Martz Passing/Sacks Stats

Magilla_Gorilla · Post #1 » by **Magilla_Gorilla** » Mon Feb 1, 2010 9:47 pm

I posted these on another Bears board I frequent. I thought they were interesting.

Martz - Team Ranking - # of times sacked

2000 - 11th (Rams)
2001 - 15th (Rams)
2002 - 6th (Rams)
2003 - 9th (Rams)
2004 - 6th (Rams)
2005 - 7th (Rams)
2006 - 2nd (Det)
2007 - 3rd (Det)
2008 - 1st (49'ers)

Passing Attempts to sacks - Martz offense against the League avg

2000 - 13.27 : 13.15
2001 - 13.78 : 13.38
2002 - 13.81 : 14.59
2003 - 13.95 : 15.15
2004 - 11.60 : 13.81
2005 - 13.02 : 13.89
2006 - 9.46 : 14.06
2007 - 10.87 : 15.64
2008 - 9.25 : 16.13

*The first number is the number of pass attempts per sack in the Mike Martz offense, the second number is the league average.

The Explorer · Post #2 » by **The Explorer** » Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:04 pm

Yes, one of the downsides of the Mike Martz passing attack, the other being that he doesn't normally utilize his tight ends much. Still, the Bears will put up a lot of points and be fun to watch on offense. When was the last team we could say that??

Balance-a-Bull · Post #3 » by **Balance-a-Bull** » Mon Feb 1, 2010 10:19 pm

As long a Cutler can stay upright, I look forward to seeing a real NFL offensive scheme being employed.

Hopefully Martz has learned from the inadequacies in his system and will make the proper adjustments to mix it up with running the ball, play-action and check-downs to the TEs, if nothing is available down field.

Just as stated by Charity Stripe, at least Martz should bring some excitement.

Chewie · Post #4 » by **Chewie** » Tue Feb 2, 2010 12:43 am

The problem here - beside keeping Cutler in one piece - is that bad things happen when he doesn't have time. Throws become forced and needles are attempted to be threaded. It wasn't until the OL gelled towards the very end of the year and Cutler had some time did you see the picks go down.

I'll take it for what it is, though - a one year fallback option. Martz could be our interim head coach before the 2010 season is over for that matter.

NoSkyy · Post #5 » by **NoSkyy** » Tue Feb 2, 2010 4:05 am

Ugh, this is pretty much the reason I didn't want Martz. Everytime I've watched him, the QB seems to take a lot of beating.

The other thing seems to the be extreme complexity of the passing game. JT O Sullivan started in 49ers because it seemed he had a leg up and knew what he was doing compared to the others(he was the Detriot backup before following Martz to San Fran)

Art Vandelay · Post #6 » by **Art Vandelay** » Tue Feb 2, 2010 4:27 pm

Cutler is gonna get killed. I love how they invested so much in the guy and since then have tried to insure that she wont do well.

WEFFPIM · Post #7 » by **WEFFPIM** » Tue Feb 2, 2010 5:13 pm

charity stripe wrote:Yes, one of the downsides of the Mike Martz passing attack, the other being that he doesn't normally utilize his tight ends much. Still, the Bears will put up a lot of points and be fun to watch on offense. When was the last team we could say that??

The first half of the Super Bowl year?