Comcast Weekly Red Zone Update

by Michael Bean on Oct 7, 2009 6:17 PM EDT

I mentioned last week Comcast would be sponsoring the site for the rest of the season. A fanpost was also recently written about Comcast's Red Zone Channel, which was available free last weekend. Glad to hear that some of you discovered it and enjoyed it. Anyway, on to our weekly Pittsburgh Steelers red zone efficiency update.

Week 4 Red Zone Efficiency:

6 Trips; 5 TD; 1 FG

2009 Cumulative Red Zone Efficiency:

14 Trips; 8 TDs; 5 FGs; 1 missed FG - 57.1 % TD efficiency(+13.6%); 92.8 % scoring efficiency (+5.3%)

Not bad numbers, folks. One week doesn't make a team great or horrible at any one thing, but a single week can sure pad those red zone numbers. Let's see if the Steelers can keep it up when they travel to Detroit this coming Sunday.

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Steelers turning offensive?

Could we be turning into a primarily offensive team. Latest DVOA makes the D look even worse than I suspected.

by 57_Varieties on Oct 7, 2009 7:08 PM EDT reply actions

Sure

Until Troy gets back

But yeah the O is long overdue to look good. Its chock full of talent, and maybe playing with the blocking scheme last week was the key to make our paltry O-line look good.

And Bens playing phenomenal football too. That never hurts.

by Mechem on Oct 7, 2009 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions

POINTS PER TRIP

I can’t stand the red-zone efficiency stat. First, you have to determine if they’re talking about touchdowns or just scores. Then you gotta figure out what percent of the time they actually got a field goal or not, then do the math to come up with how many points do they average each time they’re in the red-zone. Dear NFL/NBC/CBS/FOX, points per trip is needed, then you can see who’s most efficient at what counts, putting points on the board.

by steelerwheeler on Oct 8, 2009 9:01 AM EDT reply actions