Falcons 2010: Road Vs. Home

[RFlagg]

Much has been made of the Falcons record at home (18-3 under Smitty, 18-1 under Ryan, 5-0 this season), however, I started wondering how big a disparity between the Falcons in the Georgia Dome versus when they travel. Looking sheerly at yards per game on both sides of the ball and points per game for the 2010 season, this is what I came up with:

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Totals:
        Pass Yds    Rush Yds    Tot Yds    PS     Pass Yds All    Rush Yds All    Tot Yds All    PA
Road    851         490         1341       73     1107            388             1495           80
Home    1318        662         1980       149    1219            495             1714           95

Averages:
        Pass Yds    Rush Yds    Tot Yds    PS    Pass Yds All    Rush Yds All    Tot Yds All    PA
Road    213         123         335        18    277             97              374            20
Home    264         132         396        30    244             99              343            19

The numbers are pretty straight forward, the Falcons put up much better numbers at home and are better at keeping their opponents at bay. However, what I find most interesting is the Points Allowed Per Game. At Home, the Falcons allow 19 PPG, on the Road, they allow 20. Despite giving up an average of 30 more yards per game on the road versus at home, the Falcons D is only giving up 1 more point.

IMO, our "road woes", as I've heard them described around the water cooler, seem to come from our passing offense not getting going more than anything else.

[Toronto_Dirty_Bird]

Wow, great post! Looks like the D isn't really bad on the road.

[TonyGraziani]

Good post man. I agree, the passing game hasn't cooperated away from the Dome. Matt is still growing, and I'm sure he'll work that out soon enough.

[kibitzer]

(11-17-2010 12:18 AM)TonyGraziani Wrote:  Good post man. I agree, the passing game hasn't cooperated away from the Dome. Matt is still growing, and I'm sure he'll work that out soon enough.

Dude just needs to realize his territory is expanding. The Dome ain't the only house he can own these days!