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As always, only games vs FBS teams are factored in these numbers.
Offense:
Yards per play: 78th (5.53 YPP)
Points per game: 99th (22.3 PPG)
Passing yards per game: 37th (261.4 YPG)
Passing completion percentage: 62nd (60.4%)
Passing yards per attempt: 55th (7.6 YPA)
Passer rating: 56th (137.39)
Rushing yards per game: 123rd (93.13 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt: 116th (3.13 YPA)
Sacks given up per game: 126th (4.38 per game) -- Only 10 in the last 4 games, however (2.5 per game)--improvement
3rd down conversion %: 129th (25.0%) -- Absolutely awful
4th down conversion %: 83rd (46.7% -- 7 for 15)
TFLs allowed per game: 119th (8.13 per game)
Red Zone TD %: 119th (45.45% TD rate, 15 TDs in 33 chances)
Red Zone Scoring %: 124th (22 scores in 33 chances)
Field goal %: 122nd (9 out of 17)
PAT %: 111th (26 out of 28)
Defense:
Yards per play allowed: 13th (4.61 YPP)
Points per game allowed: 20th (20.6 PPG)
Passing yards per game allowed: 39th (206.9 YPG)
Passing completion percentage allowed: 39th (57.4%)
Passing yards per attempt: 33rd (6.8 YPA)
Passer rating allowed: 35th (122.14)
Rushing yards per game allowed: 13th (102.38 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt allowed: 8th (2.8 YPA)
Sacks per game: 4th (4.0 sacks per game)
3rd down % allowed: 66th (39.5% allowed)
4th down % allowed: 115th (69.2% allowed)
TFLs per game: 6th (8.5 per game)
Red Zone td % allowed: 23rd (52% allowed -- 13 TDs in 25 chances)
Red Zone Scoring % allowed: 120th (92.0% allowed -- 23 scores in 25 chances)
Punting: 19th (44.76 Yard average)
Team Stats:
Penalties: 118th (7.8 penalties per game)
Penalty yards: 92nd (63.4 Yards per game)
Turnover margin: 30th (0.50 per game -- 14 takeaways, 10 giveaways)
Time of possession: 64th (29:21 per game)
Number of offensive plays: 83rd
Advanced metrics:
Overall SP+: 28th
Offensive SP+: 73rd
Defensive SP+: 13th
Special Teams SP+: 84th
Sagarin Ranking: 43rd
Massey Rankings: 45th
Takeaways:
Saturday was pretty much a microcosm of the entire season.....we had a non-existent running game, a swarming defense, efficient passing, a missed kick, inability to take advantage of opportunities given to you, excellent punting....all of the offensive metrics were basically on par with what we've seen all year. The defense did have one of its best games of the season (FSU didn't even average 3 yards a play). But I think, after 9 games, you can confidently say that this team is who they are. There are improvements in some areas, some areas are stagnant, some areas are very concerning. But overall it's a fairly average football team with many flaws, yet there are some areas (defensive line, for example) which has some game-changing talent.
It was beyond clear before last week, but is now crystal clear, that Jarren Williams is the best option at QB for this team. He has been since the summer, but for some reason people on here choose to ignore that, and he didn't help himself with the injury plus the absence from practice 2 weeks ago. But when healthy and present, he's the clear-cut QB1. He did not play perfectly on Saturday, but he made some fantastic throws, was accurate, decisive, and threw the 2 prettiest deep balls Miami has thrown in multiple seasons. The throw to Thomas was a thing of beauty and got the ball rolling, and the throw to Wiggins was the dagger. He's a very talented kid, he just needs to continue to play and learn and get some help from his play-caller. But the future is bright there. The kid clearly has the ability to be really good. And the offensive line continues to improve. Only 2 sacks Saturday, and I attribute at least 1 (and the only turnover) to Williams. There isn't much push in the run game, but the kids are not being completely dominated like they were early in the year. Zion Nelson is clearly improved. Jakai Clark looks like he belongs, especially this early. Scaife and Gaynor are holding up well. This *SHOULD* be a good offense next year, because literally everyone is back, but they're going to need Enos to be a lot better. Miami had a ZERO percent success rate on offense in the 3rd quarter. Zero. ZERO! 3rd quarter drives started on the FSU 47, Miami 25, the 50 yard line, and the FSU 29 and Miami scored 0 3rd quarter points. That simply cannot happen. That FSU team is absolutely awful. Just abysmal. Any competent football team wins that game by 30+ points. It really should have been 40-10...and yet here I am standing in Doak in the 4th quarter chewing my fingernails. It's been the same story all year, the inability to put teams away when they have the chance to. But they did make some plays in the 4th quarter, and finally beat a really dreadful football team.
On defense, improvement almost across the board in most of the metrics. Now top 30 in just about every single defensive category. Baker and Diaz deserve a lot of credit....as I've been saying all year, the defense has not been great, but they've been good enough to win just about every game. Well, chalk another one into that category. FSU's YPP was the lowest they've had since 2011. 9 more sacks. Now up into the Top 10 in sacks and TFLs, as usual. Even up to 23rd in redzone TD% after the VT debacle. So again, the defense is not elite. But it's basically groundhog day....it's another average Miami season due to the offense not holding up their end of the bargain. It'd be nice to see a Top 30 offense paired with our consistently top 30 defense one of these years just to see what happens. But again, just a dominating performance against a bad offense. Hats off to Baker and Manny. It hasn't always been roses, but through 9 games, overall the defense has been pretty **** good. Another year where if you just get 30 a game on offense, you're 8-1. Long way to go for this team to be elite overall, but the defense is a lot closer than the offense. Feel like maybe we've said that once or twice around here since No'Onofrio got shipped to the Boys and Girls Club.
