Factoid
I see that there’s a story in today’s edition of The Seattle Times, detailing how Matt Hasselbeck is picking up the team’s new offense more effectively than Charlie Whitehurst. That’s no surprise, given that Hasselbeck is a veteran and knows more about Seattle’s personnel. (Plus there’s no indication that Whitehurst can even play).
The quarterbacking observations by Danny O’Neill are at the Times’ website.
If Hasselbeck is going to get back to being a decent quarterback, he’ll need to be more effective in the red zone. By our count, he’s been the worst quarterback in the entire league inside the 5-yard line – two years in a row.
Hasselbeck completed a league-low percentage of passes around the goal-line two years ago, and he did it again last season, going only 5 of 19 when the team was inside the 5.
PASSING INSIDE THE 5-YARD LINE
Quarterbacks with at least 10 pass attempts.
Com Att Pct TD
11 16 68.8 9 Jason Campbell
12 18 66.7 10 Brett Favre
10 15 66.7 8 Kurt Warner
7 11 63.6 5 Ben Roethlisberger
13 21 61.9 10 Aaron Rodgers
11 19 57.9 9 Carson Palmer
7 13 53.8 7 Matt Ryan
7 13 53.8 7 Matt Schaub
7 13 53.8 6 Tom Brady
8 15 53.3 6 Matt Cassel
12 23 52.2 11 Jay Cutler
12 23 52.2 10 Peyton Manning
7 14 50.0 6 Chad Henne
6 12 50.0 6 Drew Brees
9 21 42.9 7 Philip Rivers
6 14 42.9 6 Donovan McNabb
7 17 41.2 6 Eli Manning
4 10 40.0 4 Matthew Stafford
4 11 36.4 4 Mark Sanchez
6 19 31.6 6 Kyle Orton
6 21 28.6 6 Tony Romo
3 11 27.3 2 David Garrard
5 19 26.3 5 Matt Hasselbeck
—Ian Allan
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