A reader recently emailed me and asked if I could put together a distance passing chart for Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger based on his passing attempts in the Sunday loss to the New York Jets. I had a little extra time Tuesday night so I was able knock that request out.
You can see the chart below and it should be pretty straight forward. All dots indicate where the pass was thrown in relation to the line of scrimmage (30 yard-line) and only the air distance of the throws are indicated. The blue dots are completions while the red dots are incompletions. The yellow dots are of course the two interceptions. I left out the two spikes but did include the few throws that were negated by penalties.
In addition to the chart, I have a play by play listing of all of the throws charted below and that includes columns for the distance each pass was thrown past the line of scrimmage as well as yards gained after the catch. If you have watched the game a few times, this should help you in recalling most of the passes.
As you can see, Roethlisberger threw seven passes 15 or more yards past the line of scrimmage against the Jets and he completed just two of those throws. One of those two was the long touchdown to wide receiver Martavis Bryant, which was Roethlisberger’s final attempt of the game.
Nine of Roethlisberger’s attempts never made it past the original line of scrimmage. However, all nine were completed for a total of 20 yards gained.
Only two of Roethlisberger’s passes that went past the line of scrimmage were thrown between the hash marks and both of those passes were incomplete.
I hope to chart the game against the Indianapolis Colts like this over the course of the next few days so that you will have something to compare it to.
DIST | YAC | PLAY BY PLAY |
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10 | 0 | (5:31) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to A.Brown pushed ob at PIT 39 for 10 yards |
-7 | 2 | (4:55) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to W.Johnson pushed ob at PIT 34 for -5 yards |
8 | (4:18) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short middle to L.Bell. | |
-2 | 1 | (3:15) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to A.Brown to PIT 20 for -1 yards FUMBLES |
-3 | 13 | (15:00) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to L.Bell to PIT 43 for 10 yards |
-1 | 0 | (14:19) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to L.Bell to PIT 42 for -1 yards |
-3 | 8 | (12:26) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to L.Bell to NYJ32 for 5 yards |
-2 | 1 | (10:23) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to L.Bell to NYJ 26 for -1 yards |
5 | 1 | (8:56) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to A.Brown to NYJ 12 for 6 yards |
8 | (7:36) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left INTERCEPTED | |
-1 | 1 | (:51) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to L.Bell to PIT 35 for no gain |
10 | 5 | (:30) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to A.Brown to 50 for 15 yards |
11 | 4 | (:17) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to L.Moore to NYJ 35 for 15 yards |
9 | 0 | (14:55) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to M.Bryant to PIT 29 for 9 yards |
8 | (14:21) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short right to D.Heyward-Bey | |
7 | 6 | (13:36) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to L.Moore to PIT 43 for 13 yards |
4 | 2 | (13:06) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to M.Wheaton to PIT 49 for 6 yards |
5 | 1 | (12:33) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to L.Bell to NYJ 45 for 6 yards |
20 | (11:34) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass deep middle intended for M.Wheaton INTERCEPTED | |
44 | (9:15) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete deep right to M.Bryant. | |
13 | (9:08) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short right to M.Wheaton. | |
34 | (9:03) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete deep middle to M.Bryant. | |
45 | 0 | (4:34) B.Roethlisberger pass deep right to M.Bryant to NYJ 40 for 45 yards |
10 | 6 | (3:03) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to H.Miller to NYJ 31 for 16 yards |
-1 | 10 | (1:54) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to H.Miller to NYJ 17 for 9 yards |
5 | (:31) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short right to L.Bell | |
5 | 4 | (:27) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to L.Bell to NYJ 4 for 9 yards |
7 | 4 | (13:20) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to M.Wheaton to NYJ 44 for 11 yards |
9 | 0 | (12:20) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to M.Bryant to NYJ 35 for 9 yards PENALTY |
12 | 1 | (11:55) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to A.Brown ran ob at NYJ 32 for 13 yards |
16 | (11:25) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete deep right to M.Bryant | |
12 | 0 | (11:20) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to A.Brown ran ob at NYJ 20 for 12 yards |
-5 | 9 | (10:53) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to H.Miller to NYJ 16 for 4 yards |
9 | 4 | (9:40) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to A.Brown to NYJ 1 for 13 yards |
1 | (9:03) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short right to H.Miller PENALTY | |
9 | (7:32) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short left to A.Brown | |
12 | 0 | (4:01) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short right to M.Wheaton to PIT 36 for 12 yards |
12 | 0 | (3:32) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to M.Wheaton to PIT 48 for 12 yards |
5 | 0 | (3:05) (No Huddle, Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to L.Bell ran ob at NYJ 47 for 5 yards |
15 | (3:01) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass incomplete short right to M.Wheaton | |
5 | 0 | (2:11) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass short left to A.Brown to PIT 42 for 5 yards |
60 | 20 | (1:28) (Shotgun) B.Roethlisberger pass deep left to M.Bryant for 80 yards, TOUCHDOWN. |