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Originally Posted by Dartgod
The offense actually played well enough to win...until Alex threw that awful ****ing interception.
The Good - Alex averaged more yards per attempt than Winston (8.4 to 8.2)
- The entire offense averaged more yards per play than TB (6.6 to 6.0)
- The defense held TB to 1/5 TDs in the Red Zone
The Bad - We were 4/8 on 3rd down conversions
- We lost TOP ~35 to ~25
- The defense gave up 442 total yards
- Not forcing a punt until early in the 4th quarter
The Ugly - TB ran 74 offensive plays to our 52
- TB converted 11/16 3rd downs
- That dumb as shit sweep with Kelce from the TB 4
- Alex's drive killing interception
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50% on third downs would lead the league pretty much every single season. It's way above average. The 3rd down conversion rate should be in the good category. Moreover, the fact that they only had 8 3rd downs in a game would be seen as a good thing but/for the fact that they never had the ball in their hands.
And as for the Bucs converstion rate - Really, 62% and they win that game, IMO. One stop at the end and I think they'd have won it - the third down right before the two minute warning; the only time the Bucs tried to pass and they had it pretty easily. The Chiefs just couldn't stop anyone yesterday. Steven Nelson was victimized outside and Ackers was pretty much routinely a half-step behind the play. He was never bad enough to get torched but never really good enough to break up the pass.