many Austin Davis numbers + some Brian Quick numbers

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davis’ 3rd down numbers are off the charts, hard to imagine they’re sustainable, but if he can at least keep them strong the offense has a chance.

davis vs the top 35 qbs:

> completion %: 8th (67.8% vs 63.8%)
> completion % on passes thrown 11-20 yards in the air: 7th (59.3% vs 52.1%)
> completion % on passes of 20+ yards in the air: 4th (55.6% vs 45.1%)
> pass attempts of 20+ yards in the air: 9th (12.6% vs 10.5%)
> depth of completed pass: 5th (7.3 yards vs 6.1 yards)
> drops per pass attempt: 8th (4.2% vs 5.6%)
> qb rating: 10th (96.8 vs 91.1)
> pass attempts out of 2 wide receiver sets or fewer: 5th (35.7% vs 25.7%)
> pass attempts out of 3 wide receiver sets: 35th (33.6% vs 50.5%)
> pass attempts out of 4 wide receiver sets or more: 9th (30.8% vs 23.8%)

interception rate per pass distance, top 35 qbs:

> for passes thrown 10 yards or less in the air or less: 1.2% (davis 2.0%)
> for passes thrown 11-20 yards in the air: 3.9% (davis 0.0%)
> for passes thrown 21+ yards in the air: 8.3% (davis 5.6%)

interesting factoid: 5 of davis’ 6 td passes were thrown on 3rd down, as follows:

1. dal, q2, 7-0, 3rd & 13, rams 49, deep right to quick.
2. phi, q4, 14-34, 3rd & 12, eagles 30, deep right to britt.
3 phi, q2, 0-13, 3rd & 8, eagles 8, short left to quick.
4. dal, q4, 24-34, 3rd & 4, eagles 4, short left to pettis.
5. dal, q1, 0-0, 3rd & 1, dal 1, short left to kendricks.

speaking of 3rd down passing, davis vs the top 35 qbs:

> completion %: 5th (70.3% vs 61.0%)
> td %: 2nd (13.5% vs 6.1%)
> qb rating: 4th (122.0 vs 94.3)
> passes completed for a 1st down: 1st (65.6% vs 46.9%)

80 most targeted wide receivers, depth of catch average:

> britt: 2nd (15.6 yards vs 8.4 yards)
> quick: 9th (11.9 yards vs 8.4 yards)

quick vs the 80 most targeted wide receivers:

> 1st down catches per target: 5th (51.6% vs 38.2%)
> 1st down catches per reception: 13th (76.2% vs 63.3%)
> tds per target: 9th (9.7% vs 4.8%)
> tds per reception: 11th (14.3% vs 13.0%)