Our Biggest Offensive Weakness Remains 3rd Down (3rd and 7+, specifically)
I’d like a look deeper into these numbers. I have questions.
1) What is our percentage of being in a 3rd & long situation and how does that compare to other teams. If I recall correctly, we’ve only punted once in the last two games.
2) How many of those still ended in a FG?
3) Gow many of those resulted in a 4th and short where we converted?
We’ve done a really nice job of sustaining drives, it seems. Minnesota had a better time if possession, but that wasn’t because we couldn’t sustain drives. We had multiple long drives. But, we also had a short field at the end of the first half, as well as a defensive score which took away an offensive possession. Even in the Baltimore game, that first drive took a ton of time off the clock. How many times did we go for it on 4th in that drive? I think it was 4?
So, yeah. My point us, this graphic doesn’t tell the whole story.