Offense:
Yards per play: 78th (5.53 YPP)
Points per game: 99th (22.3 PPG)
Passing yards per game: 37th (261.4 YPG)
Passing completion percentage: 62nd (60.4%)
Passing yards per attempt: 55th (7.6 YPA)
Passer rating: 56th (137.39)
Rushing yards per game: 123rd (93.13 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt: 116th (3.13 YPA)
Sacks given up per game: 126th (4.38 per game) -- Only 10 in the last 4 games, however (2.5 per game)--improvement
3rd down conversion %: 129th (25.0%) -- Absolutely awful
4th down conversion %: 83rd (46.7% -- 7 for 15)
TFLs allowed per game: 119th (8.13 per game)
Red Zone TD %: 119th (45.45% TD rate, 15 TDs in 33 chances)
Red Zone Scoring %: 124th (22 scores in 33 chances)
Field goal %: 122nd (9 out of 17)
PAT %: 111th (26 out of 28)
Defense:
Yards per play allowed: 13th (4.61 YPP)
Points per game allowed: 20th (20.6 PPG)
Passing yards per game allowed: 39th (206.9 YPG)
Passing completion percentage allowed: 39th (57.4%)
Passing yards per attempt: 33rd (6.8 YPA)
Passer rating allowed: 35th (122.14)
Rushing yards per game allowed: 13th (102.38 YPG)
Rushing yards per attempt allowed: 8th (2.8 YPA)
Sacks per game: 4th (4.0 sacks per game)
3rd down % allowed: 66th (39.5% allowed)
4th down % allowed: 115th (69.2% allowed)
TFLs per game: 6th (8.5 per game)
Red Zone td % allowed: 23rd (52% allowed -- 13 TDs in 25 chances)
Red Zone Scoring % allowed: 120th (92.0% allowed -- 23 scores in 25 chances)
Punting: 19th (44.76 Yard average)
Team Stats:
Penalties: 118th (7.8 penalties per game)
Penalty yards: 92nd (63.4 Yards per game)
Turnover margin: 30th (0.50 per game -- 14 takeaways, 10 giveaways)
Time of possession: 64th (29:21 per game)
Number of offensive plays: 83rd
Advanced metrics:
Overall SP+: 28th
Offensive SP+: 73rd
Defensive SP+: 13th
Special Teams SP+: 84th
Sagarin Ranking: 43rd
Massey Rankings: 45th
Takeaways:
Saturday was pretty much a microcosm of the entire season.....we had a non-existent running game, a swarming defense, efficient passing, a missed kick, inability to take advantage of opportunities given to you, excellent punting....all of the offensive metrics were basically on par with what we've seen all year. The defense did have one of its best games of the season (FSU didn't even average 3 yards a play). But I think, after 9 games, you can confidently say that this team is who they are. There are improvements in some areas, some areas are stagnant, some areas are very concerning. But overall it's a fairly average football team with many flaws, yet there are some areas (defensive line, for example) which has some game-changing talent.
It was beyond clear before last week, but is now crystal clear, that Jarren Williams is the best option at QB for this team. He has been since the summer, but for some reason people on here choose to ignore that, and he didn't help himself with the injury plus the absence from practice 2 weeks ago. But when healthy and present, he's the clear-cut QB1. He did not play perfectly on Saturday, but he made some fantastic throws, was accurate, decisive, and threw the 2 prettiest deep balls Miami has thrown in multiple seasons. The throw to Thomas was a thing of beauty and got the ball rolling, and the throw to Wiggins was the dagger. He's a very talented kid, he just needs to continue to play and learn and get some help from his play-caller. But the future is bright there. The kid clearly has the ability to be really good. And the offensive line continues to improve. Only 2 sacks Saturday, and I attribute at least 1 (and the only turnover) to Williams. There isn't much push in the run game, but the kids are not being completely dominated like they were early in the year. Zion Nelson is clearly improved. Jakai Clark looks like he belongs, especially this early. Scaife and Gaynor are holding up well. This *SHOULD* be a good offense next year, because literally everyone is back, but they're going to need Enos to be a lot better. Miami had a ZERO percent success rate on offense in the 3rd quarter. Zero. ZERO! 3rd quarter drives started on the FSU 47, Miami 25, the 50 yard line, and the FSU 29 and Miami scored 0 3rd quarter points. That simply cannot happen. That FSU team is absolutely awful. Just abysmal. Any competent football team wins that game by 30+ points. It really should have been 40-10...and yet here I am standing in Doak in the 4th quarter chewing my fingernails. It's been the same story all year, the inability to put teams away when they have the chance to. But they did make some plays in the 4th quarter, and finally beat a really dreadful football team.
On defense, improvement almost across the board in most of the metrics. Now top 30 in just about every single defensive category. Baker and Diaz deserve a lot of credit....as I've been saying all year, the defense has not been great, but they've been good enough to win just about every game. Well, chalk another one into that category. FSU's YPP was the lowest they've had since 2011. 9 more sacks. Now up into the Top 10 in sacks and TFLs, as usual. Even up to 23rd in redzone TD% after the VT debacle. So again, the defense is not elite. But it's basically groundhog day....it's another average Miami season due to the offense not holding up their end of the bargain. It'd be nice to see a Top 30 offense paired with our consistently top 30 defense one of these years just to see what happens. But again, just a dominating performance against a bad offense. Hats off to Baker and Manny. It hasn't always been roses, but through 9 games, overall the defense has been pretty **** good. Another year where if you just get 30 a game on offense, you're 8-1. Long way to go for this team to be elite overall, but the defense is a lot closer than the offense. Feel like maybe we've said that once or twice around here since No'Onofrio got shipped to the Boys and Girls Club.
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