In a previous post, I wrote about how poorly new Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Joshua Dobbs performed on third down pass attempts during his college career at Tennessee and in it I indicated that I planned on digging deeper into his 2016 tape in order to see what really happened. I am now ready to move forward with that study and will do so by breaking down all off Dobbs’ 2016 incompleted third down throws from his 2016 season and will do so two games at a time.
We’ll start this series off by looking out Dobbs’ incompleted third down throws from his 2016 games against Appalachian State and Virginia Tech. You can see each of those plays in the two videos below and underneath them are the charted play-by-play accounts complete with air yards from the line of scrimmage, snap to throw times as well as a brief description of what happened.
I invite all of you to comment on my assessments of each play in addition to any other analysis you believe is necessary. This series should take roughly a week to finish and at that point I will post a recap of the data. I hope you enjoy it.
| QRT | TIME | DWN | DIST | LOS | PLAY BY PLAY | AIR YDS | STT | REASON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 6:45 | 3rd | G | APP 5 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to P.Williams | 14 | 2.70 | Good throw/Drop/PBU |
| 1st | 3:45 | 3rd | 6 | TENN 35 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to A.Kamara | 4 | 1.98 | Poor decision almost picked |
| 1st | 0:00 | 3rd | 18 | TENN 32 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to J.Hurd | 2 | 2.55 | Poor throw high and behind |
| 2nd | 1:24 | 3rd | 3 | APP 28 | J.Dobbs pass intercepted by M.Williams | 25 | 4.70 | Scrambling. Poor decision off back foot |
| 3rd | 3:05 | 3rd | 7 | APP 21 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to A.Kamara | -1 | 3.00 | RB screen throw behind & dropped |
| 4th | 7:46 | 3rd | 18 | TENN 16 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to E.Wolf | 6 | 8.57 | Scrambling. Poor decision off back foot |
| QRT | TIME | DWN | DIST | LOS | PLAY BY PLAY | AIR YDS | STT | REASON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 3:47 | 3rd | 2 | TENN 33 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to J.Malone | 9 | 2.54 | Throw wide to outside |
| 2nd | 5:41 | 3rd | 15 | VT 16 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to T.Byrd | 17 | 6.87 | Scrambling. Throw on run high in end zone |
| 3rd | 10:11 | 3rd | 10 | VT 29 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to J.Jennings | 14 | 2.95 | Poor decision almost picked |
| 3rd | 2:25 | 3rd | 13 | TENN 37 | J.Dobbs pass incomplete to J.Smith | 3 | 3.39 | Dropped. Pressure in face |
| 4th | 14:50 | 3rd | 6 | 50 | J.Dobbs pass intercepted by M.Reynolds | 9 | 3.28 | Low snap. Open stance and poor decision |
