Author Archives: Nicholas Mello
The Ten Worst Regular Season QB Performances. 10: Ryan Fitzpatrick Week 17 at Buffalo Bills
The NFL regular season has come to a close and while the league rules are more QB friendly than they have ever been, there are still a lot of clunkers in the NFL. This series will look at the ten worst QB performances in the NFL based on passer ratin…
San Francisco 49ers vs. Cleveland Browns: 9 Sacks Given Up for 44 Yards Lost
The struggles of the San Francisco 49ers on offense have been well documented over the year. They are the worst overall offense in the league and most of this is due to an ineffective passing attack. Blaine Gabbert has been an upgrade over Colin …
Seattle Seahawks Pass Defense vs. Pittsburgh Steelers: 37/59, 480 Yards, 1 TD, 4 INTs
The overarching theme to the Seattle Seahawks’ season on defense is what has happened to the Legion of Boom. There have been multiple late game collapses by the Seattle defense and the secondary has been picked apart in some high profile games.…
Marcus Mariota vs. Oakland Raiders: 17/37, 218 Yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs
Marcus Mariota is having the typical QB rookie season in the NFL. He has had is ups (Perfect passer rating against the Buccaneers and outplaying Drew Bress in New Orleans) and his downs (Back to back poor games against the Bills and Dolphins) through…
Dallas Cowboys Rushing Attack vs. Buccaneers (21 Carries, 42 Yards)
The Dallas Cowboys, despite the lack of Tony Romo for most of the season and a lack of a solid passing game, have one of the more efficient rushing attacks in the league. They are 9th in yards per game (119.0) and T-10 in yards per attempt (4.3) …
Nick Foles vs. Chicago Bears: 17/36, 200 Yards, 1 INT, 53.0 Passer Rating
One of the more shocking headlines I saw on Monday was that Case Keenum was getting the start next week for the Rams instead of Nick Foles because Jeff Fisher is looking for an “offensive spark.” I don’t know how much of a spark Ke…
San Diego Chargers Pass Defense vs. Bears: 27/40, 345 Yards, 2 TD, 1 INT, 100.5 Passer Rating
In my previous article, I broke down what went wrong for the Saints rushing attack. Its not fair to pick only on poor offensive phase of the game though and after watching the Monday Night Football game this week I decided to break down the San Die…
Saints Rushing Offense vs. Titans: 27 Carries, 61 Yards, 1 TD
There is a trend to focus on the amazing things that happened in the game. For example, I wrote about Eli Manning’s great performance about the Saints last week. But for every amazing performance, there is usually a terrible performance tha…
Eli Manning vs. Saints: 30/41, 350 Yards, 6 TDs
After two poor to mediocre performances vs. the Eagles and Cowboys, Manning came to life and had one of his best games of his career vs. the Saints. It was his first time ever throwing 6 TDs in a game and to do it with no interceptions is almost shoc…
Scouting the San Francisco 49ers
49ers Offensive Overview The 49ers offense in theory is based on the idea of wearing down the opponentwith a strong running game and then coming back with the play action pass to catch them off ground. This was the game plan against the Vikings and …