Monday, September 27, 2010

Steelers Dominating Opposing QBs

They are a million great things to say about the performance of the Steelers' defense for the first three weeks, but I think this statistical analysis may be even more illustrative. Here is how the three opposing QBs have played against the Black and Gold and their two other opponents.

Matt Ryan                             Points   comp/att         Yds         Ypa       TD/Int      Rating
Week 1 v. Pittsburgh                 9          27/44            252          5.73          0/1           67.6
Week 2 v. Arizona                     41          21/32            225          7.03          3/0          117.3
Week 3 v. New Orleans             27          19/30            228          7.60          2/0         108.8

Vince Young (Pulled)
Week 1 v. Oakland                   38            13/17             154         9.06         2/0         142.8
Week 2 v. Pittsburgh              11              7/10               66         6.60         0/2          48.3
Week 3 v. NY Giants                29            10/16             118         7.38         1/0         105.7

Josh Freeman (Pulled-end)
Week 1 v. Cleveland                 17             17/28             182        6.50           2/1        88.7
Week 2 v. Carolina                    20             12/24             178        7.42          2/0       102.4
Week 3 v. Pittsburgh               13             20/31             184        5.94          0/1         67.1

In nine games, these three quarterbacks are 6-0 vs. the rest of the league, 0-3 against the Steelers. They have thrown 12 TDs/1 Int against the rest of the league, 0 TDs/4 Ints against Pittsburgh (not incl. Kerry Collins int.). In those other six games the lowest quarterback rating is 88.7. Against the Steelers' the highest rating is 67.6. These qbs are putting up an average of 28.6 pts/g against other teams and 11 against the Steelers (with the only two tds allowed coming in the last two minutes of each game.)

Totally dominant against quarterbacks who are carving up other teams in the league.