Onside kick recovery rate remains low (5.6%): This recovery rate follows in line with recent seasons under the 2018 kickoff alignment (13.5% recovery rate before 2018). Overall, the average 2023 NFL game has been more conservative than previous years with fewer deep pass attempts and fewer fr...
Denver made things interesting in the final quarter with back-to-back TD drives and a field goal to pull within a score before a failed onside kick. Early, Nix missed a bevy of throws and was never comfortable in the pocket. He did well to escape sacks and make things happen with his...
But the best wideout in the game showcased his usual excellence and, for good measure, recovered an onside kick to seal the win and snap the Vikings’ skid. Next Gen Stats Insight for Colts-Vikings (via NFL Pro): Justin Jefferson caught seven of his nine targets for 137 yards against...
The Cowboys finally started to heat up with a touchdown run byPollard. They went for 2 and got it but got called for two penalties on the play to call it back. Rather than take the risk a second time, they played it safe and went for the extra point. Aubrey joined the res...
"It's not like we're trying to give the onside kick team an advantage," McKay said. "Nobody wants them to have an advantage. The other team has earned the right to be ahead, but we are trying to go back to the historical numbers of onside kick recoveries,...
But instead of winning in a runaway, they needed a second long Penny TD run and a recovered onside kick to close it out thanks to a defense that is still allowing way too many big plays. Can the Seahawks turn their defense around again? They did it the past two ye...
flurry. Seattle’s offense which had only scored seven points in the first 56 minutes of the game, went on a touchdown drive, cutting the lead to 19-14 just before the two minute warning. With one timeout remaining, the Seahawks elected to try an onside kick, and it worked after the...
(teams with -3 turnover margins win about 11.7% of the time) and very impressive, even if it took an onside kick recovery and overtime to pull it off. The Seahawks moved the chains at a 70.59% rate in that game, as opposed to 62.50% for the Packers. While the scoreboard showed ...
Still, they recovered two fumbles and an onside kick in the first half and trailed by 13 points. Missing the end-of-half field goal was a tough blow, as was settling for three points on the opening drive of the third quarter after driving to the Kansas City 4-yard line. The ...
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