(11-08-2019, 12:44 PM)Corriewf Wrote:

(11-08-2019, 11:42 AM)JagFan81 Wrote: Sorry to quote myself. Looking at the stats, this is why we are giving Foles a shot.

We've had 102 possessions in 9 games, 11 above the league average. Were averaging 32.09yds over drive (17th in NFL). Colts have 37.07yds in 78 possessions, Houston 37.31yds in 97 possessions.

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.72)]One of Jacksonville’s primary issues on offense this season has been stringing together long drives. Too often the offense has been feast or famine. Either it is going to create big plays and drive down the field or it has been forced to punt quickly.[/color]

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.72)]One good illustration of this issue is the Football Outsiders’ metric of three and outs per drive. The Jaguars’ are averaging 0.235 three and outs per drive, which ranks 25th in the NFL. The league average is 0.204.[/color]

In terms of points, we average 1.66pts per possession (23rd in NFL, Avg 1.99pts). Houston 2.49pts per drive (4th), Colts 2.28pts (10th). The reason? We kick too many field goals.

We are 0.147 TD's per drive, 28th in the league, NFL average is 0.216. We've kicked 0.216 FG per drive, 3rd in the NFL. 0.144 league average. This is the red zone O.

We are scoring 4.10pts per RZ possession, 28th in NFL. We are 0.345 TD's per RZ possession, 31st in the league (only Bengals worse). League average 0.555.

So the big thing for Foles, is getting 7 from those redzone trips, it's being able to have big plays and if we can get the run game being more consistent for 60mins then there are a lot of fixable things there.

And that’s why you have to start Foles. Is our red zone issue Minshew’s fault, poor scheming, poor blocking..etc etc. you can’t figure that out until the rookie is out of there. 

I was all for Minshew taking over, but I’m a jag fan first and the franchise needs to answer those questions among others.

Its mainly putting enough points on the board. Too many 3 and outs and too many FG's instead of TD's. We've had 1 rush TD all year. It's not all on Minshew, but it's not like were putting Kessler out there, it's a SB winning QB we paid big money for. Foles is experienced. It's going to all be put on him but he wont fix those numbers alone. 

I'm with you, there are players I like but I want the team to have some real success, I want us to be a playoff challenger. If Foles improves the O's points scoring then it's a good thing.

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