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Nathan Jahnke | 2012/06/29
Three Years of Deep Passing
Who Is Throwing Deep
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The Touchdown King
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Accuracy of Throws
Finally, we take a look at the quarterbacks with the highest Accuracy Percentage on deep throws. While Accuracy Percentage weeds out some throws (like spikes and balls batted at the line), in this case, the only factor that makes it different than completion percentage is drops.
For the third time in a row, Brees tops the list, assuring his spot as the top deep passer in the past three seasons. Two of the three men competing for the Miami Dolphins’ starting job are in the Top 10, offering hope for Chad Ochocinco finding himself back on the highlight reels. While Andy Dalton has the second-highest completion percentage for quarterbacks on deep passes, the fact that he has yet to have a ball dropped on his long throws hurts his accuracy percentage relative to the rest of the quarterbacks.
On the other end of the spectrum, if you need one set of statistics to point to in a “JaMarcus Russell is a bust” conversation, this is it: of the 34 deep passes Russell threw in 2009, just one was completed … and seven were intercepted. Fellow 2007 draft class bust Brady Quinn wasn’t much better, with just five completions on his 34 deep passes in 2009. Those numbers contributed to keeping either from attempting a pass since that season.
Rank Player Current Team Deep Comp Deep Att Deep Drops Deep Comp% Deep Acc%
1 Drew Brees NO 101 206 10 49.0% 53.9%
2 Michael Vick PHI 51 120 9 42.5% 50.0%
3 Vince Young BUF 38 93 8 40.9% 49.5%
4 David Garrard MIA 51 115 3 44.3% 47.0%
5 Eli Manning NYG 102 248 14 41.1% 46.8%
6 Andy Dalton CIN 28 60 0 46.7% 46.7%
7 Aaron Rodgers GB 79 200 14 39.5% 46.5%
8 Matt Schaub HOU 58 136 5 42.6% 46.3%
9 Matt Moore MIA 40 106 9 37.7% 46.2%
10 Tony Romo DAL 56 128 3 43.8% 46.1%
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