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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HardRightEdge" data-source="post: 472209">Actually, you can measure this with some credibility using yards after catch (YAC) together with yards per catch. ESPN.com conveniently records YAC for each player and totals it for the team. YAC can come on long balls as well as short, so it's important to look at the two stats together. Green Bay receivers have recorded 2192 receiving yards this year with 930 YAC, or 42% YAC. Green Bay's average yards per completion is 10.6. San Francisco receivers have recorded 1748 receiving yards this year with 628 YAC, or 36% YAC. SF's average yards per completion is 11.7. The evidence is that GB has relied more on short pass completions and YAC than SF this season. I find this a little surprising. It is clear that GB is more West Coast ****-and-dunk than last season and not connecting as frequently on long balls, but I did not expect ****-and-dunk to be more pronounced than with SF. But there it is...I would rely on this data more than anecdotal evidence from watching SF play twice. The SF-****-and-dunk vs. GB-long-ball argument seems to be biased based on last season. In 2011, GB was 45% YAC, but with a 13.7 yards per catch average reflecting greater long ball success than this year. In 2011, SF was also at 45% YAC but with 11.5 yards per catch. The fact GB is recording 29% fewer yards per completion is a very large and meaningful drop off, albeit from a very high level.</blockquote>

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