Football Outsiders: How to score on Seattle

This is where Moreno starts to become critical for Denver. Moreno was second on the team with 22 targets in the short middle area of the field, and he led the club with 17 catches for 174 yards in that direction. Moreno was overshadowed by his teammates in the passing game, and for good reason, but he was one of the league's best running backs this season when it came to receiving numbers, where he finished third in DYAR and fourth in DVOA. There aren't many weaknesses in the Seattle pass defense, so Moreno will probably get several chances to exploit this flaw.

Moreno, though, figures to make even more of an impact as a blocker in the Super Bowl. The big four QBs who hurt Seattle most this year were more effective with an extra blocker or two in the backfield than they were with a standard five-man protection scheme. This is true even when Seattle didn't blitz (and they don't blitz much anyway). The Seahawks rushed our quarterback foursome 92 times with four men or fewer. On 59 of those plays, Seattle opponents protected the quarterback with only their five linemen, averaging 5.6 yards per play and picking up a first down 27 percent of the time. On the 33 plays where they used six blockers or more, though, the average jumped up to 8.8, and they picked up a first down 58 percent of the time.

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SalishHawkFan":3hzn8mr4 said:

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/quick-reads/2014/quick-reads-bonus-best-players-against-seattle

This is where Moreno starts to become critical for Denver. Moreno was second on the team with 22 targets in the short middle area of the field, and he led the club with 17 catches for 174 yards in that direction. Moreno was overshadowed by his teammates in the passing game, and for good reason, but he was one of the league's best running backs this season when it came to receiving numbers, where he finished third in DYAR and fourth in DVOA. There aren't many weaknesses in the Seattle pass defense, so Moreno will probably get several chances to exploit this flaw.

Moreno, though, figures to make even more of an impact as a blocker in the Super Bowl. The big four QBs who hurt Seattle most this year were more effective with an extra blocker or two in the backfield than they were with a standard five-man protection scheme. This is true even when Seattle didn't blitz (and they don't blitz much anyway). The Seahawks rushed our quarterback foursome 92 times with four men or fewer. On 59 of those plays, Seattle opponents protected the quarterback with only their five linemen, averaging 5.6 yards per play and picking up a first down 27 percent of the time. On the 33 plays where they used six blockers or more, though, the average jumped up to 8.8, and they picked up a first down 58 percent of the time.

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BGHawk":2enukgcg said:

oh.Moreno..were those tears for real?,.ive never seen anything quite like that.

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XxxZagnutxxX":7sqkqo8f said:

SalishHawkFan":7sqkqo8f said:

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/quick-reads/2014/quick-reads-bonus-best-players-against-seattle

This is where Moreno starts to become critical for Denver. Moreno was second on the team with 22 targets in the short middle area of the field, and he led the club with 17 catches for 174 yards in that direction. Moreno was overshadowed by his teammates in the passing game, and for good reason, but he was one of the league's best running backs this season when it came to receiving numbers, where he finished third in DYAR and fourth in DVOA. There aren't many weaknesses in the Seattle pass defense, so Moreno will probably get several chances to exploit this flaw.

Moreno, though, figures to make even more of an impact as a blocker in the Super Bowl. The big four QBs who hurt Seattle most this year were more effective with an extra blocker or two in the backfield than they were with a standard five-man protection scheme. This is true even when Seattle didn't blitz (and they don't blitz much anyway). The Seahawks rushed our quarterback foursome 92 times with four men or fewer. On 59 of those plays, Seattle opponents protected the quarterback with only their five linemen, averaging 5.6 yards per play and picking up a first down 27 percent of the time. On the 33 plays where they used six blockers or more, though, the average jumped up to 8.8, and they picked up a first down 58 percent of the time.

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Huh? Did I miss something?.

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XxxZagnutxxX":gatuy2pt said:

SalishHawkFan":gatuy2pt said:

http://www.footballoutsiders.com/quick-reads/2014/quick-reads-bonus-best-players-against-seattle

This is where Moreno starts to become critical for Denver. Moreno was second on the team with 22 targets in the short middle area of the field, and he led the club with 17 catches for 174 yards in that direction. Moreno was overshadowed by his teammates in the passing game, and for good reason, but he was one of the league's best running backs this season when it came to receiving numbers, where he finished third in DYAR and fourth in DVOA. There aren't many weaknesses in the Seattle pass defense, so Moreno will probably get several chances to exploit this flaw.

Moreno, though, figures to make even more of an impact as a blocker in the Super Bowl. The big four QBs who hurt Seattle most this year were more effective with an extra blocker or two in the backfield than they were with a standard five-man protection scheme. This is true even when Seattle didn't blitz (and they don't blitz much anyway). The Seahawks rushed our quarterback foursome 92 times with four men or fewer. On 59 of those plays, Seattle opponents protected the quarterback with only their five linemen, averaging 5.6 yards per play and picking up a first down 27 percent of the time. On the 33 plays where they used six blockers or more, though, the average jumped up to 8.8, and they picked up a first down 58 percent of the time.

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Huh? Did I miss something?.

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kearly":1nqsfc8r said:

According to them, the fourth most effective QB performance against Seattle this year was Cam Newton in week one. You know, the game where he posted some of the worst numbers of his career and his offense scored 7 points. At home. In the summer heat with Seattle wearing dark blues. With a 10am pacific time kickoff.

Amazing.

The third best performance against Seattle came from a QB who's fans burned his jersey in the parking lot immediately after the game. You can't make this stuff up.

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