time	Score	Down/Dist	Yardline	Description
2	11:40	0 - 13	2nd-and-10	own 20	rushed for 2 yards
2	09:16	0 - 13	1st-and-10	opp 31	rushed for 5 yards
3	00:33	17 - 20	2nd-and-9	own 46	caught pass for 54 yards TOUCHDOWN

Week 2 vs. CIN
Qtr	Time	Score	Down/Dist	Yardline	Description
2	14:49	41701	1st-and-10	own 28	caught pass for 4 yards
2	01:14	41708	3rd-and-4	own 38	target of incomplete pass
4	10:23	41722	1st-and-10	opp 35	caught pass for 15 yards (first down)
4	00:54	41936	1st-and-10	own 41	target of incomplete pass

Week 3 vs. TB
Qtr	Time	Score	Down/Dist	Yardline	Description
1	04:21	36708	1st-and-9	opp 9	rushed for 4 yards
2	09:00	28 - 0	1st-and-10	opp 11	rushed for 10 yards (first down)
3	02:36	49 - 0	1st-and-10	opp 36	rushed for -2 yards
3	01:59	49 - 0	2nd-and-12	opp 38	rushed for 38 yards TOUCHDOWN

Week 4 vs. MIN
Qtr	Time	Score	Down/Dist	Yardline	Description
1	05:23	0 - 7	3rd-and-2	opp 29	rushed for 2 yards (first down)
1	04:47	0 - 7	1st-and-10	opp 27	rushed for 3 yards
2	14:55	41834	2nd-and-10	own 31	rushed for 9 yards
3	01:40	21 - 27	1st-and-10	opp 48	rushed for 48 yards TOUCHDOWN

Week 5 vs. NYG
Qtr	Time	Score	Down/Dist	Yardline	Description
1	03:42	0 - 7	1st-and-10	opp 23	rushed for 2 yards
2	14:59	41827	3rd-and-4	opp 4	caught pass for 1 yards
2	12:33	41919	1st-and-10	own 25	caught pass for 8 yards
3	05:51	13 - 10	3rd-and-4	own 26	caught pass for 74 yards TOUCHDOWN

That’s four long touchdowns on 17 offensive touches. On his four scoring plays, Smith has gained an incredible 214 yards. That’s the most in the NFL so far, with Steve Smith (162 yards) and Jordy Nelson (160) rounding out the top three. Perhaps even more incredible is that Smith has gained 214 yards on scoring plays despite gaining only 63 yards on non-scoring plays. Here’s a chart I tweeted a couple of days ago, showing yards gained on TDs on the X-axis and yards gained on all other plays on the Y-axis: [continue reading…]

Tagged as: Antone Smith, Falcons

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New York Times, Post Week-5 (2014): From 0-2 to 3-2

by Chase Stuart on October 7, 2014

in NYT

This week at the New York Times, I look at a pair of teams that have gone from 0-2 to 3-2, a statistical rarity, and a league-wide passing trend:

About three weeks ago, you probably heard some variation on the following statistic: Since 1990, only 12 percent of teams that started 0-2 ended up making the playoffs. Seven teams started 0-2 this season, but two of those have rebounded with three-game winning streaks.

Andrew Luck leads the N.F.L. in passing yards and touchdowns while posting a 100 passer rating. His Colts lead the league in points scored, and Indianapolis has the second-best point differential in the N.F.L., behind the San Diego Chargers. The Colts, division champions in 2013, are back on top of the A.F.C. South, tied with the Houston Texans for the division’s best record. As a result, it is probably hard to even remember that only three weeks ago, the Colts were one of those struggling 0-2 teams.

The A.F.C. South was the worst division in football last year, and not much has changed in 2014. In interdivision games, A.F.C. South teams are 5-11, the worst record of any division. That is one of the biggest reasons the Colts were able to jump from last to first place so quickly. Indianapolis has feasted on its poor division.

You can read the full article here.

Tagged as: Antone Smith, Colts, Giants, NYT

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