Dick Vermeil And Herm Edwards Era Comparison

by primetime 07 on Oct 4, 2008 9:56 AM CDT in Campaign 2008

An argument that presents itself around here somewhat frequently relates to the offensive drop off from the Vermeil era to the Edwards era. We're scoring less points but is it a result of conservative playcalling? This will be the first in a series of comparisons between the Vermeil and Edwards era among a variety of statistical categories.

Today, let's look at down analysis. Did Vermeil always pass the ball? Has Herm historically run the ball

Rush = total # of rushing plays

YPC = yards per carry

Pass = total # of passing plays

YPP = yards per pass (Note: per pass, not completion)

The parentheses are the 2008 numbers translated out over 16 games.

1st Down	Rush	YPC	Pass	YPP
2001	230	4.73	242	7.13
2002	246	5.51	209	8.13
2003	248	4.58	222	8.42
2004	269	4.37	244	7.91
2005	253	4.51	230	8.4
2006	276	4.21	166	7.59
2007	193	2.93	228	5.58
2008	57 (228)	4.51	46 (184)	1.57

2nd Down	Rush	YPC	Pass	YPP
2001	150	4.43	182	6.04
2002	158	4.61	157	7.85
2003	141	4.02	181	6.49
2004	171	5.26	198	7.07
2005	190	4.67	157	6.67
2006	173	3.81	155	5.31
2007	129	4.12	201	4.42
2008	38 (152)	5.84	51 (204)	6.53

3rd Down	Rush	YPC	Pass	YPP
2001	45	4.44	150	6.1
2002	48	5.67	137	5.09
2003	47	4.51	154	5.87
2004	39	3.87	154	7.43
2005	56	5	157	5.75
2006	49	4.47	170	5.3
2007	48	2.31	184	5.01
2008	14 (56)	3.64	48 (192)	4.1

There's a statistical drop off across the board from 2005 to 2006 and then in many cases another dramatic drop off to 2007. Hopefully that drop off was our rock bottom and by the looks of the 2008 stats translated out to 16 games it appears it was.

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