![]() For passes, it looks at the expected YAC for a player after a pass of a particular type (YAC on a screen is expected to be more than YAC on a deep bomb, for example), among other things, to figure out how much credit to give the receiver for the completion. ESPN has a helpful explainer on its QB rating statistic, QBR, which shows their approach. Measuring the QB's contribution to passing plays is a complicated work, and several groups have attempted to do so. As such, it's not an advanced statistic that's carefully crafted to show exactly how much someone contributed. Touchdown is simply an ends based statistic - like Wins in baseball (or football), it measures how the player got the positive final result. Nearly every other passing statistic is better correlated Yards/Attempt is 0.43 (double that of TD rate), and Passing Yards/Game is 0.66 (1.5 times that of TDs/game). Look at this article on predictability of statistics for QBs for example passing TDs/game has only a weak year to year correlation (0.42), and passing TD rate (which accounts for teams that tend to pass a lot) was even lower at 0.23. A receiver who picks up 80 yards on a pass but is tackled at the one yard line has done quite a lot for his team, and while that last yard would be nice, who scores that last yard isn't all that important - the hard work was getting there. If it works, it is certainly a benefit to the offense, but speaks more highly of the receivers and the scheme than it does of the QB.įirst: "touchdowns scored" is a mostly meaningless statistic. ![]() It can be interesting to look at air yards however, for often a QB can inflate his stats simply by throwing passes that are essentially elongated handoffs to skilled receivers who turn them into big plays. I would caution however, against giving the receiver all of the credit for yards after the catch, as often an accurately thrown ball by the QB is a big part of the reason for a long gain after the completion is made. This, along with Yards After the Catch or YAC, can be used to more precisely illustrate how a pass play gained its yardage. A stat like "Air Yards" for example, reflects how far downfield the Quarterback's throw traveled before caught by the receiver. ![]() There are, however, different advanced statistics that reflect what you appear to be seeking, a seemingly more proper distribution of credit on such a play. Drew Brees is the most recent quarterback to throw seven touchdown passes in a game. This is simply the definition of how the respective statistics "Receiving Yards", "Passing Yards", "Receiving Touchdowns", and "Passing Touchdowns" are determined. The receiver would still be credited with a "Receiving Touchdown" as well as the sum of the yards credited to his net total. It’s a safe bet it’s the latter, not the former, Wilson is most excited about.The short answer is that it is considered a passing touchdown because it is, by definition, a touchdown that occurred on a forward pass. Wilson, tied with Manning for the most touchdown passes through the first four games of a regular season in NFL history, is 4-0. The Seahawks’ quarterback would end the day 24-of-34 for 360 yards but just the two touchdown passes. Chris Carson would punch it in on the following play, stranding Wilson at 16 touchdowns. ![]() Wilson would come just a yard from breaking Manning’s mark, as DK Metcalf took a Wilson pass 32 yards before getting forced out of bounds at the one yard line. Then, in the fourth quarter, Wilson connected with David Moore in the right corner of the endzone for a 17-yard touchdown, tying Manning’s record of 16 touchdowns through four games. In the dying seconds of the first half against the Dolphins, Wilson hit Travis Homer over the middle for a three-yard score, his 15th passing TD of the year. Entering Week 4 with 14 touchdown throws, Wilson needed two in order to tie Peyton Manning for the most through the first four games. In Week 3, Russell Wilson passed Patrick Mahomes for the most touchdown passes through the first three games of a regular season.
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