Trent Green in Miami

How many added wins can Trent Green bring to Miami? First, let’s look at his recent performance in KC. I'm going to include his most recent year despite his head injury early in the season because I believe it's representative of what the Dolphins may expect from Green. His average stats for the last four seasons are:


         CMP%      YPA     YD/CMP    INTRATE    SKRATE
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GREEN 63.3 7.7 12.1 0.027 0.43

Green’s projected stats and, for comparison, Miami’s 2006 passing stats are:


         CMP%      YPA     YD/CMP    INTRATE    SKRATE
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PROJ 63.3 7.0 11.1 0.027 0.34
MIA 06 58.0 6.1 10.5 0.032 0.27
(Interception rate is defined as interceptions per pass attempt. Sack rate is defined as sack yards lost per pass attempt. )

Green’s biggest problem in KC last year was avoiding the sack. After returning from his head injury, he was sacked on 12% of his pass plays, more than double his rate in any other year. If the Dolphin’s line can protect Green, he should be a solid upgrade to a woeful passing attack.

All other factors being equal, we can expect Trent Green to bring about +2.0 added wins to Miami. Assuming the other parts of the Dolphins team perform as well as last year, they would likely end the season with 10 wins.

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4 Responses to “Trent Green in Miami”

  1. Anonymous says:

    Unless you think a healthy combination of Willie Roaf, Brian Waters and Will Shields are coming to Miami with him, this projection is far too optimistic.

    I don't think you can just discount 20006 as if it did not happen, and go back to full seasons, given this QB's age.

  2. Brian Burke says:

    That's an excellent point. Green's mobility is the biggest concern, I agree. He is on the decline, but he still can be accurate.

    By the way, I did include his 2006 performance, and weighted it as a full season.

    Miami actually did a decent job of protecting their quarterbacks last year, so the projection may not be too optimistic.

    My real point is how much QB accuracy impacts an offense and therefore wins. Green will probably be a big upgrade in completion percentage and interception rate for the Dolphins. And that translates into wins over the season.

    I guess I'll be doing a "Harrington in Atlanta" projection next.

  3. Derek says:

    Even if you cut the added wins projection in half, Miami underperformed their statistical efficiency by 1 or 2 wins. Given that Cameron is at least an average coach (neither adds to nor subtracts from his team), I don't think it'd be terribly unreasonable to expect a 10-6 team.

    The offensive line is improving under Houck. Culpepper was largely immobilized from the knee injuries and likely contributed significantly to his own sack numbers. He was sacked 21 times on 155 attempts. Under Harrington, the Dolphins gave up 15 sacks on 403 pass plays. That's a pretty dang low sack rate. Houck retooled the line several times during the season as well, but with some added depth to the line, hopefully everything will settle into place.

    Cameron has retooled the offense in order to get some big play ability. I think it's difficult to predict exactly how the Dolphins offense will turn out because the previous coaching regimes haven't demanded more than a few big passing plays the last several years. There are simply a lot of unknowns at this point.

  4. Brian Burke says:

    Wow. 14 sacks on 403 plays. That's amazing. It also goes to show how much the QB has to do with sacks.

    I saw the same thing when McNair took over for Boller. Boller would walk right into a sack while McNair could step up in the pocket. The Ravens went from one of the worst stats on pass protection to the best from '05 to '06.

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