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I feel like many teams’ fans complain their playcallers are calling way too many screen passes. So I was wondering who has the right to complain the most.

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[–] GOATnamedFields@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Bears. After us Chargers.

Should be a crime to call that many screens with cannon arm QBs.

[–] StrategyTop7612@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Unfortunately, screen passes aren't officially tracked.

[–] ddscience@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Using data from nflverse :

https://imgur.com/a/V1Ef0BL

(plot made using R)

[–] SockVonPuppet@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This is awesome. I wonder how different the rates would look based on n_passingplays.

[–] ddscience@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Good question! Re-ran it to only include pass plays:

team pass plays screens rate
JAX 417 53 0.1271
MIA 391 48 0.1228
TEN 366 44 0.1202
NE 399 46 0.1153
PIT 368 42 0.1141
DEN 379 42 0.1108
KC 454 50 0.1101
CIN 445 49 0.1101
BAL 416 45 0.1082
IND 407 44 0.1081
CLE 424 45 0.1061
PHI 402 42 0.1045
DET 397 41 0.1033
MIN 490 50 0.102
SF 330 33 0.1
NO 434 43 0.0991
CHI 410 40 0.0976
LA 412 40 0.0971
GB 402 39 0.097
LV 412 39 0.0947
SEA 402 38 0.0945
NYJ 420 39 0.0929
WAS 545 48 0.0881
LAC 439 38 0.0866
HOU 408 35 0.0858
TB 424 36 0.0849
ARI 434 36 0.0829
DAL 422 35 0.0829
CAR 465 37 0.0796
ATL 393 30 0.0763
BUF 453 28 0.0618
NYG 463 23 0.0497
[–] km222555@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Is this actually accurate? The Bears ran 13-15 (varying reports) on Monday night alone. I find it hard to believe they only ran 25 more throughout the other 11 weeks of football.

[–] SockVonPuppet@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Thank you!

It's so interesting that everyone feels really strongly that the Bears would be at the top of the list. As a Jags fan, did you imagine the Jags being at the top of the list?

[–] ThisPomelo9870@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Respect but also…R made me want to die in my biostats class

[–] ddscience@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Why stop there? R can make you feel like that way past college!

[–] ThisPomelo9870@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Coincidentally my brother is finishing a GIS degree so we commiserated about R over thanksgiving. The trauma is alive and well!

[–] apexpredator0505@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Russell Wilson, Tua, joe burrow, mahomes, and Mac jones are the top 5 in % of their passes thrown behind the line of scrimmage

Wilson, Tua, and Mahomes have good schemes that take advantage of it though…they all have 4, 4 and 5 TDs on passes that are thrown behind the LOS

[–] renegadecoaster@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Someone like PFF or Football Outsiders probably has those stats but you'd have to have a subscription.

[–] daduq@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Chicago without a doubt. 2 times this year, to the best of my knowledge that Luke getsy Chicago bears oc called three screen passes in a row on a drive. Please post with results, I’m genuinely curious how big the margin is for the bears compared to the rest of the league

[–] ddscience@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Here's my reply to the OP in another comment below:

https://reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/185o68t/is_there_a_way_to_see_how_many_screen_passes_have/kb2yeqb/

In short, not Chicago. It's actually us Jags (lol)

[–] jukeemandnukeem@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Beyoncé had one of the best music videos of all time

[–] ScruffMixHaha@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Im pretty sure tonight we called 3 screen plays in a row. And we ended up punting. Crazy I know.

[–] DickNDiaz@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Didn't we see too many of them on MNF?

[–] Verdaunt@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

It's been irritating for me. Sometimes they are checkdowns, but there are a lot of times where we run it up the middle for 2 yards on first down, call a pass that is 3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on second down and lose a yard, and boom. 3rd & long over and over and over again. Thankfully we have a competent and clutch QB who's found ways to convert those but we end up in those situations way too often

[–] the_dawn_of_red@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Bengals had a ton to start because Burrow couldn't move with the calf. Was basically a running play for a bit.

[–] No_Wave8441@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

As a Colt's fan, I love screen passes.

They are basically a run play but you are giving it to your WR.