Filmstudy
10-18-2006, 12:49 AM
Another interesting day for the D-Line. Of the 72 (includes 4 accepted penalties, excludes 2 kneels) defensive plays, the snaps by player were:
Bannan: 9
Edwards: 10
Franklin: 10
Gregg: 53
Johnson: 26
Ngata: 40
Pryce: 61
Stills: 1
Suggs: 64
Some observations:
1. Ngata again played well. The Panthers had just 30 yards on 18 carries (1.7) while he was in. For the season, the D-Line look pretty similar, with Ngata at 2.6 YPC, lowest of the heavies. I do not count kneel downs in this total, which makes it all the more impressive. Ngata even was used in a few long yardage situations where the Ravens had only 3 heavies in the game. His 40 snaps were 5 more than his previous high.
2. Kelly Gregg had a superb game with 8 tackles and a FF. He is now tied with Vonnie Holliday of the Jets for the most tackles by any DT in the NFL.
3. For much of the game, Gregg was used as 1 of 3 heavies in passing situations. That job had previously been Jarrett Johnson's (with Suggs and Pryce). The Gregg/Pryce/Suggs team was used for 9 snaps.
4. The goal line stand on Carolina's 2nd drive was a ting of D-Line substitution beauty. By Down, we had:
1st and goal at the 2: Gregg, Ngata, Johnson, Pryce
2nd and goal at the 2: Bannan, Franklin, Gregg, Johnson, Ngata, Suggs
3rd and goal at the 1: Back to the base defense of Gregg, Ngata, Pryce, Suggs
I upgraded my spreadshet to calculate Yards per run and pass for each heavy both by game, and for the season. The season totals (snaps/YP run/YP pass) are:
Bannan: 104/2.8/8.3
Edwards: 39/2.8/7.7
Franklin: 59/2.6/5.2
Gregg: 256/2.8/6.7
Johnson: 190/2.6/4.9
Ngata: 171/2.6/5.8
Pryce: 292/2.9/5.0
Stills: 9/1.0/5.5
Suggs: 309/2.9/5.2
Bannan: 9
Edwards: 10
Franklin: 10
Gregg: 53
Johnson: 26
Ngata: 40
Pryce: 61
Stills: 1
Suggs: 64
Some observations:
1. Ngata again played well. The Panthers had just 30 yards on 18 carries (1.7) while he was in. For the season, the D-Line look pretty similar, with Ngata at 2.6 YPC, lowest of the heavies. I do not count kneel downs in this total, which makes it all the more impressive. Ngata even was used in a few long yardage situations where the Ravens had only 3 heavies in the game. His 40 snaps were 5 more than his previous high.
2. Kelly Gregg had a superb game with 8 tackles and a FF. He is now tied with Vonnie Holliday of the Jets for the most tackles by any DT in the NFL.
3. For much of the game, Gregg was used as 1 of 3 heavies in passing situations. That job had previously been Jarrett Johnson's (with Suggs and Pryce). The Gregg/Pryce/Suggs team was used for 9 snaps.
4. The goal line stand on Carolina's 2nd drive was a ting of D-Line substitution beauty. By Down, we had:
1st and goal at the 2: Gregg, Ngata, Johnson, Pryce
2nd and goal at the 2: Bannan, Franklin, Gregg, Johnson, Ngata, Suggs
3rd and goal at the 1: Back to the base defense of Gregg, Ngata, Pryce, Suggs
I upgraded my spreadshet to calculate Yards per run and pass for each heavy both by game, and for the season. The season totals (snaps/YP run/YP pass) are:
Bannan: 104/2.8/8.3
Edwards: 39/2.8/7.7
Franklin: 59/2.6/5.2
Gregg: 256/2.8/6.7
Johnson: 190/2.6/4.9
Ngata: 171/2.6/5.8
Pryce: 292/2.9/5.0
Stills: 9/1.0/5.5
Suggs: 309/2.9/5.2