Week 5 By The Numbers

[soxfan121]

Week 5 By The Numbers
by Dave Archibald
 
 

Keeping Brady Upright: 1 sack in 36 dropbacks – 2.8% sack rate.
League average: 5.4 % sack rate.
 
Run the Ball! Run/pass ratio on 1st & 2nd down – 35 runs, 31 passes (not including kneel-downs) – 53.0%. An even 27 passes, 27 runs before the fourth-quarter, when the Pats began killing the clock.
League-wide: 47.3% run percentage on 1st & 2nd down.
 
RB Yards per Carry: (not counting QB or WR runs) 37 carries for 206 yards, a 5.6 average.
League average: 4.2 YPC.
 
Stay on the Field: (3rd/4th down success, not counting final drive) 7 of 16 – 43.8%.
League average: 43.5%
 

 

[Super Nomario]

The stat that blew my mind was Cincy going 0 of 8 on 3rd / 4th down.

 

[soxfan121]

I loved the final note today, SN. So much so that I sent it along to Still, #LeahStrong and @Dana-Farber. Given the long relationship SoSH has had with The Jimmy Fund, I thought it was extremely classy to include it as the "one statistic".
 
It was also awesome to hear the fans at Gillette last night during this moment. If any of you were there, thanks for making all Patriots fans look good by cheering so loudly for such a good cause. 

 

[Super Nomario]

I loved the final note today, SN. So much so that I sent it along to Still, #LeahStrong and @Dana-Farber. Given the long relationship SoSH has had with The Jimmy Fund, I thought it was extremely classy to include it as the "one statistic".
 
It was also awesome to hear the fans at Gillette last night during this moment. If any of you were there, thanks for making all Patriots fans look good by cheering so loudly for such a good cause. 

Thanks SF. I live in Salem, MA, and so I heard through various social media the story of Mason Silva, a local boy who died in the spring after a struggle with leukemia.
 
Mason would have been 18 months yesterday. So I had to use my soap box, humble though it may be.

 

[soxfan121]

Thanks SF. I live in Salem, MA, and so I heard through various social media the story of Mason Silva, a local boy who died in the spring after a struggle with leukemia.
 
Mason would have been 18 months yesterday. So I had to use my soap box, humble though it may be.

 
Nip has discussed adding a "SoSH Gives" area to the front page of FC, with links to the community's various charitable endeavors. I have to admit, I did not know the full extent of SoSH's generosity, even though I've seen it in action many times.