View Poll Results: OVER/UNDER 4,000 Passing Yards
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Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
Boldin has been here for 2 seasons now and hasn't cracked 900 yards or 75+ receptions in either year. The problem is Boldin isn't a great fit in the Coryell offense and granted, Torrey will take a lot of that pressure off of him, but Cam is still the one calling the shots and history has shown that Cam runs his offense through the RB and not the receivers.
I'd say Torrey is the only receiver with a legitimate shot to break 1000 yards and that's only because of the nature in which they use him.
Torrey - I'll say somewhere between 55-65 receptions for 900-1000 yards.
Boldin - Maybe 60-70 receptions for 800-900 yards.
Dickson - 40-50 for 500-550 yards.
Pitta - 35-45 for 300-400 yards.
Rice - 60-70 for 500-600 yards.
J. Jones - 25-35 for 300-350 yards.
So, at best you're probably looking at around 3500-3800 yards. Flacco is pretty consistent and has produced the most yards from a QB under Cam.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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05-21-2012, 01:19 PM #14Veteran Poster
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Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
I think I lean towards over (and obviously barely over, if over).
The easiest way to prevent your QB from getting to 4000 yards as an OC is to simply limit his attempts. This has been the case for Cameron in the past, but not last year. Last year Joe had 542 attempts. What kept our total passing yardage (relatively) down was poor execution, not attempts. We increase our YPA to a decent but still modest 7.38 YPA (ranked 15th last year) from our terrible 6.66 (ranked 24th) of last year and that does the trick.
So as Jeremiah said, I think we can get to 4k passing yards with similarly-called games but better passing execution, which should come with another year under the belts of Smith, Pitta, Dickson, and even Joe.
Plus, I think our schedule will be more challenging and there will be less sitting-on-safe-lead situations and more games where we are throwing right to the end of the contest.Last edited by Haloti92; 05-21-2012 at 01:28 PM.
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05-21-2012, 01:21 PM #15
Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
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05-21-2012, 01:22 PM #16
Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
I voted over, just to be optimistic...do I think it CAN happen? Sure...will it happen? Who knows...
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Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
I dont know man. Mathematically what you're saying makes sense, but I think it has a lot more to do with the nature and philosophy of Cam's offense. Bubble screens, deep routes with a low percentage of success, and RB dump-off's seem to be the name of the game for Cam's version of the Coryell.
Now, if Cam calls games like he did against New England then I could see him going over 4000 yards on the season.
We all know that probably won't happen though.Disclaimer: The content posted is of my own opinion.
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05-21-2012, 01:37 PM #18Veteran Poster
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Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
I hear you. I am not all that confident, lol. Just leaning that way.
Flacco did average 7.41 per attempt in 2010 under Cam, but his attempts were limited (to 489). This sort of goes along with my point in other threads about how the more you are asked to do the harder it is to keep up the same average success or efficiency. But I still think with the extra year of experience/maturity for our younger players, we can get 2010's YPA and efficiency out of a 2011 level of attempts.
As the record shows, I am no fan of Cam.
Now if we could only fast-forward 3 months and get the show on the road...
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Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
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Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
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05-21-2012, 02:37 PM #22Hall Of Fame Poster
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Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
Good arguements on both sides thus far. This really is a crapshoot to be honest. Too many "what ifs" here. The biggest obstacle to 4k is schematic (i.e Cam Cameron) otherwise we are asking Joe to do more with less. A combination of better playcalling and execution will do the trick. Easier said than done of course. Joe, his receivers and Cam all take equal ownership of the success of the passing game.
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Re: OVER/UNDER 4,000 passing yards for Flacco
Over
I think the defense takes a step back this year.. with a brutal schedule (a who's who of the nfl's better offenses) its going to be on flacco and cameron to score more points than in years past. Joe gets 4000+ as a result of playing from behind more frequently.
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