Street Talk

BEHIND THE NUMBERS: The road is unkind to Joe the Quarterback

by Scot Kleinfeld

December 25, 2009
4:00 am

Reading Time: 2 minutes

Did you get a warm fuzzy from seeing Joe Flacco toss four TDs last week at home against the Bears? Remember that feeling because Flacco’s stats on the road this year are vastly different compared to the friendly confines of M&T Bank Stadium. The Ravens are 1-2 in their last three road games with Flacco totaling 1 TD and 5 interceptions. We all know the drill here to come out with a win at Pittsburgh; limit turnovers and convert the Red zone opportunities.

Flacco Home vs. Road in 2009

	Comp/Att	Pct.	Yards	TD	Int.	Rating	Red zone	Pct.
Home	173 / 253	68.9%	2019	12	4	102.4	17 / 34	50%
Road	118 / 202	59.7%	1326	7	7	76.4	10 / 17	58.8%

Ravens Passing Game

Statistic	2008 Rank	2008 Avg. / total	2009 Rank (thru week 15)	2009 Avg. / total (thru week 15)
Yards per game	27^th	192.8	13^th	227.2
Comp. %	18^th	60.3%	T-10^th	63.7%
Yards per comp.	T-12^th	7.1	13^th	7.2
Att. Per game	30^th	27.1	19^th	33.3
Total Completions	29^th	261	12^th	297
Touchdowns	T-22^nd	16	T-15^th	19
Interceptions	T-9^th	12	T-10^th	12
Sacks	18^th	33	T-11^th	28
QB Rating	16^th	82.8	14^th	89.9

AFC Wildcard Contenders Remaining Strength of Schedule

Team	Opponents	Combined Records
Ravens	Pitts / Oakland	12 – 16 (.429)
Jacksonville	New England / Cleve	12 – 16 (.429)
Denver	Philly / Kansas City	13 – 15 (.464)
Miami	Houston / Pittsburgh	14 – 14 (.500)
Pittsburgh	Baltimore / Miami	15 – 13 (.536)
Houston	Miami / New England	16 – 12 (.571)
Tennessee	San Diego / Seattle	16 – 12 (.571)
NY Jets	Indy / Cincinnati	23 – 5 (.821)

Check BTN next week to see where Joe Flacco and the passing game stand.

Scot Kleinfeld

Scot is a Baltimore native, a Towson University graduate, and has followed sports since the early 1980's. Scot likes to go inside the numbers and get the real "411" on the wins and losses, hence his Behind The Numbers column. Besides being an avid sports fan, Scot has been involved with televison sports production as an Associate Producer since 1993 for WMAR, ESPN, ESPNU,ESPN2, and the former Home Team Sports network. In addition to his television work Scot has written articles for Baltimore Magazine, Lacrosse Magazine and Patuxent Publishing. These experiences make him a natural as the creator of the Media Watchdog, another of SK's fine contributions.