NY Jets Offensive Line vs. LA Rams Week 15

 By the Numbers

The NY Jets offensive line has been, at times, quite offensive based on some of the social media commentary out there.  But for the offensive line position where so much is happening at once, how do you gauge who is responsible for lapses in protection?  

Using the all 22 coaches view provided by NFL Gameplan, I looked at each NYJ offensive play from their game against the LA Rams and graded each lineman as follows:

3 Points: Above and beyond

2 Points:  Did his job (base score).

1 Points: Allowed a pressure or was grossly outplayed.

0 Points: His man made the tackle, had a pass defended, or hit or sacked the QB.

The base score is 2/2 so a score of 100% means the lineman performed his job which is what we would expect.  If he were to perform above and beyond expectations on all plays he would have a maximum score of 150%.

How Did They Do?

Quarters do not average to the Total Score because each quarter has a different number of plays. 

• Becton ended up with 98%.  He had a couple of plays he would like to take back  in the third quarter including a sack given up but he made up a point by having the only "3 point" play of the game.  No surprise here - he was the best man out there for the Jets.
• Elflein has been much maligned and he had a really rough Q2 losing 4 points on 3 plays.  The toughest part of it is he was tripped by his own teammates on two plays.  Notwithstanding, he was second best on the OL based on his play by play performance.
• McGovern came in third with 91% despite a perfect score in Q3 given his other quarters were in the 80's.  He had one unscored play because even though his man made the tackle, the defensive stunt design was so brilliant, I don't think anyone could have defensed it. 
• Fant was fourth with 90% with quarterly scores ranging from 82% to 100% .  If we could have 100% Fant more often it would be nice.
• No surprise but Andrews is fifth at 85% with a couple of 75% quarters in there.  

The Source

For the source worksheet with play by play scores, check out this link NYJ OLine Week 15 v LAR.xlsx  for more details and comments explaining sub par scores. 

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