This is the last article on my series covering the biggest positives (touchdowns) and negatives (turnovers) from the NFC North QBs in 2014. Matthew Stafford threw 12 interceptions during the 2014 regular season and lost 3 fumbles. In his playoff game against the Cowboys, he added on another interception and lost fumble for 17 total turnovers on the year. First, I’m going to cover some charting data I came up with while watching his passing. Then, on page 2 and beyond, there are my thoughts of the individual plays themselves. Here are the articles in the series that I have completed so far:
One of the first things I charted for each interception was blame. I assigned three categories, which should be self-explanatory:
Blame
| QB’s Fault | 7 |
| Partially QB’s fault | 4 |
| Not QB’s fault | 2 |
When Stafford throws an INT, the most likely cause is that he was trying to force a deep pass and it ended up in the defense’s hands. Outside of that, he did have a few plays where his protection just completely failed him, which led to errant throws and passes tipped at the line of scrimmage.… Article continues here
