Week 5 By The Numbers
by Dave Archibald
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%