Airing out issues of Washington Football passing game
By Bret Stuter
Secondary passing targets
So let’s look at the passing game results. Passing attempts will translate the team’s commitment to the pass. And receptions by position will, indirectly, help us to understand the play outcomes. On one hand, we will view passes to wide receivers as completed to a primary target. On the other hand, if the pass aimed at a tight end, we’ll presume secondary target. And finally, If the receiver was a running back, we will interpret that as an outlet, or tertiary receiver.
Games Passes attempted WRs TEs RBs
Rutgers 30 6 4 7
Montana 28 17 6 1
Fresno St 28 16 4 5
Colorado 21 9 2 0
Oregon St 34 17 6 3
California 42 5 10 2
Arizona St 30 9 5 3
UCLA 12 4 1 4
Oregon 19 8 1 2
Stanford 23 12 3 2
Utah 35 13 3 10
Wash St 17 8 2 1
Penn St 28 11 3 5
Now that we have this broken down, what does this tell us? Well the picture is starting to come into focus. From the Oregon State game, a trend began – away from wide receivers and towards alternate receivers. It truly began to rip into the offense in the UCLA game, where a mere nine passes completions was the low point of the season.